font_foundry: FontMesa

Bodoni Ornamental

Bodoni Ornamental font

New for 2020 Bodoni Ornamental now has two italics to choose from, one basic italic and a second which is more of a true italic with a few uppercase letters that have been stylized.Only...

Hickory

Hickory font

Hickory is the revival of an old unnamed font dating back to 1852 and was sold through a few different type foundries including Bruce, MacKellar Smiths & Jordan and James Conner’s Sons. By the...

Great Western

Great Western font

Great Western is an engraved roman font that reminds you of the old railroad days when steam locomotives made their way across the countryside.

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke font

Gunsmoke is a revival of a James Conner’s Sons font that’s been listed under different names such as Extended Clarendon Shaded, Original Ornamented and Galena. Dating back to 1888 this font was available with...

Railhead

Railhead font

Railhead is a revival of an 1870s type style that was originally available from both the Bruce foundry in New York and James Conner’s Sons type foundry. The Redux version is the original design...

Western Sky

Western Sky font

Western Sky is a revival of a late 1800s Italian font known as Italian Slab Fancy or Dodge City. New to this font is the rope swash version.

Birdcage

Birdcage font

Birdcage was designed from a very short lettering sample in Rob Roy Kelly’s American Wood Type book, from the image I created a complete font plus a regular version with lowercase. In the past...

Lonestar

Lonestar font

Lonestar is a revival of the old classic slab serif font named Hellenic which was very popular in the middle to late 1800s.

Lonestar Western

Lonestar Western font

Lonestar Western is a revival of the old classic slab serif font named Hellenic which was very popular in the middle to late 1800s. While watching an old western movie the opening credits caught...

Black Pearl

Black Pearl font

Black Pearl is a revival of an ornate calligraphic font possibly created between 1850 and 1870. I spent two years looking for all the letters of this font; once I found them all, I...