1913 Typewriter
This font was patterned after a few characters on a genuine old 1913 small portable typewriter. It looks like those early typescripts, rough, irregular and eroded, suggestive of mythical famous authors, such as Hemingway,...
font_foundry: GLC
1742 Civilite
In the late medieval period appeared a “semi-cursive” writing, the French “écriture de civilité”. Quickly, it is carved and melted down in lead for printing. It is a very elegant running font, with numerous...
1456 Gutenberg
Font designed from that used by Gutenberg in Mayence to print the 42-line bible in 1456. The original font has too many characters for a true type font. Many of them have – in...
1462 Bamberg
Font designed from that used in Bamberg by Albrecht Pfister, in early years of printing, exactly for a book titled “Ackermann Von Böhmen” writen in old German by Johannes Von Tepl, and decorated by...
1484 Bastarde Loudeac
Font designed after that used in Brehan-Loudeac (Britanny, France) by Robin Fouquet and Jean Crès in years 1480s to print a lot of texts and books. This font include “long s”, naturally, as typically...
1492 Quadrata
Font designed from that used in France in 1492 to print the peace treaty between French and Enqlish Kings in Etaples, French town in Normandy. This font include “long s”, naturally, as typically medieval,...
1543 Humane Jenson
In 1543 the well-known “De humani corporis fabrica” treatise on anatomy by André Vesale, was printed by Johann Oporinus in Basel (Switzerland). Various typefaces were used for this work, mostly in Latin but including...
1776 Independence
1776 Independence was designed inspired mainly from the Caslon typeface used by John Dunlap in the night of 1776 July 4th in Philadelphia to print the first 200 sheets of the Congress’ Declaration of...
1495 Bastarde Lyon
Font designed from this who was used by an unknown printer in Lyon (France) to print the “Conte de Griseldis ” (Griseldis’ tale), from Petrarque, inspired by Boccace, in 1495. The original font has...
1532 Bastarde Lyon
Font designed from work by an anonymous printer in Lyon (France) to print the French popular novel Les Grandes et inestimables Chroniques du grand et enorme geant Gargantua […] in 1532. The original font...