font_foundry: The Ampersand Forest

Carollo Playscript

Carollo Playscript font

The typewriter gave us the dominant document body copy look for much of the 20th century. This is especially true of scripts — whether for stage or screen. In the entertainment industry, Courier is...

IxD

IxD font

IxD is a modular, semi-futuristic sans serif that uses its geometry to evoke the kind of future we all thought we’d have back when we were kids: sleek, assertive, cool. Many of its deep...

Budinger Oldstyle

Budinger Oldstyle font

The Ampersand Forest has its first book family! Budinger Oldstyle is elegant and approachable at the same time, with five different weights, making it a perfect choice for text or display in situations that...

Nerone

Nerone font

Nerone is a quasi-unicase display type family in four weights, from light to black. In its lighter versions, it’s reminiscent of dignified flared serifs like Albertus. In its black version, it’s comparable to display...

Wodehouse

Wodehouse font

If you create a lot of designs for display, then you know how invaluable a good, solid, geometric face is. Wodehouse is here to deliver. It has both a vintage, between-the-wars look and feel...

Tremendo

Tremendo font

Tremendo is a gothic sans serif superfamily with a large number of widths and weights that make it a great choice for versatility, clarity, and dynamism. Built with both grotesque and geometric principles in...

Gorgonzola Gothic

Gorgonzola Gothic font

Gorgonzola Gothic is a geometrically-inspired gothic sans serif family that’s robust and versatile. Inspired by the geometric quirkiness of IxD (also by The Ampersand Forest), Gorgonzola Gothic expands into a thirty-style family that works...

Bex Script

Bex Script font

Bex Script is a riff on traditional French script forms: the Bâtarde, the Ronde, and the Coulée. It has two versions: First, there’s La Belle, a straightforward, lovely interpretation of the script form, suitable...

Mr Chips

Mr Chips font

Mr Chips is a love letter to modern text serif families like Century Schoolbook and Scotch Romans of all kinds.There’s nothing precious about Mr Chips. He’s built sturdily, but with a less upright stance...

Pseudographia

Pseudographia font

Pseudographia is a lighthearted, loving pastiche of “Greek-Style” type inspired by J.M. Bergling’s 1917 “Society Greek” lettering. Happily living in the world of kitschy cross-cultural fonts of the kind found on restaurant awnings around...