font_foundry: GLC

1906 Fantasio Auriol

1906 Fantasio Auriol font

We have created this family inspired from the set of well known Auriol fonts used by the French popular “cheerful” satirical magazine Fantasio (1906-1948). The present version contains Normal, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic...

1431 Humane Niccoli

1431 Humane Niccoli font

Niccolo Niccoli (1364-1437) was a wealthy bibliophile and an acclaimed scribe, in Florence (Italy). He was one of the most important Italian calligrapher in this early time of rediscovering Roman script. Of rare accomplishment...

161 Vergilius

161 Vergilius font

This font was inspired by the rare manuscript Roman Quadrata used by an unknown scribe to inscribe a copy of the Roman poet Virgil’s GEORGICS, somehwere around 161 to 180 AD. Only a few...

1880 Kurrentshrift

1880 Kurrentshrift font

This font was inspired by the old form of the so called “Kurrentschrift” German handwriting, based on late medieval cursive. It is also known as “Alte Deutsche schrift” (“Old German script”). It was taught...

1540 Mercator Script

1540 Mercator Script font

This font was inspired by the so-called Litterarum latinarum, quas italicas, cursoriasque vocant, scribendum Ratio (Louvain 1540), a manual intended for calligraphers by the well known scientist Gerhard Mercator. It was a magnificent “Cancellaresca…

799 Insular

799 Insular font

This font was inspired from the so called “Insular Style” Latin script used in Celtic monasteries (Ireland, Scotland—with the well known Book of Kells—and England) from the late 6th to 9th, before the Carolingian...

1499 Alde Manuce Pro

1499 Alde Manuce Pro font

This family was inspired by the beautiful roman font used by Aldus Manutius in Venice (1499) to print for the first time Hypnerotomachia Poliphili…, the well known book attributed to Francesco Colonna. Francesco Griffo...

1920 French Script Pro

1920 French Script Pro font

This font was inspired by one of a standard French manual styles in use from the beginning of 1900s to the end of World War II, when people were writing most often with pen...

1651 Alchemy

1651 Alchemy font

This family is a compilation created from a Garamond set in use in Paris circa 1651, but similar to those, eroded and tired, that were in use during centuries to print cheap publications, as...

1920 My Toy Print

1920 My Toy Print font

This family was inspired by a small French “toy print” box, with rubber stamp characters, from the 1920s. The set contained only capital letters, no accented letters and limited punctuation. We have reconstituted a...