April 2020 Fonts

Rama Slab

Post author:Dharma Typestaff
Post published:2011
Post category:legible

Rama Slab is an antique slab serif designed inspired by 1800s-style wood type. All glyphs have been designed carefully to be retro-looking to fill the viewer with nostalgia. This condensed…

Abstrak BF

Post author:Bomparte’s Fontsstaff
Post published:2006
Post category:decorative

A delightfully odd assortment of characters: some letters are futuristic in design, while others are derived from classical Greek forms.

Black Swan BF

Post author:Bomparte’s Fontsstaff
Post published:2007
Post category:blackletter

Beautiful and elegant, Black Swan BF lives equally in bliss as entrance signage for an exclusive housing subdivision, as it does on the cover of a hot new music CD.…

Blackletter Sans

Post author:Bomparte’s Fontsstaff
Post published:2006
Post category:blackletter

This hybrid of sorts, constructed purely of straight orthogonal and diagonal lines, is remarkably legible and quite distinctive in settings of medium-size text. Its condensed angular forms, stylized yet elegant,…

Brandy BF

Post author:Bomparte’s Fontsstaff
Post published:2007
Post category:decorative

Felt tip-written and full of expressive lines, Brandy BF exudes much verve and energy; and unlike many scripts, sets rather well in all caps situations. Use Brandy BF as a…

Capistrano BF

Post author:Bomparte’s Fontsstaff
Post published:2010
Post category:decorative

Capistrano BF is an all-connecting, monolinear handwritten script that exudes much verve and vigor. A number of Automatic Ligatures and Contextual Alternates, for beginning and ending (lowercase) letters are included…

Danielle BF

Post author:Bomparte’s Fontsstaff
Post published:2010
Post category:decorative

When I first saw the scrapbook pages of Danielle Paradis, I was immediately struck by the funky-cool distinction of her handwriting style. I was inspired and felt moved to ask…

Dragonfly BF

Post author:Bomparte’s Fontsstaff
Post published:2011
Post category:decorative

Inspiration for Dragonfly BF came from such early 20th century typefaces as Windsor and Greeting Monotone. It’s a bit eccentric, but in a funky-cool way. It’s named after one of…

Emerge BF

Post author:Bomparte’s Fontsstaff
Post published:2009
Post category:decorative

Emerge BF was inspired by Admiral, c.1900, from the Keystone Type Foundry. Its relatively condensed proportions allow for a close fit in a distinctive, yet highly legible form. It's a…

Quick Meal

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2019
Post category:decorative

Quick Meal JNL is a ‘hand lettered’ interpretation of Morris Fuller Benton’s 1905 design “Miehle Extra Condensed Title”, no doubt named for [or on behalf of] the manufacturer of printing…