Shout
Shout is a “Hey, Look at ME” font. It is an attention-getting font for posters, flyers and ads. Its lineage includes the Haas Type Foundry’s 19th century advertising font, Kompakte Grotesk, which Jan Tschichold...
font_foundry: HiH
Baroniene ML
Genovaite Baroniene is former school teacher and a native of Lithuania who loves fancy letters. When she writes, she likes to add extra flourishes to her handwriting and printing. It simply appeals to her...
Guthschmidt
Guthschmidt and Guthschmidt Condensed are based on a 1924 KLM Royal Dutch Airline poster that was designed by THE Dutch commercial artist Anthonius Guthschmidt (born Haarlem 1887, died Leiden 1958). The poster draws on...
Cherub
According to the Holman Bible Dictionary, a ‘cherub’ is a member of a class of winged angels who functioned in the book of Genesis as guardians. The word cherub is Hebrew. The plural form...
Kunstler Grotesk
Künstler Grotesk ML is one of a number of typeface designs that attempts to reconcile Germany’s blackletter tradition with the international familiarity of roman letterforms in a simple, robust design suitable for meeting the...
Freak
Freak was originally released by The Great Western Type Foundry in 1889. According to Maurice Annenberg, Great Western became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler when the Barnhart brothers bought out the Toepfer family in 1868.The...
Rundgotisch
One of my favorites. Rundgotisch is a easy to read for eyes that are accustomed to roman letterforms, yet keeps in touch with its blackletter roots. It was released around 1900 by Schelter &...
Huxley Alt
Huxley Alt is just that — an alternative to Huxley Vertical by ATF. It represents one of my earliest efforts. I liked the crispness of Huxley Vertical, but wanted a lowercase and with some...
Pekin
Pekin is an unusual design with an oriental flavor. It was originally designed by Ernst Lauschke and released by The Great Western Type Foundry of Chicago as “Dormer,” which is similar to the French...
Augsburger
The Augsburger Family is a product of the Art Nouveau period in Germany and Austria, reflecting the darker, heavier Jugendstil approach typical of the Secession movement in these two countries. Originally released by H....