Lucas Brandis
In the early days of printing everything had to be worked out from scratch. This set of lettering is based on section headings used by the Printer Lucas Brandis (no known relation), the first...
font_designer: Shane Brandes
Cat e Poultry
Love them or hate them Cats are one of the most successful animals on the planet. If they had thumbs we would all be in trouble. Fortunately for us these four legged sharks have...
Printers in Marks
In the early days of printing it was soon recognized that there was a need to identify the printer and publisher behind the printed work. So these industrious people created marks to identify themselves...
Martin Crantz
Martin Crantz (or sometimes Krantz) of the three, including Ulrich Gering and Michael Friburger, that set up a press at the Sorbonne in 1470 was likely the fellow who had the technical know how...
Nicolaus Kesler
Nicolus Kessler was a printer of Incunabula in Basel, Switzerland. He produced numerous ecclesiastical works, Bibles, and an edition of the Golden Legend. This particular font is derived from one of his many typefaces....
Vine Street
VineStreet a place somehow familiar to everyone in the English speaking world. It might be just around the corner or the next town over. This font gives that aged feel of comfort and familiarity...
Gutknecht
Jobst Gutknecht was a highly successful printer in the city of Nuremburg from 1514 to 1542. He published the “Achtliederbuch” (the first Lutheran hymnal, with a whole 4 tunes) and many works by Martin...
Swine And Roses
It’s cool to be square. Among the many strange attempts to conceal writing, these two systems allegedly used by the Masons have a wonderful simplicity and relative ease of use. Both systems, the Rosicrucian...
Zainer
Günther Zainer, (or Zeyner or Zeiner), was the first printer to operate in the city of Augsburg. He was active from 1468 to his death in 1478. In that single decade he was responsible...
Modality
This font was inspired by the idea of assembling letter forms from minimal parts as though a small set of stencils were needed to create the whole form. It is offered in two logical...