1848 Barricades

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This family was inspired from a lot of 1848-1850 French engraved documents reproducing handwritten texts talking about the Paris' insurrection days in June 1848 (described by Victor Hugo in Les…

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1682 Writhed Hand font 1859 Solferino font

1859 Solferino

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This font is a late 19th Century French script overview inspired by numerous French letters, from around years 1850-1860, during the second French empire, under Napoleon the third. Most of…

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1689 Almanach font

1689 Almanach

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This family was inspired by the eroded and tired fonts used by printers from the sixteenth century to the early years of twentieth for cheap or fleeting works, like almanacs,…

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1863 Gettysburg font

1863 Gettysburg

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This script font was inspired by a lot of autographs, notes and drafts, written by President Abraham Lincoln, mainly the Gettysburg address, first draft and copies, but also the emancipation…

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1695 Captain Flint font 1715 Jonathan Swift font 1726 Real Española 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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