font_designer: Nick Curtis

Kenosha Antique NF

Kenosha Antique NF font

The inspiration for this elegant, willowy typeface was found in the 1903 type specimen catalog of Barnhard Brothers & Spindler. The original version was named “Racine”; this version takes its name from another town...

Jackson Park NF

Jackson Park NF font

Handlettering in an ad from the 1920s for a Chicago engraving company provided the inspiration for this fine, fat, flowing face, full of fun and antique charm. Both versions of this font include the...

Catty Wumpas NF

Catty Wumpas NF font

Ross F. George, the lettering wizard behind many an edition of Speedball lettering books, called this quirky creation “Spatter and Spot Roman”. In this version, the spatters go, but the spots remain, and a...

Saturday Morning Monotone NF

Saturday Morning Monotone NF font

A fitting complement to the ever-popular Saturday Morning Toast is this book weight, monoline version, popular in the early twentieth century. Both versions contain the complete Unicode 1252 (Latin) and Unicode 1250 (Central European)...

Whirled Peas NF

Whirled Peas NF font

In his book Showcard Alphabets, Dan X. Solo called this little gem “Whitestone Scrawl”. This version is beefed up slightly and the letter proportions have been altered somewhat, but it’s still LOADS of fun....

One Good Urn NF

One Good Urn NF font

J. M. Bergling, in his 1914 masterwork Art Alphabets and Lettering, offered this face as suitable for all occasions Greek, and we couldn’t agree more. Both versions of this font include the complete Unicode...

Gnarly Dude NF

Gnarly Dude NF font

Ross F. George, master of the Speedball pen, called this rather rugged typeface “Personality Script”, which might be a suitable name if you had the personality of a porcupine. It does grab your attention,...

Edda Morgana NF

Edda Morgana NF font

In the 1921 work Letters and Lettering by Frank Chouteau Brown, these letterforms were offered as examples of typical medieval English fare. The font is all caps, but there are variant letterforms in all...

Sulphur Springs NF

Sulphur Springs NF font

In his compilation of stencil alphabets, Dan X. Solo called this one simply “Concave Stencil”. Excellent for marking cases of whiskey or gunpowder, or for setting strikingly up-to-date headlines. Both versions of this font...

Shishka Bob NF

Shishka Bob NF font

Here’s another offering based on the calligraphic capers of Paul Carlyle and Gus Oring, originally presented as a representation of The Exotic. It’s a lot of fun, too. Both versions of this font contain...