Young Gallant
My intent in designing Young Gallant was to create as simple and elegant a formal script as possible. It was developed to illustrate my new book Learning Curves discussing the essence of formal script.
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Grandezza
Grandezza is my most elaborate script so far and is the script for many countries that write in Latin letters as well. I designed it in 5 different parts, since I still think the...
Furry
Furry is a collection of 35 cute farm, wild and pet animal illustrations. All illustrations are drawn by hand and of the highest quality.
Rebekah Pro
Rebekah Pro is a revival of ATF’s Piranesi family, the regular being designed by Willard Sniffin, and the remaining weights designed by Morris Fuller Benton. Tom Rickner first revived Benton’s Italic for use in...
Lateral Incised NF
Gravure was designed by Morris F. Benton in 1927 for American Type Founders and was also released in 1929 by the London foundry of C. W. Shortt. This luminous face has a slightly naïve...
Cleveland Litho NF
This quirky charmer appeared in the 1898 specimen book of the Cleveland Type Foundry, under the name of “Litho”, so it’s no mystery where it got its name. It’s a perfect choice for engaging...
Amity
Amity is a unicase type design in the spirit of Bayer Universal and its 1970’s child, Bauhaus. The lower case combines capital and lower case letterforms in a slick, inherently chuckable set led by...
Jugendstil Initials
Jugendstil Initials were designed by Heinrich Vogeler around 1905, based on the German blackletter tradition. A similar set of initials by Vogeler, but based on roman letters was released by Rudhardsche Geisserei of Offenbach...
Goudy Fleurons
Goudy Fleurons is a symbol font containing a handsome collection of decorative ornaments, also called sorts or dingbats. Goudy Fleurons was revived to the digital age by Ascender’s design team using prints from Frederic...