1651 Alchemy

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This family is a compilation created from a Garamond set in use in Paris circa 1651, but similar to those, eroded and tired, that were in use during centuries to…

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1689 GLC Garamond Pro font 1751 GLC Copperplate font 1756 Dutch font

1756 Dutch

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This family is inspired from the set of two styles, Roman normal and Italic, and the ornaments used by an unknown printer working around East Switzerland, circa 1750's. It is…

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1781 La Fayette font 1805 Austerlitz Script font 1805 Jaeck Map font

1805 Jaeck Map

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This font is mainly inspired from the engraved characters of a German Map depicting Germany's roads and parts of surrounding lands, edited in Berlin probably in the end of 1700's.…

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1815 Waterloo font

1815 Waterloo

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This script font was inspired by a few manuscripts and letters written by French representatives or ministers after the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. It is an attempt to offer…

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1822 GLC Caslon Pro font

1822 GLC Caslon Pro

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This family was inspired by the well-known Caslon typeface created by William Caslon, the English font designer, who was, with John Baskerville, the progenitor of English Transitional typeface classification in…

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1845 Mistress font

1845 Mistress

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This font was inspired by Spencer’s patterns, particularly the elegant varieties called “Ladies' Hand” in some handbooks. Intelligent OTF ligatures and alternates (about 160) are included in the font, giving…

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