The sixteen styles of Giza bring back the colorful power and variety of the original Egyptian letterforms, a glory of the Victorian era. Designer David Berlow based the family on showings in Vincent Figgins’...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 17, 2015
Of all his work, C.H. Griffith claimed one type, Bell Gothic, as his own design. Griffith Gothic is a revival of the 1937 Mergenthaler original, redrawn as the house sans for Fast Company. Tobias...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 6, 2015
The incisive appearance of the economical Herald Gothic headline is given by the bevelled corners to the characters, a practice common in the eighteen-seventies for news heads. This font family is based upon a...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified February 20, 2025
The Lo-Res family of fonts is a synthesis of pixelated designs, including Emigre’s earlier coarse resolution fonts, as well as bitmap representations of Base 9. It replaces the preexisting Emigre, Emperor, Oakland and Universal...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified February 20, 2025
This quirky little gem was patterned after single-stroke handlettering originally crafted by John M. Bergling, whose peregrinations through pulchritudinous penmanship also provided the inspiration for Erehwon Roman NF. Both versions of this font…
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 17, 2015
Inspired by a characteristic handlettered ad from 1909, as well as the single word “Robusto” drawn for Oz Cooper’s own amusement and a perusal of his better-known work, Christian Schwartz designed Fritz as the...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 11, 2015
Gangly originated from the wall of a department store parking garage in San Diego, California in the early 1990s. Developed into a full-grown typeface by the unconventional mind of Joe Polevy, the lanky letterforms...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 11, 2015
For gritty reality and rust-belt appearance, Garage Gothic Regular was derived from numbered tickets given at city parking garages. “Irregular contours and rough alignments found on the lettering were retained in the font, albeit...