font_foundry: Nick's Fonts

Coochie Nando NF

Coochie Nando NF font

Among the many display faces Milton Glaser designed during the heyday of Push Pins Studios was the pattern for this dramatically shadowed face, whose original name—for reasons unexplained—was “Kitchen.” Well, whatever the reason, it’s...

Suffiya NF

Suffiya NF font

The Boston Type Foundry called the pattern for this elegant typeface “Moslem,” suggesting the exotic appeal of faraway lands. The face succeeds in fulfilling its promise, with remarkably little extraneous fussiness. The font’s name...

Vasari NF

Vasari NF font

The pattern for this font was found in the 1906 specimen book for the Keystone Type Foundry under the name Ancient Gothic, which is a pretty accurate description of the particular appeal of this...

Rightly So NF

Rightly So NF font

An entry in the Palmer and Rey 1884 specimen book named, somewhat prosaically, Geometric Gothic provided the inspiration for this rectilinear romp through the alphabet. As apt as it is for a period piece...

Salzburger Plakat NF

Salzburger Plakat NF font

A poster by Otto Baumberger for an Austrian winter sports festival in 1907 inspired this charming confluence of medieval and Art Nouveau influences. As such, its appeal is timeless, and well suited for storybook...

Spread Out NF

Spread Out NF font

Here’s another gem from perennial Speedball penmaster Ross F. George, originally called Split Caps. George’s original design has been enhanced with the addition of lowercase characters, borrowed from another of his alphabets, and adapted...

Squirrely Shirley NF

Squirrely Shirley NF font

Another entry in the trusty old “Schriftatlas” named Phoenix—original source and designer unknown—provided the inspiration for this bouncy bit of alphabetical tomfoolery. Its animated typeforms, definitely retro chic, will put some bounce in the…

Starlight Ballroom NF

Starlight Ballroom NF font

Cross the irrepressible Samuel Welo with a bit of found matchbook art and voilà! You have this retro charmer, proudly found on the kind of neon signs that offered an invitation to dine and...

Kenotaph NF

Kenotaph NF font

This willowy wonder is based on Morris Fuller Benton’s Stymie Obelisk, one in a series of typefaces he designed for American Type Founders in the 1930s. An obvious choice when real estate is at...

Oo Boodlio Doo NF

Oo Boodlio Doo NF font

Bongo drums at the ready! Freeman Craw’s archetypal beatnik typeface Ad Lib provided the inspiration for this indubitably eccentric excursion in coolsville typography. Both versions of the font include complete Latin 1252, Central European...