Ideal Gothic
At the turn of the 20th century monolinear alphabets were often despised for their dullness. Typographers, therefore, took great pains to breathe some kind of individuality into the monotonous sans-serif…
John Sans
The idea of a brand-new grotesk is certainly rather foolish – there are already lots of these typefaces in the world and, quite simply, nothing is more beautiful than the…
Josef Sans
The idea to add an original sans-serif to the Tyfa's Roman got Jan Solpera at teatime in Domanín during the “typographic weather” at the end of October 2013. We started…
Juvenis
Designs of characters that are almost forty years old can be already restored like a historical alphabet – by transferring them exactly into the computer with all their details. But,…
Kompressor
Another brutal techno-style type face; it matches with Modell. Both of them can be stretched and inclined electronically and they do not mind a bit. Their use, it must be…
Lexon Gothic
Lexon Gothic is a typical newspaper, dictionary and magazine type face. It is also very suitable for children's books and posters. The large x-height, condensed shapes and darker colour of…
Libcziowes
The spectacular Libceves gravestone dating from 1591 is completely - from top to bottom, from one side to theother - covered with lettering. It attests to the fact that in Bohemia,…
Lido STF
Times with a Human Face: In my article of the same name which appeared in the magazine Font, volume 2000 I described the long and trying story of an order…
Lokal Script
Handwritten Typefaces are extraordinarily popular for their chattiness and playfulness. Most of them are inspired by local inscriptions and signs. They can imprint a human touch to any cultural, social,…
Mediaeval
Mediaeval in printing terminology means a kind of Roman type face of Renaissance origin with strengthened round shapes; it has nothing to do with the Middle Ages. It follows up…