Decorative Fonts

Ornate Deco

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2019
Post category:decorative

Ornate Deco JNL is a thick-and-thin Art Deco serif typeface with diamond shapes inside the thicker parts of the characters. It is based on an alphabet example found in the…

Pen Sans Rounded

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2019
Post category:decorative

Many alphabet style examples from the Speedball Textbook on pen lettering have offered amateurs and professionals a source of inspiration since its first publication in 1915. A 1940s edition presented…

Personalization

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2019
Post category:decorative

In the 1960s it was a popular trend to personalize one’s possessions with your initials. From wallets and handbags to eyeglasses; from luggage to even cars, initial personalization was the…

Postmodern Moderne

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2019
Post category:decorative

First published in 1938, Letters and Lettering by Paul Carlyle and Guy Loring was a textbook on lettering examples and how to do them. On one of the pages was…

Pratfall

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2019
Post category:decorative

For 138 years, the Milton Bradley Company (of Springfield, Massachusetts) has been the leading producer of board games, toys and educational/instructional materials. The company was acquired by Hasbro in 1984.…

Abstrak BF

Post author:Bomparte’s Fontsstaff
Post published:2006
Post category:decorative

A delightfully odd assortment of characters: some letters are futuristic in design, while others are derived from classical Greek forms.

Brandy BF

Post author:Bomparte’s Fontsstaff
Post published:2007
Post category:decorative

Felt tip-written and full of expressive lines, Brandy BF exudes much verve and energy; and unlike many scripts, sets rather well in all caps situations. Use Brandy BF as a…

Capistrano BF

Post author:Bomparte’s Fontsstaff
Post published:2010
Post category:decorative

Capistrano BF is an all-connecting, monolinear handwritten script that exudes much verve and vigor. A number of Automatic Ligatures and Contextual Alternates, for beginning and ending (lowercase) letters are included…

Danielle BF

Post author:Bomparte’s Fontsstaff
Post published:2010
Post category:decorative

When I first saw the scrapbook pages of Danielle Paradis, I was immediately struck by the funky-cool distinction of her handwriting style. I was inspired and felt moved to ask…

Dragonfly BF

Post author:Bomparte’s Fontsstaff
Post published:2011
Post category:decorative

Inspiration for Dragonfly BF came from such early 20th century typefaces as Windsor and Greeting Monotone. It’s a bit eccentric, but in a funky-cool way. It’s named after one of…