Anacostia NF
The 1923 Barnhart Brothers & Spindler specimen book called this typeface “Cardstyle”, and suggested its use at small sizes for business cards. It also work quite well in large sizes when a warm, casual...
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Tintern Abbey NF
A 1905 poster for the Austrian National Highway by artist Gustav Jahn inspired the letterforms for this typeface. In the spirit of comity, Barnhart Brothers & Spindler’s Publicity Gothic Initial Caps inspired the uppercase...
Stone Soup NF
A poster for Buster Keaton’s 1925 classic film “The General” provided the inspiration for this bit of typographic falderal. Essentially a monocase font, the lowercase letters are alternates, so double-clutch the shift key to...
Abbey Road NF
Here’s a fresh take on an old favorite, originally named Abbott Old Style, which exudes antique charm, and also suggests exotic locales.
Grand Prairie NF
This addition to the Whiz-Bang Woodtype series in based on a 100+ year-old typeface originally named Medallic. Due to the highly ornate nature of this font, it has a limited character set (no math...
Junge Holiday Cuts NF
A charming series of 26 holiday “type warmers” based on the works of Carl S. Junge for the Barnhart Brothers & Spindler type foundry in the 1920s. Single-color cuts are in the uppercase positions,...
Period Borders NF
Here’s a collection of border elements taken from the pages of nineteenth and early twentieth century type specimen books of various American foundries. Download the PDF provided for each font for simple guides to...
Wurstwagen NF
The pattern for this typeface was suggested by a poster for beer, designed by German artist Ludwig Hohlwein around 1920. The plump curvy serifs suggested a great complement to beer, hot dogs, and thus...
Parsnip NF
Will Ransom designed the exemplar for this series for Barnhart Brothers & Spindler in the early 1900s. The typeface was originally named “Parsons”, after the advertising director of a Chicago department store (evidently a...
Persephone NF
A bold headline font with a decidedly Greek flavor, based on an ATF font called Pericles. A great alternative to Lithos or Lithograph. Both versions of this font contain the Unicode 1252 Latin and...