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ArgentaBobbed is an informal, "hand-printing" font with little balls that some people, often children, like to add to the ends of strokes. Maybe it could be called a ball-serif or…

In the 19th century typefaces with star-like serifs developed from the medieval type styles. Asterx is in that tradition of star-footed typefaces, though it is not modeled on any particular…

One of the odder things I remember from high school (40+ years ago) is the tile floor of hexagons in the bathroom. There is something fascinating with the way hexagons…

Suppose you were at a sandy beach and you wanted to write a message by making footprints in the sand. You might end up with letters much like those in…

Baumfuss and BaumfussTwo have small serifs and very few straight lines. They are a bit heavy to be easily readable at smaller point sizes. Baumfuss has an extreme x-height, while…

BearButteT is a square-serifed typeface. The bold version was developed first as a display typeface, and the rest of the family followed. A fifth member of the family includes swash…

BetterTypeRight has large serifs, a very high x-height, and little variation between horizontal and diagonal elements. It has the feel of a typewriter typeface, but it is not monospaced. Note…

BlusterLeft and BlusterRight are distortions of the font ConcavexCaps. They have a wind-blown, flopping-in-the-breeze look.

In the two ChainLetter fonts all characters are made from chains links. ChainLetter uses smaller chain links than ChainLetterAlt and as a result is easier to read. Both are caps-only…

CompassOne was a design I began in 1990 or so, but did not bother to finish until five years later. Its name comes from the fact that all the letters…