Escondido NF
This unusual face features letterforms inspired by an Austrian travel poster designed by Johann Süssenbek in the 1930s, and rendered in a bold chiaroscuro manner. In case you’re wondering, Escondido is Spanish for hidden....
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Steno Stout NF
This yeomanlike typeface features the letterforms of the venerable Underwood Victoria typewriter on steroids. The original monospacing has been generally preserved, but the letters have been carefully kerned to add to the visual impact....
Velveteen Round NF
This fresh face takes a number of design cues from Tomás Vellvé Mengual’s eponymous design for Barcelona’s Neufville Type Foundry in 1971. This version softens many of the lines of the original, and warms...
Ballyhaunis NF
Lewis F. Day, in his 1910 classic Alphabets Old and New, filed this work by Laurence Schall under the category of Celtic-inspired, and surely it is both. This font included a few special extras,...
Foxcroft NF
The inspiration for this proto-Art Nouveau typeface showed up in the 1887 type specimen book of Farmer, Little & Co. under the name Vassar. Its bold, sinuous curves, which take unexpected turns now and...
Helena Handbasket NF
The 1888 edtion of James Conner’s Sons United States Type Foundry specimen book listed this little gem simply as “Antique Light”. Its original, rather anemic outlines have been beefed up and its serifs have...
Rocking the Kasbah NF
This lively script is based on a handlettered offering from The Hunt Brothers, which they called simply “Ornamental Italic”. Ornamental, yes, but there’s also a lot of action and attitude in this typeface. Please...
Inglenook Corner NF
This whimsical wonder is based on the lettering of Laurence Schall, as presented in Lewis F. Day’s 1910 classic, Alphabets Old and New. The typeface radiates a charm reminiscent of the works of many...
Kifisia Antigua NF
This rough-and-ready display face is based on El Greco Antique, released by the Fundición Richard Gans of Madrid in the 1930s. Distressed but not distressing, rough yet charming, ragged around the edges but curiously...
Mohair Sam NF
A collision between some stylin’ caps from legendary lettering artist Samuel Welo and a lowercase loosely based on ATF’s Romany Script yields this curious little wonder. Named after a 70s song which averred that...