High German font

High German

Based on examples of common medieval Gothic typefaces, High German has lots of character, giving an immediate impression of the densely packed pages of the 'traditional' backward looking printers of…

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ItalicHand font Kanjur font

Kanjur

Kanjur was inspired by a page from an 18th century Buddhist book. Used for block text at first glance it has a very striking resemblance to Asian lettering. It is…

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Alt Gotisch font

Alt Gotisch

Alt-Gotisch Verzierte is a typeface of decorative initials that is Victorian in style and bears a close family resemblance to the many ornamental tuscans cut throughout the nineteenth century by…

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Mayan font

Mayan

Designed for a role-playing scenario, this alphabet was fun to create and fun to ‘translate’ when incorporated into replica stelae.

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Antique Tuscan No 9 font

Antique Tuscan No 9

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Antique Tuscan No.9 was one of the earlier wood-type designs by William Hamilton Page. It was first shown among the specimens produced in 1859, shortly after Page entered into a…

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Old Russian font

Old Russian

Old Russian is a fake Cyrillic alphabet, based on old Slavic characters universally adopted in the old days of the Russian empire. Offering an opportunity to create a unique historical…

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Art Gothic HiH font

Art Gothic HiH

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Art Gothic was attributed to the Central Type Foundry of St. Louis, Missouri, USA by Henry Lewis Bullen, writing in INLAND PRINTER in 1907, with a reproduction shown in Kelly’s…

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Pepper font

Pepper

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Pepper was first conceived as an authentic alphabet of runes, but that was far too serious so it ended up as a greater spotted version of Salt.

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