Augsburger2009
This typeface was inspired strongly by one of Ernhardt Ratdolt’s (1442-1528?) many beautiful typefaces. Mr. Ratdolt was a printer from the city of Augsburg, who had also worked for several years as a printer...
font_designer: Shane Brandes
Fleurious
This font was inspired by the many changes in printing habits over the last half millennium. Every book has a story and sometimes the printing itself can be its own story. Every era has...
Rising Sun
This typeface was inspired by Gering and Remboldt’s work during the late 1490s. Their printing concern, the Soleil d’or in Paris, was one of the printing business to engage in the use of blackletter...
River Liffey
This typeface was inspired by a typeface used by James Williams an Irish printer active in Dublin during the late 18th century, who was heavily involved in the book trade and offered such tomes...
Enn’agrammaton
Trithemius, a 15th century Abbott, and influential counselor to Emperor Maximilian I, was also an author who wrote both histories and the first printed work on cryptography which gained him much adverse notoriety. He...
Big Chuck
Charlemagne, one of the great rulers of the Middle Ages, was instrumental in the reestablishment of formal education in the West. This font was inspired by the notion that he felt the need to...
Ballard
This typeface was inspired by a font used by Henrie Ballard. Ballard operated on Fleet Street at the Signe of the Bear in London, England. He was active in the industry from 1597-1608. The...
Azabercna
The Goths swept across Europe hastening about the dissolution of the Roman Empire, forever acquiring a disrepute noticeable to this day. Wulfilas, a bishop, translated the Bible into Gothic and developed the Gothic alphabet...
Pluton
Pluton, a mono-spaced font, is designed to be versatile and easy on the eyes, with over 1400 defined glyphs. It has wide coverage comprising several different alphabets (Western European, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Runic, Ogham), mathematical,...
Old Venexia
This is a simple excursion into taking a prototype and recasting it along different lines, emphasizing the spontaneity of a hand cut look. It is primarily meant for the printed page.