The 1888 edtion of James Conner’s Sons United States Type Foundry specimen book listed this little gem simply as “Antique Light”. Its original, rather anemic outlines have been beefed up and its serifs have...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
The inspiration for this proto-Art Nouveau typeface showed up in the 1887 type specimen book of Farmer, Little & Co. under the name Vassar. Its bold, sinuous curves, which take unexpected turns now and...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
Lewis F. Day, in his 1910 classic Alphabets Old and New, filed this work by Laurence Schall under the category of Celtic-inspired, and surely it is both. This font included a few special extras,...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
Barrista is a relaxed, curly script that resembles the whirling curls of steam from a hot cup of Joe. Yes, it is purposefully misspelled. This typeface was created to be compatible with both legal...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 19, 2024
Nineteen Eighty-Four is an homage to German New Wave. Tall, mechanical, but patently expressive, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a single-weight font built on a strict rectangular grid and tall forms reminiscent of early computer-created typography...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
Valentine is another brand-new profonts script typeface family with versions in light, light italic, medium and medium italic, supplied in the new OpenType Pro font format. Valentine contains about 1.100 glyphs for every weight,...