Lettering on a 1933 booklet about certain facilities in Italy — can you guess what they might be? — by the Bertarelli Design Studio of Milan inspired this decidedly different and engaging monocase face....
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Turn on the mirrored ball, and haul out the gold chains and white suits! This Disco dazzler is a new take on Bass Rainbow, designed by Saul Bass in the 1970s. Hip, hot and...
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This bouncy little number is based on handlettering often found on greeting cards in the 1950s and 1960s, and often the work of Alan Denney. Wild and wacky (and maybe a little bit tacky),...
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This cuddly face is based very loosely on Dave Farey’s Beesknees. This version is a little more regimented but no less fun, and is notable for the addition of a lower case, not found...
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Lewis F. Day, in his book Alphabets Old and New, offered this typeface as an example from sixteenth-century England of lettering incised in wood. The font is essentially monocase, but there several lowercase letters...
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Ross F. George, the lettering wizard behind many an edition of Speedball lettering books, called this quirky creation “Spatter and Spot Roman”. In this version, the spatters go, but the spots remain, and a...
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Handlettering in an ad from the 1920s for a Chicago engraving company provided the inspiration for this fine, fat, flowing face, full of fun and antique charm. Both versions of this font include the...
by · Published May 26, 2015
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The inspiration for this elegant, willowy typeface was found in the 1903 type specimen catalog of Barnhard Brothers & Spindler. The original version was named “Racine”; this version takes its name from another town...
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This luscious, loopy Lombardic face was inspired by an offering in the 1938 classic, Letters and Lettering by Paul Carlyle and Gus Oring. Suitable for formal or informal occasions. Both versions of this font...
by · Published May 26, 2015
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In his book Brushstroke and Free-Style Alphabets, Dan X. Solo called this typeface “Tamarind Script” but, whatever its name, this sparkly little gem will add rollicking retro charm to any project it graces. The...