font_designer: Nick Curtis
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.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...