Impressed with the strength and the clarity of John Downer’s personal “thick/thin” signwriting style, a fitness magazine commissioned a single weight of Roxy in 1990 to stress its headlines. Mildly compact widths and moderate...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 2, 2015
At last, an ultra-atomic connected script for the new millennium, brought to us from the fifties by Leslie Cabarga. He based this cool font on logos from the second wave of the all-American diner,...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
Swiss Folk Ornaments were inspired by old Swiss embroidery designs. Swiss Folk Ornaments – Critters & Things is composed of critters (animals) and other things, hearts, pitchers, and a basket. In the character set...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 19, 2024
Anarcharsis was inspired by incomplete rubbing made from a stone wall located in the Bahamas. The character set was completed and modified to better suit digital type. The imperfections and quirkiness of the hand-carved...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 19, 2024
Dozens of International characters! Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold/Italic included. In 2001 a new trend began in comics lettering which typically until then had been all capital letters. The problem created by lettering comics...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 19, 2024
Generous curves above and below the straight-sided Railroad Gothic parallel those of Figgins’ elephantine Grotesques, lending both British and American series their monumental qualities. Shrinking center strokes and counters to emphasize a massive…
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 2, 2015
Loose and angular, this typeface was originally designed by Imre Reiner for the Amsterdam Typefoundry in 1951. Attracted by its free-form structure and unique texture, Tobias Frere-Jones revived the original design from handset proofs...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 16, 2015
First drawn in 1993 by Tobias Frere-Jones for Neville Brody’s Fuse magazine, FB Reactor combines abraded forms with Tesla’s theory of destruction through accumulating rhythmic points of noise. The ‘Derelict’ style offers choices of...