font_foundry: Pelavin Fonts

China Market

China Market font

The initial characters in China Market were created in 1996 for a logo featuring the Temple of Heaven in Beijing where emperors from the Ming and Qing dynasties worshiped heaven and prayed for abundant...

Salty Dog

Salty Dog font

Salty Dog’s a rough-hewn but sturdy rope script in two styles; a ready-made outline version and a solid that suits it for a variety of multicolor highlight and shadow effects. Rich with the hearty...

Tiki

Tiki font

It’s here, it’s new and it’s bamboo. Not to be mistaken for the lush magic of the actual tropical rain forest, Tiki evokes more of a feeling of an Oriental Trading Co. tacky Hawaiian...

Mimosa

Mimosa font

The inspiration for Mimosa comes directly from the packaging for “Moulinard Jeune”, a line of French toiletries from the 1920s. I created the 240-odd glyphs needed to make up a complete font based upon...

Forgia

Forgia font

Forgia is a result of my fascination with the beauty I find in utilitarian industrial objects like the riveted stanchions in New York subway stations, decorative ironwork in Grand Central terminal and the eloquent...