font_designer: Nick Curtis

Boeuf Au Joost NF

Boeuf Au Joost NF font

Another in a series of typefaces (Joost a Gigolo and Modern Art) based on the works of comic-book artist Joost Swarte, which continues in a long-standing Dutch tradition of unconventional lettering design.

Boogaloo Avenue NF

Boogaloo Avenue NF font

A new take on the perennial Art Deco favorite, Broadway, interpreted by 1930s lettering artist Harold Holland Day, and named after a 1960s R&B song.

Sophisticated Lady NF

Sophisticated Lady NF font

Legendary lettering artist Alf Becker called his original offering “Aristocrat”; this version is a little less pretentious, but still suitably snooty. Graceful and elegant, but with a few amusing turns. Both versions of this...

Snappy Patter NF

Snappy Patter NF font

The pattern for this delightful gem was found in Dan X. Solo’s “Rustic and Rough-Hewn Alphabets” book under the name “Antique No 14.” For this font, the rough-hewn lines have been cleaned up, but...

Savoy Roman NF

Savoy Roman NF font

A long-forgotten typeface named “Graybar Book” provided the inspiration for this refreshingly different text face. The overshoots of several of the rounded elements lend an air of casual insouciance to the font.

Nov Schmoz Kapop NF

Nov Schmoz Kapop NF font

The logotype lettering of a 1927 issue of Motion Picture magazine provided the inspiration for this playful romp through the alphabet. Named after an expression of the same time whose origin and meaning are...

Hot LBaltimore NF

Hot LBaltimore NF font

Patterned after cheap neon signage, this face has class, all of it low. Uppercase only, the lowercase positions are filled with an assortment of cheesy neon graphics, intended to be used at twice the...

My Dear Watson NF

My Dear Watson NF font

This simple, charming script is based on the handlettering of Carl Holmes, from Walter T. Foster art book entitled ABC of Lettering. Elementary! Both versions of this font include the complete Latin 1252 and...

Refugio NF

Refugio NF font

This family is based on an offering in Barnhart Brothers & Spindler’s Type Specimen Catalog No. 9, issued around 1910, originally named “Grant”. It makes a handsome addition to the Whiz-Bang Woodtype series, and...

Ponte Vecchio NF

Ponte Vecchio NF font

An elegant typeface from the turn of the last century named “Venezia”, issued by Karl Brendler and Son of Vienna, provided the inspiration for this little gem, with hints of the exotic. Both versions...