JLS Smiles
“Have a nice day!” I can remember that motto and the smiley face from childhood. It was a friendly, optimistic little image that became an icon. These days it has…
FHA Broken Gothic
More than a century ago, Frank H. Atkinson presented this hand lettered style as Broken Poster. It was one of a hundred styles he demonstrated in his manual on sign…
FHA Condensed French
FHA Condensed French One could speculate that FHA Condensed French probably started life as wood type for displays, headlines and posters. The exaggerated sharp serifs and condensed forms were not…
FHA Sign DeVinne
Around the end of the 19th century, the print typeface De Vinne was released and became popular. But, this is not that story.... Once, long ago, there were no large…
FHA Tuscan Roman
The first Tuscan lettering was penned in the mid-fourth century by the calligrapher Furius Dionysius Filocalus. The style was still in common usage as calligraphy when Vincent Figgins designed the…