font_category: legible

Argus

Argus font

Designed by Les Usherwood. Argus is a flared serif font family. Its analog form was designed by Les Usherwood (Typsettra) in the 1980’s, and Paul Hickson (P&P Hickson) and Steve Jackaman (ITF) designed the...

Appleyard

Appleyard font

Appleyard is a transitional serif font family that combines the elements of a modern serif and old-style typefaces. It is loosely based on an old Monotype design called ‘Prumyslava.’ Appleyard was designed by A....

Alexon

Alexon font

Designed by Les Usherwood. Digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman. Originally in one weight, Steve designed and produced three additional weights.

Shinn

Shinn font

Designed by Nick Shinn. Digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman. Humanist sans serif with a calligraphic cut and tall ascenders. Light, Medium and Extra Bold designed by Nick in 1985 for Typsettra; Steve added the...

Mechanic Gothic DST

Mechanic Gothic DST font

Based on character shapes with origins rooted in the work of 19th Century American wood type makers, DST Mechanic Gothic draws influence from the poster types found in the impactful advertising during the Industrial...

Megaphone

Megaphone font

It was our initial intention to develop a suitable lowercase for Les Usherwood’s Elston typeface, based on a few characters from an old German typeface called Hermes Grotesque (Woellmer, Berlin). The new design became...

Creighton

Creighton font

It was our initial intention to develop a suitable lowercase for Les Usherwood’s Elston typeface, based on a few characters from an old German typeface called Hermes Grotesque (Woellmer, Berlin). However, the new design...

Karnak Pro

Karnak Pro font

Based on the original design by Robert Hunter Middleton. Digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman and Ashley Muir from the Ludlow drawings, circa 1931–1942.

Harry Pro

Harry Pro font

This revival of Harry is based on the original design by Marty Goldstein (and C.B. Smith). Goldstein, born in Chicago in 1939, was the co-founder of the groundbreaking Creative Black Book. He graduated from...

Ryder Gothic Pro

Ryder Gothic Pro font

A revival based on the Harry Winters design ‘Roslyn Gothic’ released by VGC in 1972. We’ve added a new light weight and several alternate glyphs. Ryder Gothic contains all the high-end features expected in...