Ishtar
Ishtar was the Babylonian goddess of war, fertility, love and sex – all in all a lethal combination. She wasn’t the sweetheart her lovers had hoped for; I guess the ‘war’ part in her...
font_foundry: Hanoded
Kunstschau
The 1908 art exhibition in Vienna (Kunstschau 1908) featured works by Josef Hoffmann, Cark Otto Czeschka and Gustav Klimt, who showcased his famous painting ‘The Kiss’. Kunstschau font was modeled on a stamp, designed...
Fledermaus
Fledermaus (meaning ‘Bat’ in German) was a cabaret theater from Vienna. The original Jugendstil decor was designed by Josef Hoffman and several posters, advertising performances, were designed by other members of the Vienna Workshop....
Limoen
Limoen means ‘lemon’ in Dutch. Why did I call this font Limoen? Well, I guess I ran out of meaningful names, so I had to work with whatever popped in my head – which...
Weltschmerz
Weltschmerz, world-weariness… I love the sound of it, so I chose this name for my new font. Weltschmerz font is a hand made Jugendstil typeface which was modeled on a 1910 poster from Austria....
Suco De Laranja
I like orange juice. Come on, who doesn’t? Orange juice is the drink of heroes; it’s the elixir of life; it’s the gods’ own ambrosia. Suco De Laranja means orange juice in Portuguese and...
Au Revoir
Au Revoir – saying goodbye is one of the hardest things in life, but in a sense it is also beautiful: there is a promise of seeing each other again, as ‘Au revoir’ literally...
Kokomo
Kokomo is a beautiful handmade contoured font – which was drawn with an old-fashioned steel pen and Chinese ink. The open, shadowed letters are great for posters and ads. Kokomo comes with extensive language...
Artful Dodger
The Artful Dodger is a character in Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Dickens wrote his books in the Victorian Era, which also gave birth to a beautiful and extensively used typeface called Clarendon. The typeface...
Castanea
The chestnut (“castanea”) is one of my favorite trees. I used to collect the chestnuts and made chestnut-figurines out of them, using bamboo sate skewers. Castanea font is a calligraphic typeface with an uneven...