Alexia

Philip Bouwsma is concerned about the survival of calligraphy in the computer age. The last time there was a technology shift of this magnitude, in Gutenberg's day, the metal workers…

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Big Brush font

Big Brush

Big Brush is the result of me seeing Brush Script everywhere around me. Toronto signage is full of Brush Script. My last two trips to the West Coast showed me…

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Blanchard font

Blanchard

Blanchard is a revival and elaborate extension of Muriel, a 1950 metal face made by Joan Trochut-Blanchard for the Fonderie Typographique Française, that was published simultaneously by the Spanish Gans…

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Bolero font

Bolero

Named after Maurice Ravel's masterpiece, Bolero likes to find itself in places of classical elegance. Slightly inspired by the soft italics put forth by Giambattista Bodoni and the Didot family,…

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Book Jacket font

Book Jacket

Book Jacket is arguably the most famous of all typefaces done in the Typositor era. Designed by Ursula Suess over an entire year, and published in 1972, Book Jacket became…

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Cougar font

Cougar

It is still a mystery to us why Martin Wilke's 1968 Konzept design was ignored by the digital age. It certainly has the elements of attractive yet realistic handwriting, as…

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Caramel Family ROB font Caramel Pro-ROB font Diva font

Diva

From the time and place of true Divas, the late Italian nineteenth century, comes a handwriting that is soft, cultured, elegant, down to earth, and capable of surpassing the aesthetic…

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FleurDeLeah font