The inspiration source for Sappho Monogram is an alphabet set from the book Monograms and Alphabets for Combination by Dollfus Mieg & Cie, first published in the 1890s. What began as 26 referenced outline/shadowed...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Although brass line rules were a common feature in almost every vintage type catalog, these were recreated from those by the Franklin Type Foundry. Filling the Numerals and all Capital and Lowercase glyph slots...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The inspiration source for Almond Monogram is a highly unusual warped letterset from a vintage embroidery publication combining to create an almond form monogram. Originally intended to adorn handkerchiefs, it has many other possibilities....
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The inspiration source for Hardwood Monogram was a unique “building block” design that was originally formatted as a stacking cameo monogram. This pattern has been expanded to recreate not only the original stacking cameo...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The inspiration source for Budding Monogram is a unique embroidery alphabet from the early 1900’s. The original design was a Capitals only letterset adorned with a budding flower. We have expanded that character set...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The inspiration source for MFC Damask is the “Oxford No. 2” typestyle from the 1893 “Cleveland Type Foundry Catalogue & Price List of Type and Materials”. The original design contained stylized numerals and smallcaps...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The source of inspiration for Haute Monde Monogram is the 1934 “Book of American Types” by American Type Founders. Found in that specimen book was a wonderfully elegant traditional smallcap-Capital-smallcap monogram alphabet known as...