font_designer: Andrew Leman
Journalistic is one in a series of fonts designed for use in creating replica vintage newspapers. It is inspired by the nameplate of a New England newspaper from the 1920s. Its rough character is...
Policy Gothic is derived from the boilerplate on a vintage insurance policy, and in a former life may have been Engraver’s Gothic or something like it. A rough all-caps sans serif, it’s great for...
DaiVernon is based on the handwriting of card magician extraordinaire Dai Vernon. Known as “The Professor”, Vernon was a beloved expert in sleight-of-hand and card magic. These fonts are based on the penmanship in...
Heck Italic is based on captions, labels and legends appearing on 19th-century maps and natural history engravings by J. G. Heck.
The Fred family is based on the casual hand lettering of Fred G. Cooper: cover artist, cartoonist, and letterer for Life magazine in the 1920s and ’30s. His relaxed style captures the flavor of...
Schreibweise is a pirate-flavored font inspired by a hand-lettered manuscript dating from 1492. The digital font features numerous traditional blackletter and discretionary ligatures and contextual alternates to help create the feel of genuine hand…
Operapolitan is inspired by a hand-lettered list of board members to a major metropolitan opera company in the 1920s. The font features special ligatures and a complete alternative glyph set meant for use with...
Mooseheart is derived from some hand lettering on a 1920s membership card for a fraternal organization. It is a slightly rough and casual sans serif at a gentle oblique angle, with a comic book...
Fishwrapper is a three-member font family (Regular, Bold, and Italic) designed to replicate the look of authentic vintage newspaper typography. The fonts are rough and are meant to be used at newspaper sizes. All...