font_category: funny

The exuberant, if somewhat unorthodox, letter stylings of British poster artist Cecil Wade inspired this offering. The font has extensive kerning to keep the letters packed tight. Both versions of the font include the...

A poster for Buster Keaton’s 1925 classic film “The General” provided the inspiration for this bit of typographic falderal. Essentially a monocase font, the lowercase letters are alternates, so double-clutch the shift key to...

The pattern for this typeface was suggested by a poster for beer, designed by German artist Ludwig Hohlwein around 1920. The plump curvy serifs suggested a great complement to beer, hot dogs, and thus...

In his book Brushstroke and Free-Style Alphabets, Dan X. Solo called this typeface “Tamarind Script” but, whatever its name, this sparkly little gem will add rollicking retro charm to any project it graces. The...

Handlettering in an ad from the 1920s for a Chicago engraving company provided the inspiration for this fine, fat, flowing face, full of fun and antique charm. Both versions of this font include the...

Ross F. George, the lettering wizard behind many an edition of Speedball lettering books, called this quirky creation “Spatter and Spot Roman”. In this version, the spatters go, but the spots remain, and a...

In his book Showcard Alphabets, Dan X. Solo called this little gem “Whitestone Scrawl”. This version is beefed up slightly and the letter proportions have been altered somewhat, but it’s still LOADS of fun....

J. M. Bergling, in his 1914 masterwork Art Alphabets and Lettering, offered this face as suitable for all occasions Greek, and we couldn’t agree more. Both versions of this font include the complete Unicode...

Here’s another offering based on the calligraphic capers of Paul Carlyle and Gus Oring, originally presented as a representation of The Exotic. It’s a lot of fun, too. Both versions of this font contain...

Lettering whiz Carl Holmes called this creation “Pelt Emphasis Script”, and its funky, chunky charm will indeed lend emphasis to any headline it graces. The Postscript and Truetype versions contain a complete Latin language...