font_foundry: New Renaissance Fonts
During a visit to Seville, Rick was very struck by the local tradition of street names made from tiles: from sketches and doodles made in 36°C, he and David produced a font with tiles...
Unusual decorative capitals from embroidery work in a German church. Upper case has a diamond-shaped frame around each letter; lower case is just the letters without the diamond frame; and the ampersand gives just...
Karin’s free reinterpretation of the early Renaissance Lombardic tradition, in two different versions. In the upper case the fill is blacker and has a straight pattern with diamond elements; in the lower case the...
Drawn with a scroll-tip pen, that’s the one which gives both a thin and a thick line for every stroke, featuring a slightly folklorish and hand-produced feel, named for Rick’s granddaughter.
A very harmonic rendering of the classic late-mediaeval round hand, provided here with a choice of two kind of capitals, Lombardic and Round. Usable in all kinds of contexts, both historic and modern.
Relaxed italic calligraphy from Richard Bradley, a complement to his more formal Fine Hand and Bible Script. Very usable for greetings card, invitations, notices, and whatever you like.
A delightful latter-day reworking of the Lombardic ideal, provided here with the main letter and the background illumination separated so that they can be given different colors on different layers, and given different effects...
Richard J. Bradley – known for his Fine Hand, Bible Script, Bradley Hand and Calligraphic Ornaments – drew this font inspired by the calligraphy of the Welsh artist and poet David Jones (1895-1974), who...
Rick Bradley – known for his Fine Hand, Bible Script, Bradley Hand and Calligraphic Ornaments – drew this font from a gravestone in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, dated 1241. The irregularity lends a special charm to...
It’s 100 years since Edward Johnston proposed the two mediaeval styles uncial and half-uncial to reintroduce handwriting as an enjoyable experience of beauty – calligraphy. Here his hand-written forms are adapted for print and...