font_foundry: Nick's Fonts

Saturday Morning Monotone NF

Saturday Morning Monotone NF font

A fitting complement to the ever-popular Saturday Morning Toast is this book weight, monoline version, popular in the early twentieth century. Both versions contain the complete Unicode 1252 (Latin) and Unicode 1250 (Central European)...

Whirled Peas NF

Whirled Peas NF font

In his book Showcard Alphabets, Dan X. Solo called this little gem “Whitestone Scrawl”. This version is beefed up slightly and the letter proportions have been altered somewhat, but it’s still LOADS of fun....

One Good Urn NF

One Good Urn NF font

J. M. Bergling, in his 1914 masterwork Art Alphabets and Lettering, offered this face as suitable for all occasions Greek, and we couldn’t agree more. Both versions of this font include the complete Unicode...

Edda Morgana NF

Edda Morgana NF font

In the 1921 work Letters and Lettering by Frank Chouteau Brown, these letterforms were offered as examples of typical medieval English fare. The font is all caps, but there are variant letterforms in all...

Gnarly Dude NF

Gnarly Dude NF font

Ross F. George, master of the Speedball pen, called this rather rugged typeface “Personality Script”, which might be a suitable name if you had the personality of a porcupine. It does grab your attention,...

Franciscan Caps NF

Franciscan Caps NF font

The majority of the letterforms in this mono-case font are based on a little-seen titling typeface designed by Frederic Goudy. The lowercase positions contain alternate letterforms, so you can mix and match to obtain...

Mikey Likes It Corpulent NF

Mikey Likes It Corpulent NF font

Fat and sassy, this ultrabold brush font is based on the works of lettering legend Mike Stevens as seen in his book, Mastering Layout. A natural choice for can’t-miss headlines, this typeface also works...

Packard Patrician NF

Packard Patrician NF font

Here’s a new take on the hand-lettered alphabet Oswald Bruce Cooper used in ads for the Packard Motor Company, later converted into a metal typeface by the Barnhard Brothers & Spindler foundry. This version...

Cool Cat Jim NF

Cool Cat Jim NF font

A handlettered headline in the January 1953 issue of Park East magazine by wacko album artist Jim Flora provided the inspiration for this exercise in extreme lettering. Check out the [brackets] and the bullet...

Funky Chunk NF

Funky Chunk NF font

Lettering whiz Carl Holmes called this creation “Pelt Emphasis Script”, and its funky, chunky charm will indeed lend emphasis to any headline it graces. The Postscript and Truetype versions contain a complete Latin language...