Blackletter Fonts

Sunrise Till Sunset

Post author:Comicraftstaff
Post published:2012
Post category:blackletter

Between twilight and daybreak it is said that the dark side of the human psyche eclipses the sun that shines from the depths of our souls. Certainty turns to doubt,…

Bastard

Post author:Barnbrook Fontsstaff
Post published:1990
Post category:blackletter

Bastard is a contemporary blackletter typeface and was one of the first created using a personal computer. It was drawn using primitive font design software in 1988, and refined and…

Drone

Post author:Barnbrook Fontsstaff
Post published:1997
Post category:blackletter

Drone is a deliberately misproportioned typeface, inspired by hand-drawn lettering found in Spanish/Hispanic Catholic churches in the Philippines and Los Angeles. These naive letterforms appeared to be ‘copies of copies’…

Infidel

Post author:Barnbrook Fontsstaff
Post published:2003
Post category:blackletter

Infidel is based upon letterforms from the Lindisfarne Gospels and other manuscripts and bibles from across the Middle Ages. These are wonderfully idiosyncratic forms; some beautiful, others unsightly, but all…

Greenbriar AEF

Post author:Altered Egostaff
Post published:2005
Post category:blackletter

Greenbriar AEF bears resemblance to blackletter, crisply drawn and creating a hypnotic rhythm through the interplay of stroke and counter, wieght and width. The Greenbriar numbering scheme is based on…

P22 Goudy Aries

Post author:P22 Type Foundrystaff
Post published:February 25, 2020
Post category:blackletter

Frederic W. Goudy (1865-1947) created over 100 typefaces during his lifetime. Like most type designers, he is known principally to most people only through his eponymously titled faces such as…

P22 Michelangelo

Post author:P22 Type Foundrystaff
Post published:1997
Post category:blackletter

The great French sculptor August Rodin was strongly inspired by the Italian sculptor, painter and poet Michelangelo. Created in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this font set is…

P22 Morris

Post author:P22 Type Foundrystaff
Post published:February 25, 2020
Post category:blackletter

William Morris (1834-1896) was probably the most influential figure in the decorative arts and private press movements of the late 19th and early 20th century. In reaction to the increasing…

Zarlino

Post author:Patricia Lilliestaff
Post published:2011
Post category:blackletter

Zarlino is an original typeface in the Blackletter style. It does not solidly adhere to any of the historical Blackletter classifications, but draws from all of them, with some characters…

FF Carolus Magnus

Post author:FontFontstaff
Post published:1991
Post category:blackletter

German type designer Manfred Klein created this blackletter FontFont in 1991. The font is ideally suited for film and tv, music and nightlife, poster and billboards as well as software…