Decorative Fonts

1470 Sorbonne

Post author:GLCstaff
Post published:2010
Post category:decorative

This family was created inspired from the first font carved and cast in France, for the Sorbonne University’s printing workshop (Paris). The characters were drawn by Jean Heynlin, rector of…

1491 Cancellaresca

Post author:GLCstaff
Post published:2009
Post category:decorative

This font was inspired by the very well-known humanistic script called "Cancellaresca". This variant was used by a lot of calligraphers in the late 1400s, specially by the Venetian Giovannantonio…

1066 Hastings

Post author:GLCstaff
Post published:2009
Post category:decorative

In 1066, William, duke of Normandy, was invading England. He was demanding the crown for himself, against King Harold the Saxon. He killed Harold and reached the crown at Hastings,…

1350 Primitive Russian

Post author:GLCstaff
Post published:2012
Post category:decorative

This rough font was inspired by a Russian Cyrillic hand of the 1350s “Russkaja Pravda” (a Russian text of common Laws). As a Pro font, it supports Western and Northern…

1431 Humane Niccoli

Post author:GLCstaff
Post published:2010
Post category:decorative

Niccolo Niccoli (1364-1437) was a wealthy bibliophile and an acclaimed scribe, in Florence (Italy). He was one of the most important Italian calligrapher in this early time of rediscovering Roman…

ABC Hand

Post author:Intellecta Designstaff
Post published:April 15, 2020
Post category:decorative

A source of hand signals. This alphabet is presented in two forms with one and two hands.

Allerlei Zierat

Post author:Intellecta Designstaff
Post published:2008
Post category:decorative

Ornaments family with four different sets plus a decorative capitals font from the rare, valuable and amazing Allerlei Zierat book from Schelter & Gieseck (1902). A research and free interpretation…

American Advertise 019

Post author:Intellecta Designstaff
Post published:2007
Post category:decorative

See also some related font families: American Advertise 013, American Advertise 014, American Advertise 015, American Advertise 016, American Advertise 017, and American Advertise Square Series.

American Advertise Square Series

Post author:Intellecta Designstaff
Post published:2007
Post category:decorative

See also other font families related: American Advertise 013, American Advertise 014, American Advertise 015, American Advertise 016, American Advertise 017, and American Advertise 019.

Azalleia Ornaments

Post author:Intellecta Designstaff
Post published:2011
Post category:decorative

Azalleia Ornaments is a new flourished ornaments typeface. Well elaborated and unusual design, inspired by old cross-stitch and craft books and entirely designed by hand, without use of auto-tracing and…