font_foundry: Filmotype

Filmotype Leader

Filmotype Leader font

Introduced by Filmotype in the early 1950s, Filmotype Leader was inspired by speedy sho-card bold lettering styles prominently featured in automotive advertising and editorial designs of the late 1940s and early 1950s to express...

Filmotype York

Filmotype York font

Offered by Filmotype in the late 1950s to establish its Formal Script category with this copperplate script, Filmotype York is perfect for formal wedding invitations and formal or elegant occasions while retaining a balanced...

Filmotype Homer

Filmotype Homer font

Introduced by Filmotype in the early to mid-1950s, Filmotype Homer was created in response to customer demand for a wider brush script expanding on Filmotype’s popular sign painter sho-card lettering styles used in the...

Filmotype Hickory

Filmotype Hickory font

Introduced by Filmotype in 1955, Filmotype Hickory was created in response to customer demand for a bolder weight of its popular Filmotype Honey typeface. This bold upright hand-lettered pen script is perfect for smaller...

Filmotype Western

Filmotype Western font

Inspired by French Antique reverse-stress types of the 1880s, Filmotype Western was released in 1955 to expand its Flat Serif category. Popular in broadsides, circus posters, and advertisements at the turn of the 19th...

Filmotype Athens

Filmotype Athens font

Introduced by Filmotype in 1955, Filmotype Athens was among Filmotype’s first condensed handlettered sho-card brush script faces for narrow applications where economy and style were paramount to the design while retaining legibility and easy…

Filmotype Hudson

Filmotype Hudson font

Released by Filmotype in 1955, Filmotype Hudson was among Filmotype’s most popular upright informal style brush scripts inspired by sign painter classic brush script styles popular in the 1950s in periodical advertisements for automotive…

Filmotype Wand

Filmotype Wand font

Filmotype Wand was introduced in 1955 as part of the Flat Serif category. Inspired by smart slab serifs including Hellenic Wide —popular in American television westerns and in heavy use in corporate letterhead and...