Merc is a four-letter word that stops just one y short of Mercy. Merc is also the standard street abbreviation for mercenary, or a soldier for hire. Now that the global security business has...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
Militia Sans is the sans-serif version of Militia. A heavy sans serif with very distinct stenciling, Militia Sans is ideal for strong designs that settle for nothing less than total obedience. A few alternates...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
An unnamed historical font, scanned and patched. Originally upper and lower case only. I have extended it to include numbers, symbols and extended ascii characters.
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
In 1525, Albrecht Dürer, the well known German great artist, was publishing the so-called “Underweysung der Messung mit dem Zirckel und Richtscheyt”, printed in Nuremberg. This handbook explained with numeral figures how to draw...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
By overwhelming popular demand, this is the wide display companion to Canada Type’s Clarendon Text family. It comes in ten styles: regular, medium, bold, with small caps and oldstyle Figures counterparts, as well as...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
Outcast puts the whole grunge font problem to rest by eliminating repetition. Here we have eight variations on each character (4 all cap fonts), so there is no more need to use the same...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that these letter shapes are familiar. They have the unmistakable color and weight of Cooper Black, Oswald Cooper’s most famous typeface from 1921. What should be a...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
This is the elaborate digital version of Edel Grotesque Bold Condensed (also known as Lessing, Reichgrotesk, and Wotan Bold Condensed) a 1914 typeface by Johannes Wagner, which was later adopted by pretty much every...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 17, 2015
As he explains the origin and purpose of this design, it becomes clear that Cyrus Highsmith undertook Ibis as a real typographic adventure. Studying the Font Bureau library, he found openings that were filled...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 19, 2015
In 18th-century England and America, Caslon fonts came to dominate printing. Hot-metal revivals in the 20th century were legendary for readability. The letterpress printers’ adage was: “When in doubt, use Caslon.” William Berkson drew...