Poster Black revives the vivacity and freedom of the lettering artists of the thirties and forties. Their cheerful irreverence survives in photos from the period, the occasional surviving poster, and in manuals like the...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 12, 2015
A display family originally designed during the mid-seventies by Jim Parkinson for Roger Black at a growing Rock & Roll magazine. Jim sees it as ‘a combination between the original logo by San Francisco...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 2, 2015
Named after the collaboration of Frank Sheeran, Ian Chai and Glenn Chappell that produced the FIGlet application, FIG is set of three postscript typefaces in the spirit of early email and ASCII art explorations....
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 13, 2015
Named after the collaboration of Frank Sheeran, Ian Chai and Glenn Chappell that produced the FIGlet application, FIG is set of three postscript typefaces in the spirit of early email and ASCII art explorations....
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 7, 2015
Courier, designed in 1955 by Howard G. Kettler for the IBM bar typewriter and later adapted for the Selectric typewriter, has truly stood the test of time. Installed on nearly every computer in the...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 2, 2015
Long since replaced by computers, the mechanical lettering kits used by draftsmen and amateur sign makers served as the inspiration for the Bryant family of typefaces.
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 19, 2024
SchwarzKopf is an 18th Century European “Schwabacher” blackletter which features a distressed edge for creating authentic “antique” documents. Old features the long “s” and other archaic forms. Both Old and New variations feature many...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 17, 2015
While not a revival in the strictest sense of the word, Niagara recalls the crisp, elegant geometry found in some of the best American styles from the nineteen-thirties and -forties. The four condensed weights...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 16, 2015
The oriental principles of this distinctive display face were originated by David Berlow in a simple western sanserif designed to harmonize with Kanji letterforms in Japan and the Far East. Berlow stressed the more...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 13, 2015
A typeface for ornate and festive display, Nutcracker, Font Bureau’s Christmas typeface, is based on a fanciful calligraphic titling designed by lettering artist Richard Lipton for the adventurous Boston publisher David Godine, who used...