Sometimes you need to gild the lily, add a little drama. With that in mind we’ve created a collection of flourishes & embellished letters to enhance Nelly Script’s romantic appeal. Nelly Script Flourish is...
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There’s a little restaurant in an old house on a sidestreet in town (Rockland, Maine, USA) called Cafe Miranda. The staff is friendly, the setting intimate, and the appetizer a basket of hot bread...
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My father is retired from teaching after a distinguished career as a professor at the University of Texas (and other colleges). He’s also retired from writing in longhand, ever since I digitized his script...
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The tale of Pumpkinseed began with a bit of hand-printing I noticed on the dinner menu at a local restaurant. I took a menu home for future reference. Several months later, some similar hand-lettering...
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Early Texas patriots had fascinating penmanship. In researching Texas Hero years ago, I had occasion to pore over copies of letters by the likes of Stephen F. Austin, William B. Travis, Thomas J. Rusk,...
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Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar had an exotic name for a historic Texan, but he left his mark beginning in 1836, the year of Texas independence and the first year that pioneers other than mountain men...
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While helping produce a trade magazine years ago, I admired the hand-lettering of the art director — a woman named Marydale — and suggested she let me model a font after her penmanship. She...
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It hit me one day that the ’60s-vintage labelmaker I had lying around might make an interesting display face. I began playing with it — clicking out letters at various pressures, scanning the results,...
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An indomitable woman who traveled a lot, Emily Austin (Bryan) Perry was one of the children of Moses Austin, of Austinville, Virginia. Like her famous brother, Stephen F. Austin, she settled in Texas as...
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Prince is an embellished Typeface with very fine loops and very pointed serifs based on Bodonian forms. You get two fonts for the price of one – one embellished font and the second one...