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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Carolina font

Carolina

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Gottfried Pott designed Carolina in 1990 for Linotype’s Type Before Gutenberg series, basing it on Carolingian minuscule handwriting from the reign of the Emperor Charlemagne. These lettershapes from about 800…

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Duc de Berry font

Duc de Berry

Designed by Gottfried Pott in 1990 for Linotype’s Type Before Gutenberg series, Duc de Berry is a revival of one style of the blackletter hand known as “bastarda.” Bastarda letters…

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Potpourri font

Potpourri

Potpourri was based on an energetic alphabet written by expert calligrapher Gottfried Pott. To create the elegant yet rugged strokes, Pott cut a pen with a unique fringed tip —…

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Ruling Script font