Tambor

Over the years I have bought many books and music CDs in persuit of my passion for African and Latin (and especially Afro-Latin) cultures. I've noticed that a great number…

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Standard CT font

Standard CT

CastleType was commissioned in 1991 by San Francisco Focus magazine to digitize three members of the Standard family. This is a Continental lineale that was popular in Switzerland in the…

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Sonrisa font

Sonrisa

Sonrisa is a design that evolved from my sketches of the skeletal structure of Jakob Erbar’s Koloss, trying to discover its underlying essence without all the contrast and bulkiness of…

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Shàngó Chiseled font

Shàngó Chiseled

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Based on the elegant and somewhat delicate Shàngó "Classic", Shàngó Chiseled goes to the other extreme with a bold and emphatic design that continues the legacy of the beautiful classic…

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Shàngó Gothic font

Shàngó Gothic

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Shàngó is CastleType’s beautifully-rendered interpretation of Professor F.H.E. Schneidler's elegant titling typeface released in 1936 with the name 'Schneidler-Mediaeval mit Initialen'. This latter design is usually referred to as Schneidler...

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Shàngó Sans font Shàngó font

Shàngó

Shàngó, inspired by the initials from Professor F.H. Ernst Schneidler's classic design released in 1936 as Schneidler-Mediaeval mit Initialen, is an elegant design that looks best when used at large…

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Samira font

Samira

I must admit that I am not a big fan of the Art Nouveau style. However, I found this particularly beautiful alphabet and decided to use it as the basis…

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Ransahoff CT font Progreso font

Progreso

Progreso is a condensed, unicase, serif gothic type design inspired by the hand-lettering on Russian posters from the 1920s. Supports most European languages, including modern Greek and most languages that…

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