1917 Stencil

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We have created this family inspired by the old-fashioned stencil letters like those the French army used during the WWI to write on soldiers' clothes, blankets, signals, ammunition, supplies and…

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1920 My Toy Print font

1920 My Toy Print

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This family was inspired by a small French "toy print" box, with rubber stamp characters, from the 1920s. The set contained only capital letters, no accented letters and limited punctuation.…

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1968 GLC Graffiti font 2009 GLC Plantin font 1871 Dreamer Script font 2009 Handymade font

2009 Handymade

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This font is not a historical one. Although to make it was quite time-consuming (each glyph was hand-drawn separately, except for the ligatures), this cartoon or comics style font is…

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1871 Victor Hugo font

1871 Victor Hugo

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The famous French poet and novelist Victor Hugo (1802-1885) used several handwriting styles, sometimes almost illegible. His manuscripts designated to be published was written using a script style, to be…

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1880 Kurrentshrift font 1741 Financiere font 1742 Civilite font

1742 Civilite

In the late medieval period appeared a "semi-cursive" writing, the French "écriture de civilité". Quickly, it is carved and melted down in lead for printing. It is a very elegant…

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