Mythos

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Min Wang, Adobe graphic designer, and Jim Wasco, Adobe type staff member, have always been fascinated by mythology from around the world. They carefully studied illustrations of legendary beasts from…

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ITC Motter Corpus font

ITC Motter Corpus

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ITC Motter Corpus was designed in 1994 by Austrian Othmar Motter, who is an award-winning designer of logos, posters, trademarks and many corporate identity programs. Motter Corpus is an extra…

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Script MT font

Script MT

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Released by the Monotype Corporation in 1931, Script Bold is based on German script-lettering styles of the early twentieth century. Although its bold weight is unusual for this style, Script…

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ITC Mona Lisa font

ITC Mona Lisa

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ITC Mona Lisa, designed in 1991, is an interpretation of Albert Auspurg’s 1930 design for the German Ludwig & Mayer foundry. ITC Mona Lisa is in the family tree of…

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Mojo font

Mojo

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Jim Parkinson’s Mojo is an adaptation of a lettering style that was popularized by 1960s artists Wes Wilson, Victor Moscoso, and Rick Griffin. During the heyday of rock concert impresario…

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Minister font

Minister

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Designed by Carl Albert Fahrenwaldt for the Schriftguss foundry in 1929, Minister is a contemporary design based on Garalde types. The letters have an oblique stress, capitals are wide, serifs…

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Mezz font

Mezz

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Clarinetist Milton ?Mezz? Mezzrow (1899-1972) was a remarkable jazz musician, as becomes evident upon reading his autobiography Really the Blues. His sharp tone and serpentine lines inspired English lettering artist…

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Banshee font

Banshee

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The wind howled, the night grew long, and British type designer and lettering artist Tim Donaldson created the typeface Banshee. This dramatic display face is modeled after one of Donaldson�s…

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Balzano font

Balzano

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In 1994, John Benson designed Balzano, Alexa and Caliban, three typefaces with a similar calligraphic character. Balzano differs from the other in its vertical figures, adding a static element to…

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Maximus font

Maximus

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Released in 1967 by Linotype, Maximus is a newspaper type designed specifically for classified advertising. It is intended to be legible at very small point sizes, so the character widths…

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