Amherst

Amherst is a family of blackletter-inspired typefaces. This family, created by British designer Richard Yeend in 2002, is unique in that it mains the feel of blackletter/medieval type without relying…

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Anasdair font

Anasdair

Anasdair is a semi-serif text face that maintains its calligraphic origins. Its wide uppercase characters display an even, mono-spaced appearance. The design of the lowercase letters couples this rhythm with…

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Anlinear font

Anlinear

Anlinear is part of a series of constructed typographic experiments from the young Swiss designer Michael Parson. In the Anlinear family, which contains three separate weights, Parson has successfully created…

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Antique Olive font Arab Stroke font

Arab Stroke

Arab Stroke is an exotic typeface with an Arabian touch which makes a variety of applications possible. Whether for products from far away lands travel advertisements or anything needing a…

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Arcadia font

Arcadia

Based on a 1986 design for the banner of Arena magazine, Arcadia was created by British designer Neville Brody. According to Brody, IBM golf-ball typewriter faces inspired this strong, geometric…

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Arioso font

Arioso

Arioso was a part of the 1990 program “Type before Gutenberg”, which included the work of twelve contemporary font designers and represented styles from across the ages. The calligraphic style…

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Astrolo font

Astrolo

Born in Fulda, Germany, Martina Theisen studied communications design in Mainz. She spent many years working for the television company, SWR Mainz. Now she works as a designer and illustrator.…

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Auriol font

Auriol

This type, released by Peignot in 1901, was based on the handwriting of the art nouveau painter and designer, Georges Auriol. The Peignot drawing office insisted on a more normal…

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Bigband font

Bigband

Bigband was designed by Karlgeorg Hoefer in 1974. The font lends text a sense of unpredictablility and change due to the irregular design of the inner areas and outer contours…

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