Matamoros NF
Another tip of the hat to the halcyon days of woodtype, this cap-small cap typeface takes its name from the bustling Mexican metropolis just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas. Both versions of...
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Vidalia Sunshine NF
A single line of type, identified as “Ornamented No. 5” and spelling out “ROPE ONIONS”, from the 1888 MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan specimen book provided the pattern for this whimsical face. Offbeat yet elegant,...
Anna Nicole NF
This statuesque semiscript is based on Mirabelle, an in-house design from the German foundry of Wagner & Schmidt, released in 1926. Round, firm and fully-packed, it’s sure to get attention anywhere it’s used. The...
Balder Dash NF
The distinguishing characteristics of this typeface were suggested by cover artwork for the May 1930 issue of Inland Printer: a combination of caps based on Breda Gotisch, released by H. Berthold AG in 1928,...
Keynote Speaker NF
This curious little gem is patterned after a typeface named “Bloomsbury”, released by P. M. Shanks & Sons, Ltd. of London in the 1920s. Its gentle curves and somewhat quirky construction combine to create...
Twitty Bird NF
Dan X. Solo’s book of Showcard Alphabets featured the pattern for this devil-may-care face under the name “Conway”. Not too pretty, not too proud, but a whole lotta fun. Both versions of the font...
Payzant Pen NF
The inspiration for this exuberant exercise in penmanship was found in Frank H. Atkinson’s A Show at Sho-Cards: Comprehensive, Complete, Concise, published in 1918, executed with the then-state-of-the-art Payzant Reservoir Pen. It retains its...
Standing Room Only NF
Here’s an Art Deco classic with a bit of an edge. This typeface is based on a somewhat less refined but more energetic version of Broadway, designed by Morris Fuller Benton for ATF in...
Tumbling Dice NF
An unnamed scroll typeface featured in the 1869 MacKellar Smiths and Jordan specimen book provided the pattern for this font. You may begin and end the scrolls with parentheses, braces or brackets, and employ...
Banner Year NF
An unnamed scroll typeface featured in the 1869 MacKellar Smiths and Jordan specimen book provided the pattern for this font. You may begin and end the scrolls with parentheses, braces or brackets, and employ...