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Goodbye Crewel World NF

Goodbye Crewel World NF font

Quite simply, a classic country sampler alphabet with a sorry-I-couldn’t-help-myself name. Both versions of the font include 1252 Latin, 1250 CE (with localization for Romanian and Moldovan).

Almost Heaven NF

Almost Heaven NF font

This charming little number is based on a rubber-stamp alphabet set, sold in the early 1900s under the name “Perfection”, which suits it well. Both versions of this font include the complete Unicode 1252...

Surely You Jest NF

Surely You Jest NF font

A late nineteenth-century type specimen catalog from Farmer, Little & Co. yielded this droll little typeface, originally called “Arbor”. The distinctive decorations of the face suggested a fool’s cap, and thus the font got...

Shady Lady NF

Shady Lady NF font

The 1907 Barnhart Brothers & Spindler type specimen catalog called this unique typeface simply “Umbra”. Since that name is already taken, it now has another. Due to the highly ornate nature of this face,...

San Marcos NF

San Marcos NF font

In his book Victorian Display Alphabets, Dan X. Solo called this specimen “Marquette”. This unicase version features a complete character set, and is named after a favorite watering hole in Texas on the Guadeloupe...

Maple Leaf Rag NF

Maple Leaf Rag NF font

The book Modern Alphabets, published in 1930, called this diamond in the rough from Continental Typefounders Nova Bold. Well, it’s neither new nor modern anymore, but it’s a warm, friendly face that’s sure to...

Bad Dookie NF

Bad Dookie NF font

The inspiration for this typeface was found tucked away in what is arguably the worst book of advertising clip art ever published (cleverly entitled The Advertising Cartoon Clip Art Book from 1971). It’s so...

Terlingua NF

Terlingua NF font

Xylotype guru Rob Roy Kelly identified this specimen from his personal collection as “Phanitalian”. This addition to the Whiz-Bang Woodtype series takes its name from a small Texas town in the middle of nowhere...

Paddy Wagon NF

Paddy Wagon NF font

The typeface which inspired this offering was originally called “Chaucer”, not because it is typical of lettering of Chaucer’s time (which it is not) but, more likely, because it’s pretty funny, even if the...

Groove Thang NF

Groove Thang NF font

An interesting, unusual and righteously funky variation on the classic “Barnum” style of lettering, this typeface was originally named “Dado”. As any woodworker knows, dado is also the name of a slot ploughed, chiseled...