Carta

Carta is a map font designed at Adobe by Lynne Garell in 1986. Carta's development began with the study of a variety of maps from sources such as the U.S.…

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ITC Ozwald font

ITC Ozwald

ITC Ozwald joins its close relative Cooper Black in the family of heavy display faces. ITC Ozwald comes from the lineage known as “Fat Face” types, but informal, curvaceous, and…

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Ouch! font

Ouch!

It was a sprained ankle that inspired Joachim Müller-Lancé to design Ouch. During the 1995 ATypI convention, he spent the entire time on crutches, and during his hands-on time in…

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Caliban font

Caliban

In 1994, John Benson designed the typefaces Caliban, Alexa and Balzano, all with similar characteristics. The typefaces are distinguished by their calligraphic style and their closeness to handwritten script. Caliban…

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Onyx MT font

Onyx MT

Gerry Powell, typographer, industrial designer, and director of typographic design for American Type Founders, designed Onyx for ATF in 1937. A very popular advertising type in the 1940s, Onyx resembles…

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New Caledonia font

New Caledonia

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William A. Dwiggins designed Caledonia for Linotype in 1939. Initially, he had intended to blend the elements of Scotch Roman and Bulmer typefaces, but ended up with a design that…

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Caflisch Script Pro font Penumbra Serif font

Penumbra Serif

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Penumbra is a capitals only design. Based on inscriptional capitals, the style progresses from a sans serif to a serifed design. The Penumbra font family is useful for posters, book…

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Serlio font

Serlio

Linotype's Serlio looks like a text face, but it is a display type with small capitals in place of lowercase letters. It has a narrow width and fine, delicate serifs…

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Traditional Arabic font