Metropolis CT
Metropolis Bold was commissioned by Publish magazine for their 1990 redesign. Although other digital versions exist, I think this was the first one and is characterized by extremely pointy serifs. It is well to...
font_foundry: CastleType
Plantain
Plantain was commissioned by Smarter Image for their catalog design of several years ago. Very bold and tightly spaced; ideal for large headlines and ad work. This font also contains the Federal Express logo,...
Laureat
Based on hand-drawn letters from a Russian poster. The Cyrillic version is still in development. Uppercase only, but each letter has four different sizes for creating very interesting typography.
Koloss CT
A well-designed bold art deco font. Very chunky. Uppercase, lowercase, numerals and punctuation. CastleType additions to the Koloss family include Koloss Bold Condensed and Koloss Bold Wave. The latter was used beautifully in the...
Handsome
A collection of over 30 antique style hands; the typeface includes the hands facing both right and left.
Jensen Arabique
This elegant typeface was suggested to me by type critic Daniel Will-Harris. Jensen Arabique is based on a set of capital letters drawn by Gustav Jensen that included the word “ARABIQUE” at the top...
Goudy Lombardy
Based on drawings of Medieval versals (capitals used at beginning of verses in manuscripts) by Frederic W. Goudy. Works beautifully as initials with Goudy Text Oldstyle. Uppercase only, no numerals or punctuation; several letters...
Goudy Stout CT
This face was recommended to me by Mark Solsburg, president of FontHaus. At first I was a bit reluctant to revive it, if for no other reason than Frederic Goudy’s admission that he created...
Goudy Text CT
This version of Goudy Text is based on drawings from which Frederic Goudy based his Goudy Text typeface. However, there is a big difference between his original drawings (in The Alphabet and Elements of...
Fat Freddie
A bold, playful typeface named after my late and much-missed grey cat, Freddie, who was my best buddy for 18 years.