font_designer: Jim Lyles

MFC Gilchrist Monogram

MFC Gilchrist Monogram font

The inspiration source for MFC Gilchrist Monogram is an extremely ornamented letterset from a vintage embroidery publication from the early 1900’s. We’ve digitally recreated the ornamental glyphs from the original design, and created a...

MFC Ringold Monogram

MFC Ringold Monogram font

The source of inspiration for MFC Ringold Monogram is a specimen from the 1917 “Strong’s Book of Designs”. This popular lettering style has been incorporated into numerous film type foundries of the past, but...

MFC Petworth Monogram

MFC Petworth Monogram font

The source of inspiration for MFC Petworth Monogram is a specimen from the 1917 “Strong’s Book of Designs”. This popular lettering style has been incorporated into numerous film type foundries of the past, but...

MFC Westport Monogram

MFC Westport Monogram font

The inspiration for MFC Westport Monogram was a heavily soiled vintage lettering & penmanship book which only listed this alphabet specimen as “Banker Tilted”. The look and feel of this typestyle is reminiscent of...

MFC Livermore Monogram

MFC Livermore Monogram font

The source of inspiration for MFC Livermore Monogram is a wonderfully ornate lettering style recreated from the pages of Charles J. Strong’s “The Art of Show Card Writing” of 1907. We’ve expanded the original...

MFC Tattersaw Monogram

MFC Tattersaw Monogram font

The source of inspiration for MFC Tattersaw Monogram is a specimen from the 1917 “Strong’s Book of Designs”. This popular lettering style has been incorporated into numerous film type foundries of the past, but...

MFC Rodizio

MFC Rodizio font

MFC Rodizio makes a departure from our classic monogram font designs. It is a standard all-caps font, with the full complement of characters and it is based on an original wood type. The source...

MFC Laroux Initials

MFC Laroux Initials font

The source of inspiration for Laroux Initials is an alphabet set from the book “Monograms and Alphabets for Combination” by Dollfus, Mieg & Cie, first published in the 1880’s. We’ve added cameo versions of...

MFC Arkena Monogram

MFC Arkena Monogram font

The source of inspiration for MFC Arkena Monogram is a specimen from the 1917 “Strong’s Book of Designs”. This popular lettering style has been incorporated into numerous film type foundries of the past, but...

MFC Botanical Borders

MFC Botanical Borders font

The inspiration source for MFC Botanical Borders is a collection of border treatments from the 1886 “Spécimens de caractères d’imprimerie” by E. Houpied a Paris. This collection of elegant floral and foliage borders has...