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Brosse
Brosse is a family of slabserif faces which emphasise clarity and geometric cleanliness of line, in a ‘Brave New World’ sprit that harks back to the 1930s and possibly also to postwar rebuilding in...
MFC Ruse Monogram
The inspiration source for Ruse Monogram is a unique letterset called “DeRoos Inline” from an old type specimen tearsheet. To create more monogram versatility in the design, a solid version, as well as a...
MFC Monarchy Initials
The inspiration source for Monarchy Initials is the 1934 Book of American Types by American Type Founders. In that specimen book, they had created a sophisticated two color initial design they called “Stationers Initials”...
MFC Moissanite Monogram
The inspiration source for Moissanite Monogram is the 1934 Book of American Types by American Type Founders. Found in that specimen book, in a section titled “Diamond Combination Monograms”, this popular diamond pattern of...
Zyklop NF
A random scan from a late nineteenth-century German type specimen book, encountered on the internet, provided the pattern for this surprisingly contemporary face. Although all of the characters are parallel to the baseline, the...
Shiver Me Timbers NF
Avast, me hearties! Here be a serious pirate font, based loosely on several of Victor Hammer’s uncial typefaces, designed between 1925 and 1953, and liberally weathered and corroded for that authentic barnacle-encrusted look. The...
Lesser Arcana NF
The uppercase letters of this magical, mystical face is based on various alchemical symbols used from the thirteenth through the sixteenth century; the lowercase letters are based on those found on a 1935 poster,...
Deukalion NF
Lettering specimens from 1910 by an unnamed Dutch calligrapher provided the inspiration for this quirky and somewhat mischievous Art Nouveau font. Both versions of the font include the 1252 Latin and 1250 CE character...
Boo Meringue NF
The inspiration for this font made its first appearance in the 1897 American Type Founders specimen book, under the name “Lithotint”. As the name suggests, the original was tinted gray (diagonal lines formed the...