font_foundry: Nick's Fonts

Seaside Resort NF

Seaside Resort NF font

Lettering on a 1933 booklet about certain facilities in Italy — can you guess what they might be? — by the Bertarelli Design Studio of Milan inspired this decidedly different and engaging monocase face....

Calamity Jane NF

Calamity Jane NF font

This typeface is an amalgam of Edwardian and Art Deco letterforms: the lowercase letters come from a turn-of-the-twentieth-century typeface named Amsterdam, and the uppercase letterforms come from a 1930s logotype for the Théâtre Moderne...

Marky Marker NF

Marky Marker NF font

Here’s a nifty single-stroke marker font based on the work of Mike Stevens, long-time contributor to Signcraft magazine. Clean, crisp and stylish, it’s the perfect choice for appealing subheads. This font contains the complete...

Jobber Wacky NF

Jobber Wacky NF font

This bouncy little number is based on handlettering often found on greeting cards in the 1950s and 1960s, and often the work of Alan Denney. Wild and wacky (and maybe a little bit tacky),...

Backstage Pass NF

Backstage Pass NF font

Turn on the mirrored ball, and haul out the gold chains and white suits! This Disco dazzler is a new take on Bass Rainbow, designed by Saul Bass in the 1970s. Hip, hot and...

Arbuckle Remix NF

Arbuckle Remix NF font

This cuddly face is based very loosely on Dave Farey’s Beesknees. This version is a little more regimented but no less fun, and is notable for the addition of a lower case, not found...

Packard Patrician NF

Packard Patrician NF font

Here’s a new take on the hand-lettered alphabet Oswald Bruce Cooper used in ads for the Packard Motor Company, later converted into a metal typeface by the Barnhard Brothers & Spindler foundry. This version...

Mikey Likes It Corpulent NF

Mikey Likes It Corpulent NF font

Fat and sassy, this ultrabold brush font is based on the works of lettering legend Mike Stevens as seen in his book, Mastering Layout. A natural choice for can’t-miss headlines, this typeface also works...

Franciscan Caps NF

Franciscan Caps NF font

The majority of the letterforms in this mono-case font are based on a little-seen titling typeface designed by Frederic Goudy. The lowercase positions contain alternate letterforms, so you can mix and match to obtain...

Yo Quiero Taquitos NF

Yo Quiero Taquitos NF font

The basic letterforms of this typeface were found in a lettering book, Rotalución Decorativa, published in Barcelona in the 1940s. Add a lowercase and a few flourishes suggested by a hand-painted sign seen at...