The wind howled, the night grew long, and British type designer and lettering artist Tim Donaldson created the typeface Banshee. This dramatic display face is modeled after one of Donaldson�s handwritten lettering styles. Banshee...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified November 4, 2024
In 1994, John Benson designed Balzano, Alexa and Caliban, three typefaces with a similar calligraphic character. Balzano differs from the other in its vertical figures, adding a static element to the otherwise lively, flowing...
by · Published May 26, 2015
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Michael Harvey first drew the lettering that became the foundation for Andreas in 1988 as part of the book jacket design for The Studios of Paris, a Yale University Press publication. In keeping with...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 30, 2021
America’s most famous carver of inscriptions, including those at the John F. Kennedy Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, John Benson modeled this friendly, casual script after his own handwriting and gave it the name...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified March 18, 2021
Designed by Arthur Baker in 1989 for Agfa Compugraphic, Amigo is based on spontaneous pen lettering and an exaggerated calligraphic look. The letter shapes are especially unusual with stems that are wide at the...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified November 4, 2024
HYGungSoStd-Bold was designed by Youngsook Oh for calligraphic uses, and for showing old-style hangul. Its glyphs are highly readable, and convey a hand-written style.
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 8, 2015
SM Gothic Std was designed by Jungho Choi (1916-1988) with help from Soonho Kwon in 1988 for Doosan Donga, the largest publisher in Korea. Jungho Choi is considered one of the greatest Korean type...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified March 18, 2021
HY Kak HeadLine Std was designed by Jinhong Jeon for display use, including subheads. The strokes are thick and strong, yet their total width is not overly wide to preclude their use for display...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified November 4, 2024
Created by Ryoko Nishizuka, an Adobe® Senior Type Designer, Kazuraki is a proportional Japanese kana typeface that includes a limited number of glyphs that correspond to ideograph (kanji) characters. Kazuraki is based on Ryoko’s...