While in the same vein and spirit as Burgues and Compendium, Bellissima began from an entirely different thread from those fonts. It started with Alex Trochut generously showing me a gorgeous lettering book from...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
Over the past couple of years I received quite a number of unusual and surprising requests to modify my type designs to suit projects of personal nature, but none top the ones that asked...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
Ornamented scripts are a Koziupa/Paul specialty, and Heraldica is one of their most expressive. It attains the very definition of deluxe by conjoining the classic thin-and-thick script treatment with thin-only counterpart strokes, then it...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
From the beginning “Esmeralda” was born with a strong influence of the classical “capitalis monumentalis”, carved in stone. In the same way, the origin of this majuscule writing emerged from the brush, from a way...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
After doing this for so many years, one would think my fascination with the old history of writing would have mellowed out by now. The truth is that alongside being a calligraphy history buff,...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
Zulia is located in the west of Venezuela and it is the state in where Joluvian grew up. It is a region of sunshine, high temperatures, oil and cheerful people, although we choose the...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
Alejandro Paul’s Brownstone Slab is based on his own popular, award-winning, Brownstone Sans typeface. Like the original Sans, Brownstone Slab is a 21st-century design, influenced by the Victorian decorative motifs of the ironwork and...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
Festival Script is a logical evolution within the deco script territory previously explored by Koziupa and Paul in efforts like Aranjuez, Bellas Artes, Heraldica and Tanguera. In Festival Script, strong bilinear contrast and ornamental...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
A feminine, graceful script whose thicker horizontals create a wave-like rhythm — hence the name. Seashore is loosely based on an “eccentric” (left-leaning) penmanship style of the late 19th century. Used mainly by professional...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
Describe the 21st century politician. Left or right? Fat or thin? War or peace? Straight or gay? Hard or soft? Male or female? Pro or con? Young or old? East or west? Now look...