By the time that the 13th edition of the Speedball Text Book appeared in 1938, silent movies were a thing of the past; nonetheless, intrepid author Ross F. George included this typeface, originally intended...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Gloss is based on Champion, a 1957 metal script by G. G. Lange. Not only are the paint drips pseudo-randomized using OpenType ligatures, but they’re skewed slightly to the right; that makes Gloss look...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A collection of fonts by the type foundry Intellecta Design. Distressed and antique, use these fonts in display purposes for a stylized type design. Contains a limited amount of letter designs.
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Tsotsi, a recent addition to the Scholtz Fonts range, is highly legible, strong, African and contemporary in design. It is a sans serif font, however, the gently splayed terminals to the strokes subtly hint...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
I named the font “Sangoma” after the traditional healers of the Southern African tribes. Sangomas often work by “throwing bones”. The shapes of the bones have suggested the shapes of the characters in the...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
I have named the font “Makonde” after an tribal group in southeast Tanzania and northern Mozambique that is well known for their intricate and semi-realistic wood carvings. The patterns that decorate the Makonde font...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Mafuta is a round, happy font, named for the Zulu word for “fat”. In tribal societies in Africa, where food was often scarce and almost never easily come by, it was considered desirable to...