font_foundry: Parkinson

Sutro Initials

Sutro Initials font

A two-font chromatic (or layered) set. The Primary font, which is the old Sutro Inlined Initials. Salvaged from the wreckage of my Type1 font library, the inlined initials have been in the shop for...

Balboa Plus

Balboa Plus font

Balboa Plus is a condensed sans serif display family. It was originally conceived as a simple black and white typeface. But it seemed unfinished, begging for something more. I decided to try adding a...

Wigwag

Wigwag font

WigWag Bold and Wigwag Deluxe are bold, informal lettering styles inspired by mid-20th century Showcard Lettering. Especially by the work of Speedball lettering artist Ross George, and also the work of Cecil Wade and...

Richmond

Richmond font

Richmond is a geometric sans family in the spirit of Dwiggins’ Metro, Erbar by Jakob Erbar and the Underground type of Edward Johnston.

Sutro

Sutro font

My affection for Slab Serifs began in the early 1960s in Kansas City with Rob Roy Kelly and his fabulous collection of wood type. In the 1970s tried to re-create a Nebiolo Egiziano for...

Benicia

Benicia font

Benicia is serif typeface. It reflects my ongoing fascination with the Golden Type/ATF Jenson design genre of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Designed for display, it also works well at small sizes....

Sutro Shaded

Sutro Shaded font

My affection for Slab Serifs began in the early 1960s in Kansas City when Rob Roy Kelly was at the Kansas City Art Institute, teaching and writing his book on American Wood Type. I...

Modesto Initials

Modesto Initials font

Modesto Initials had existed as a single font for several years. I recently added a fill font to put color in the Inlines. The Inline font still works by itself. The Fill font works...

Modesto

Modesto font

Modesto is a loose-knit family based on a signpainters lettering style popular in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. It evolved from the lettering I used for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus...

Fresno

Fresno font

Fresno is a two-font family. Fresno Inline and Fresno Black. Fresno Black is a recent addition. It can be used alone, and it is carefully tailored to fit behind the Inline font to add...