1532 Bastarde Lyon
Font designed from work by an anonymous printer in Lyon (France) to print the French popular novel Les Grandes et inestimables Chroniques du grand et enorme geant Gargantua […] in 1532. The original font...
font_foundry: GLC
1538 Schwabacher
This 1538 Schwabacher was based on a font used by Georg Rhau in Wittemberg (Germany) to print Des Babsts Hercules […], a German pamphlet against roman catholicism written by Johannes Kymeus. The original font...
1550 Arabesques
Font inspired by the decorative elements and opening capitals frequently in use in the early 1500s, under Geoffroy Tory’s book “Champfleury” influence, especially in Lyon (France). It is an entirely original design. It is...
1475 Bastarde Manual
This script font was inspired by the type called “Bastarde Flamande”, a much appreciated one in the Duke of Burgundy’s court at the end of 1400s for handwritten books. A book titled Histoire Romaine...
1420 Gothic Script
This script font was inspired by the type most commonly used during the period 1300s to 1500s. It is a compromise between historic truth and contemporary use. We particularly thank very much the Paris...
2008 Script 2
This font was created for the birth of a baby in June 2008. It’s a melting font, including various types : blackletter script, bastarde, humanistic… a joyful interpretation for a joyful event. It is...
1610 Cancellaresca
This font was inspired by the “Cancellaresca moderna ” type, which was calligraphed by Francesco Periccioli (published in 1610 in Siena, Italy). It was entirely handwritten by the designer for each circumstance, using quill...
1510 Nancy
This set of decorated initial letters was inspired by those used in 1510 in Nancy (France, Lorraine) for printing of “Recueil ou croniques des hystoires des royaulmes d’Austrasie ou France orientale[…]” Author Symphorien Champion,...
1509 Leyden
This script font was inspired by the type used in Leyden by Jan Seversz to print Breviores elegantioresque epistolae […], author Francesco Filfelo, circa 1509. The original font contains all lower case characters, except...
1815 Waterloo
This script font was inspired by a few manuscripts and letters written by French representatives or ministers after the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. It is an attempt to offer a typical handwritten script...