Decorative Fonts

P22 Salon

Post author:IHOFstaff
Post published:2001
Post category:decorative

P22 Salon was originally inspired by Art Nouveau lettering. In the development of the three fonts (P22 Salon Full, P22 Salon Inner and P22 Salon Shadow) they began taking on…

P22 Shibumi

Post author:IHOFstaff
Post published:2003
Post category:decorative

Shibumi is a brush-titling face that has an "Eastern" feel. It was designed with a Speedball B (round nib [heavily manipulated]). Its sheer weight exudes authority while the Eastern influence…

P22 Sniplash

Post author:IHOFstaff
Post published:2004
Post category:decorative

Sniplash is a lively font inspired by cartoons and comics of the 1960s and '70s. Casual and organic, this font features curly lines and irregular weights in Regular, Light and…

P22 Speyside

Post author:IHOFstaff
Post published:2010
Post category:decorative

Speyside is a round, curved and controlled sans serif with an additional set of decorated uppercase letters, initials and small caps. It's appropriate for text, titling and display. The origin…

P22 Numismatic

Post author:IHOFstaff
Post published:2005
Post category:decorative

This set of letters and ornaments is loosely based on on a typeface that was offered by the DeVinne Press at the turn of the century. We can speculate from…

P22 Ornes

Post author:IHOFstaff
Post published:2021
Post category:decorative

Ornes is inspired by the runic alphabet with ornamentation based on the woodcarvings of the Urnes Stave Church (Norway), an old wooden church from approximately 1150 CE. The woodcarvings and…

P22 Preissig

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

P22 Kilkenny

Post author:IHOFstaff
Post published:2020
Post category:decorative

Kilkenny is a decorative, Victorian-style font based on the metal type named Nymphic that was designed by Hermann Ihlenberg. Ihlenburg was born in Germany in 1843 where he studied art…

P22 Kirkwall

Post author:IHOFstaff
Post published:2020
Post category:decorative

P22 Kirkwall is an unusual and elegant design. The upper case letters have a slightly curved stem that ends in a small serif and wedge crossbars. The lower case letters…

P22 Late November

Post author:IHOFstaff
Post published:2008
Post category:decorative

P22 Late November is a new font family from Norwegian type designer Torliev Sverdrup. The font is a transitional Antiqua-inspired type design great for text and display uses.