1809 Homer
This family is inspired by the small hands used in the 1700’s 1800’s to write messages carried by carrier pigeons, also named “homers”, before the use of photography and microfilms in the same way....
font_foundry: GLC
1864 GLC Monogram
This family of two character monograms and initial letters was inspired from a French portfolio containing about two hundred examples of “Chiffres – deux lettres”, destinated to engravers and jewelers, published in Paris in...
1536 Civilite Manual
This font was created inspired from a handwritten copy of the “Brief story of the second journey in Canada” (1535) by French explorer Jacques Cartier. It is an early “Civilité” manual style, closely looking...
1785 GLC Baskerville
This family was created/inspired from the well-known Baskerville Roman and Italic typefaces created by John Baskerville, the English font designer. We were inspired by the original family sent by Baskerville’s wife after his death....
1648 Chancellerie
This font was inspired by the hand-written 1648 Munster peace treatise signed by French King Louis XIV and German emperor Ferdinand II. It is a Cancellaresca font style, meticulously written and almost legible. It...
1682 Writhed Hand
This funny font was created inspired from a contract of sale for a field prepared by a French notary in the end of the year 1682 (December seventh). We have worked to transform the...
1805 Jaeck Map
This font is mainly inspired from the engraved characters of a German Map depicting Germany’s roads and parts of surrounding lands, edited in Berlin probably in the end of 1700’s. The engraver was Carl...
1695 Captain Flint
This rough font, was created inspired from a lot of various european documents dated from the end of 1600’s. We were in search of a hand to accompany with “The Treasure Island” novel by...
1669 Elzevir
This family was inspired from the set of font faces used in Amsterdam by Daniel Elzevir to print the famous “Tractatus de corde…” the study on earth anatomy by Richard Lower, in 1669. The...
1792 La Marseillaise
This font, was created — inspired from the original manuscript of the French revolutionary song “La Marseillaise”, becoming later the French national anthem, composed in one night (1792 April 25th) by the 32 year...