Beantown Bounce NF
This quirky charmer is based on a typeface originally called Century, which appeared in the Boston Type Foundry’s 1898 specimen book. This version includes many of the ornaments and accents included with the original...
font_designer: Nick Curtis
FranTique NF
The 1905 Barnhart Brothers & Spindler catalog featured an ultrawide face called “French Antique Extended”. The letterforms have been faithfully rendered here, but this font’s kerning calls for a lot of overlapping and interlocking...
Lily Hilo NF
This sometimes-top-heavy, sometime-bottom-heavy, sometimes-centered typecase is based on an old Photolettering face designed by the irrepressible Dave West, originally called “Nickelodeon”. That name was already taken, so I chose another with a nod…
Smart Frocks NF
A sign in a London storefront, ca. 1930, pitching—surprise!—Smart Frocks provided the visual cues for designing this typeface. Singularly stylish, hip and haughty and decidedly Deco, this is the smart font to use! This...
Slugfest NF
A Japanese design firm called Maniackers put together a typeface design in 2001, which they called Snail. This typeface is based on that design, with a few tasty modifications and some industrial-strength kerning, so...
Babes In Toyland NF
Handlettering on a piece of sheet music from 1903 was the inspiration for this little whimsical wonder. The font features a very sinuous S and teddy-bear bookends in the {brace} positions. This font contains...
Daffadowndilly NF
Here’s another offering based on the work of Alf Becker, long-time contributor to Signs of the Times magazine. This only comes from the 1940s, and is a light and bouncy single-stroke face that’s sure...
Yum Yum NF
The Cleveland Type Foundry strikes again, with this delightful little number from their 1893 specimen book, originally named “Mikado”. This version takes its name from one of the characters in the Gilbert and Sullivan...
Anagram Shadow NF
This delightful dervish is based on handlettering from a 1928 poster for a steamship line by renowned British artist Austin Cooper. It’s essentially a monocase font, with the exception of the letter A, which...
Turban Hey NF
The “Moorish arch” treatment of certain letters on a 2001 book on Dutch design, executed by René Knip, provided the inspiration for this exotic unicase typeface. The font also includes arabesque designs in the...