In 1994, Christopher Slye decided to design Elmhurst as the best way to learn something about type.“I thought that a typeface intended for continuous text would be the most challenging to design,” he recalls,...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified February 20, 2025
The straight-sided form of condensed Geometric slab-serif, Font Bureau Constructa provides a stronger and more geometric form than the customary design. This crisp series is based on Morris Fuller Benton’s lone font Tower, released...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 16, 2015
Cyrus Highsmith began work on Daley’s Gothic in 1997, experimenting with a steel brush and ink on paper. After sketching a few characters, he headed to the nearest computer and played out the rest...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 15, 2015
Dizzy pays homage to that great legend of bebop, John Birks ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie. Jean Evans, long-term family and personal friend of Gillespie, was inspired to design this font after seeing a sample of his...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 7, 2015
The Eagle series realizes the ideas behind Morris Fuller Benton’s famous titling, Eagle Bold, the symbol of American recovery, drawn in 1933 for the National Recovery Association. Font Bureau Eagle was started in 1989...