Bluebeard
Named after the famous French fairy tale, Bluebeard is a surprisingly legible, slightly worn-out mix of majestic blackletter majuscules and roman minuscules. Perfect for designs of old settings, like books of fairy tales, old...
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Bolero
Named after Maurice Ravel’s masterpiece, Bolero likes to find itself in places of classical elegance. Slightly inspired by the soft italics put forth by Giambattista Bodoni and the Didot family, Bolero adds a feminine...
Boyscout
Digitized from the handwriting of Simone Wilkie’s son, Boyscout is a font that demonstrates a mix between the power of learning and individual creative development of a seven year old child. The struggle to...
Gamer
Canada Type released the first version of Gamer in August of 2004. It was modeled after a few 1972 magazine advertisement letters, the origin of which was later identified as a common film type...
Scroll
Earlier this year, my eyes fell upon a discarded wedding invitation on the sidewalk. A closer look at it revealed that it had at one point been victimized by rain. Some of the fancy...
Puma
Based on Herbert Thannhaeuser’s 1954 Kurier design, Puma is the digital version of what is possibly the friendliest yet least used heavy brush design. Aside from its utilitarian functionality as a poster and sign...
Diva
From the time and place of true Divas, the late Italian nineteenth century, comes a handwriting that is soft, cultured, elegant, down to earth, and capable of surpassing the aesthetic limitations of any era....
Big Brush
Big Brush is the result of me seeing Brush Script everywhere around me. Toronto signage is full of Brush Script. My last two trips to the West Coast showed me mostly Brush Script. Brush...
Odette
The Morris Benton 1918 American classic, Announcement Roman, comes to digital life with more pizzazz than it ever had. Named after the Swan Lake princess, Odette is the ideal choice for titling, poetry, advertising,...
Gallery
Browsing through film archives at an independent film and audio production company in Winnipeg, Patrick Griffin spotted some unique set letters on a sign and a lawn chair in a 1980s B-movie entitled “Canada:...