Decorative Fonts

Loncherita

Post author:Fabio Godoystaff
Post published:2013
Post category:decorative

Loncherita is a typeface created by Fabio Eduardo Godoy Angel and has 5 files: Fill, Fill Outline, Shadow 1, Shadow 2 and dingbats variables. Its purpose is to serve as…

MVB Emmascript

Post author:MVBstaff
Post published:1996
Post category:decorative

Kanna Aoki drew the letters for MVB Emmascript while on a picnic near the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Mark van Bronkhorst adapted the writing as…

MVB Chanson d’Amour

Post author:MVBstaff
Post published:1995
Post category:decorative

An old book found at a Paris bouquiniste contained samples of the typeface “Caractère de finance,” a bâtarde design by 18th century typefounder Pierre Simon Fournier. Rather than revive the…

MVB Celestia Antiqua

Post author:MVBstaff
Post published:1993
Post category:decorative

Mark van Bronkhorst designed MVB Celestia Antiqua at a time when font choice was limited. Design was characterized by overuse of the few fonts that came with laser printers. A…

MVB Calliope

Post author:MVBstaff
Post published:2005
Post category:decorative

Gayle Sato, longtime friend of MVB Fonts, has amazing handwriting. It’s a natural, simple hand, with perfect rhythm. Devoid of flourishes, it doesn’t try to be beautiful. It’s just genuine,…

MVB Cafe Mimi

Post author:MVBstaff
Post published:1996
Post category:decorative

Kanna Aoki was designing fabrics and dishware for several major manufacturers when she designed MVB Cafe Mimi. The design came from a few words Aoki painted as decoration for a…

MVB Bovine

Post author:MVBstaff
Post published:1993
Post category:decorative

A hand-rendered advertisement for a leather tanner, appearing in a French book from the ’40s, served as inspiration for MVB Bovine. Using its comic sway and slightly exaggerated forms, the…

MVB Aunt Mildred

Post author:MVBstaff
Post published:1995
Post category:decorative

MVB Aunt Mildred has a vintage charm that evokes hand-lettered postcards or advertising. Akemi Aoki drew the letterforms with a fine-tip felt pen and named it after her great aunt.…

MVB Peccadillo

Post author:MVBstaff
Post published:2002
Post category:decorative

MVB Peccadillo is an interpreted revival of a metal typeface popular in the 19th Century, then known as Skeleton Antique. Highly condensed with extra short descenders, the face makes a…

MVB Sacre Bleu

Post author:MVBstaff
Post published:2007
Post category:decorative

Mark van Bronkhorst’s MVB Sacre Bleu was inspired by an example of French handwriting from the 1930s. With a goal to keep the script as authentic as possible, the font…