font_foundry: Mark Simonson
Felt Tip Woman is based on the handwriting of designer Patricia Thompson. The name was inspired by a mis-hearing of the name “Felt Tip Roman” by a colleague.
Felt Tip Roman began as an experiment in 1989–a straight adaptation of the designer’s handwriting. The Bold and Heavy weights were added in 2003 to broaden the usefulness of this very popular typeface.
Phil Martin, creator of over 400 typefaces from the late ’60s through the ’80s, designed Grad as a redesign of the classic Century Schoolbook for his personal use in the early ’90s. Changes both...
Snicker (2007) is a playful 1940s-style brush-lettered sans serif. It was inspired by hand-lettered titles in Fleischer Brothers’ Superman cartoon series. The font includes some extra features when used with OpenType-savvy applications including…
Proxima Nova bridges the gap between typefaces like Futura and Akzidenz Grotesk. The result is a hybrid that combines modern proportions with a geometric appearance. Originally released in 1994 as Proxima Sans (now discontinued)...
Kinescope is a dashing 1940s-style brush script. It was inspired by hand-lettered titles in Fleischer Brothers’ Superman cartoon series. This font features advanced OpenType magic to automatically choose the most aesthetically pleasing letter shapes…
Lakeside is a 1940s-style brush script inspired by the hand-lettered titles in the film noir classic “Laura”. It is available exclusively in the OpenType font format and features three different styles of caps—normal caps,...
Refrigerator Deluxe is an expanded and enhanced version of Refrigerator, a condensed, geometric sans serif inspired by mid-20th century vernacular styles from America and Europe. Refrigerator Deluxe features a great number of alternate characters…
Changeling Neo is an expanded and enhanced version of Changeling (2003) which in turn was a redesign and expansion of China, a Visual Graphics Corporation typeface from the mid 1970s designed by M. Mitchell....
Mostra Nuova is based on a style of lettering often seen on Italian Art Deco posters and advertising of the 1930s. Mostra Nuova contains many alternate characters, representing commonly-found variations in Italian Art Deco...