Decorative Fonts

Flourishes & Ornaments

Post author:Outside the Linestaff
Post published:2014
Post category:decorative

50 hand-drawn fresh, contemporary flourishes and ornaments that work with all the Outside the Line alphabet and doodle fonts. Add a bit of pretty adornment to cards, invitations and gift…

We Love Nature Forest

Post author:kapitzastaff
Post published:2010
Post category:decorative

We Love Nature Forest is inspired by long walks in the woods and features decorative wintery pine needles, fir branches and cones. Perfect for designing your seasonal cards. It consists…

Dance Moderne JNL

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2020
Post category:decorative

A small book entitled “Portfolio of Alphabet Designs for Artists, Architects, Designers & Craftsmen” [published in 1938 by Irene K. Ames] contained a number of pages displaying hand lettered alphabet…

Alderman JNL

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2020
Post category:decorative

Alderman JNL is a wide slab serif typeface based on the classic wood type Antique Light Face Extended, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Display Board JNL

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2020
Post category:decorative

Display Board JNL is based on Futura Display, which was designed in 1932 by Paul Renner as an extension of his original (1927) Futura family of typefaces. According to Wikipedia, the…

Presswood JNL

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2020
Post category:decorative

Presswood JNL was modeled from the title font used on the cover of a specimen book issued by the Delittle Wood Type Company of York, England.This bold, friendly sans serif…

News Event JNL

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2020
Post category:decorative

A vintage newspaper front page from June 6, 1944 proclaimed “France Invaded” in a bold, condensed wood type that has been revived as News Event JNL – available in both…

General Merchandise JNL

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2020
Post category:decorative

Antique X Condensed is a condensed slab serif font found with the pages of a Rob Roy Kelly book of wood type designs. It was introduced around 1840 by Wells and…

Octagonist JNL

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2020
Post category:decorative

Octagonist JNL is based on ‘Octagon’ [which was introduced in the George Nesbitt 1838 specimens of wood type] and is available in regular, oblique, solid and solid oblique versions. The font’s…

Throughway JNL

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2020
Post category:decorative

From the pages of a small book entitled “A Portfolio of Alphabet Designs for Artists, Architects, Designers & Craftsmen” [Irene K. Ames, 1938] comes a bold Art Deco sans poster…