Gérard Mariscalchi is a self-made designer. Born in Southern France of a Spanish mother and an Italian father, he has worked as a mechanic, salesman, pilot, college teacher – even a poet (with poetry being the worst-paying of these professions, he reports.) “Throughout all this, the backbone of my career has always been design,” Mariscalchi says. “I’ve been drawing since I was five, but it wasn’t until I was twenty-four that I learned that my hobby could also help me earn a living.” It was about this same time that Mariscalchi fell in love with type. He studied the designs of masters like Excoffon, Usherwood and Frutiger, as well as the work of calligraphers and type designers such as Plantin, Cochin and Dürer. With such an eclectic background, it’s no surprise that Mariscalchi’s typeface designs are inspired by many sources. Baylac and Evita reflect the style of the art nouveau and art deco periods, while Marnie was created as an homage to the great Lithuanian calligrapher Villu Toots. However, the touch of French elegance and distinction Mariscalchi brings to his work is all his own. Baylac Who says thirteen is an unlucky number? Three capitals and ten lowercase letters from a poster by L. Baylac, a relatively obscure Art Nouveau designer, served as the foundation for this typeface. The finished design has lush curves that give the face drama without diminishing its versatility. On the practical side, Baylac’s condensed proportions make it perfect for those situations where there’s a lot to say and not much room in which to say it Evita Mariscalchi based the design of Evita on hand lettering he found in a restaurant menu, and considers this typeface one of his most difficult design challenges. “The main problem was to render the big weight difference between the thin and the thick strokes without creating printing problems at small point sizes,” he says. Unlike most scripts, Evita is upright, with the design characteristics of a serif typeface. Mariscalchi named the face for a close friend. The end result is a charming design that is light, airy, and slightly sassy. Marnie Based on Art Nouveau calligraphic lettering, Marnie is elegant, inviting, and absolutely charming. Mariscalchi paid special attention to letter shapes and proportions to guarantee high levels of character legibility. He also kept weight transition in character strokes to modest levels, enabling the face to be used at relatively small sizes – an unusual asset for a formal script. Marnie’s capital letters are expansive designs with flowing swash strokes that wrap affectionately around adjoining lowercase letters. The design easily captures the spontaneous qualities of hand-rendered brush lettering.

Gérard Mariscalchi is a self-made designer. Born in Southern France of a Spanish mother and an Italian father, he has worked as a mechanic, salesman, pilot, college teacher – even a poet (with poetry being the worst-paying of these professions, he reports.) “Throughout all this, the backbone of my career has always been design,” Mariscalchi says. “I’ve been drawing since I was five, but it wasn’t until I was twenty-four that I learned that my hobby could also help me earn a living.” It was about this same time that Mariscalchi fell in love with type. He studied the designs of masters like Excoffon, Usherwood and Frutiger, as well as the work of calligraphers and type designers such as Plantin, Cochin and Dürer. With such an eclectic background, it’s no surprise that Mariscalchi’s typeface designs are inspired by many sources. Baylac and Evita reflect the style of the art nouveau and art deco periods, while Marnie was created as an homage to the great Lithuanian calligrapher Villu Toots. However, the touch of French elegance and distinction Mariscalchi brings to his work is all his own. Baylac Who says thirteen is an unlucky number? Three capitals and ten lowercase letters from a poster by L. Baylac, a relatively obscure Art Nouveau designer, served as the foundation for this typeface. The finished design has lush curves that give the face drama without diminishing its versatility. On the practical side, Baylac’s condensed proportions make it perfect for those situations where there’s a lot to say and not much room in which to say it Evita Mariscalchi based the design of Evita on hand lettering he found in a restaurant menu, and considers this typeface one of his most difficult design challenges. “The main problem was to render the big weight difference between the thin and the thick strokes without creating printing problems at small point sizes,” he says. Unlike most scripts, Evita is upright, with the design characteristics of a serif typeface. Mariscalchi named the face for a close friend. The end result is a charming design that is light, airy, and slightly sassy. Marnie Based on Art Nouveau calligraphic lettering, Marnie is elegant, inviting, and absolutely charming. Mariscalchi paid special attention to letter shapes and proportions to guarantee high levels of character legibility. He also kept weight transition in character strokes to modest levels, enabling the face to be used at relatively small sizes – an unusual asset for a formal script. Marnie’s capital letters are expansive designs with flowing swash strokes that wrap affectionately around adjoining lowercase letters. The design easily captures the spontaneous qualities of hand-rendered brush lettering.

Gérard Mariscalchi is a self-made designer. Born in Southern France of a Spanish mother and an Italian father, he has worked as a mechanic, salesman, pilot, college teacher – even a poet (with poetry being the worst-paying of these professions, he reports.) “Throughout all this, the backbone of my career has always been design,” Mariscalchi says. “I’ve been drawing since I was five, but it wasn’t until I was twenty-four that I learned that my hobby could also help me earn a living.” It was about this same time that Mariscalchi fell in love with type. He studied the designs of masters like Excoffon, Usherwood and Frutiger, as well as the work of calligraphers and type designers such as Plantin, Cochin and Dürer. With such an eclectic background, it’s no surprise that Mariscalchi’s typeface designs are inspired by many sources. Baylac and Evita reflect the style of the art nouveau and art deco periods, while Marnie was created as an homage to the great Lithuanian calligrapher Villu Toots. However, the touch of French elegance and distinction Mariscalchi brings to his work is all his own. Baylac Who says thirteen is an unlucky number? Three capitals and ten lowercase letters from a poster by L. Baylac, a relatively obscure Art Nouveau designer, served as the foundation for this typeface. The finished design has lush curves that give the face drama without diminishing its versatility. On the practical side, Baylac’s condensed proportions make it perfect for those situations where there’s a lot to say and not much room in which to say it Evita Mariscalchi based the design of Evita on hand lettering he found in a restaurant menu, and considers this typeface one of his most difficult design challenges. “The main problem was to render the big weight difference between the thin and the thick strokes without creating printing problems at small point sizes,” he says. Unlike most scripts, Evita is upright, with the design characteristics of a serif typeface. Mariscalchi named the face for a close friend. The end result is a charming design that is light, airy, and slightly sassy. Marnie Based on Art Nouveau calligraphic lettering, Marnie is elegant, inviting, and absolutely charming. Mariscalchi paid special attention to letter shapes and proportions to guarantee high levels of character legibility. He also kept weight transition in character strokes to modest levels, enabling the face to be used at relatively small sizes – an unusual asset for a formal script. Marnie’s capital letters are expansive designs with flowing swash strokes that wrap affectionately around adjoining lowercase letters. The design easily captures the spontaneous qualities of hand-rendered brush lettering.

Praxis® Next has the same robust shapes and proportions as the original 1976 Praxis design. Its large x-height, substantial counters and open apertures guarantee high levels of legibility and reading ease in print and on screen. More weights, condensed designs and true cursive italics differentiate Praxis Next from the older design. Praxis Next shines where space is at a premium. The regular designs are modestly narrow while the condensed typefaces perform with grace in the most crowded of environments. The bold designs create powerful headlines and banners and the lighter weights are ideal for both long and short-form text copy. Because of its many weights and proportions, Praxis Next is also an ideal design to build a brand identity. Praxis Next Variables are font files which are featuring two axis and have a preset instance from Light to Ultra and Condensed to Roman. Pair Praxis Next with old-style designs like Bembo® Book and Stempel Garamond™ to create a dynamic typographic contrast. Or complement the design with its serifed counterpart, Demos® Next . Unger also drew ITC Flora® as an alternative italic design. Looking for something a little different? Pair Praxis Next with Masqualero™ .

Developed for screen For not the first time, Fontsmith was commissioned to develop a font for one of the UK’s terrestrial TV channels. The product was a clearly-defined three-weight family. When italics were added, it became FS Matthew, a clean, stylish, structured sans serif with swooping, open curves and a bright, lively personality. Southbank Inspiration for many of the forms of FS Matthew came from details found within the modernist buildings and architecture of London’s Southbank, such as the Royal Festival Hall. During the font’s gestation, Jason had found himself at London Studios, a TV studio on Southbank, and a wander around the neighbouring arts buildings proved thought-provoking. The result was a font with a very British character: solid forms that provide the platform for innovation and distinctiveness. Feelgood efficiency FS Matthew’s trademark is efficiency with a feelgood factor: disciplined enough for corporate identities, websites and signing systems, and colourful enough for logotypes and advertising. Its versatility and excellent legibility are achieved via some unexpected details: the reaching curves of the “g” and “y”; the simple shape of the “u”; an off-kilter “k”; generous counters; and a slightly condensed aspect that makes FS Matthew a space-saver in text or title sizes.

Lady Edith harkens back to the days of flappers and cocktail parties. The early part of the twentieth century, when Art Deco was at it’s height and high fashion was all the rage. A time of beauty, class and elegance. A minimalistic font with clean lines and just enough flare to make it unique. The perfect font for any occasion that needs a bit of high end magic. There is no lower case for Lady Edith as it is a decorative font. The Upper case version serves both the upper and lower case keys. Lady Edith has a glyph count of 397 and supports the following languages; Supported Languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Asu, Basque, Bemba, Bena, Bosnian, Catalan, Chiga, Colognian, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Embu, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Galician, German, Gusii, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Kabuverdianu, Kalaallisut, Kalenjin, Kamba, Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda, Latvian, Lithuanian, Low German, Lower Sorbian, Luo, Luxembourgish, Luyia, Machame, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Malagasy, Malay, Maltese, Manx, Meru, Morisyen, North Ndebele, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Nyankole, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Romansh, Rombo, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Sango, Sangu, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Shambala, Shona, Slovak, Slovenian, Soga, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German, Taita, Teso, Turkmen, Upper Sorbian, Vunjo, Walser, Zulu

Allow me to introduce Pinky Love Font. A carefully crafted collection of fonts combining informal, romantic, sweet, lovely design elements and hand-drawn typographic design elements. Pinky Love Font has many alternative characters, including multiple language support. You can use this font for your work very easily. Because there are many features in it. Contains a full set of upper and lower case letters, punctuation marks, numbers, and multilingual support.

The King Maker is a modern serif font family with a unique style. It has a modern and vintage look. this font is suitable for many projects, modern or even retro vintage design, branding, crafting, sticker, sublimation, wedding invitation, advertising, vintage mood boards, logotype, packaging, titles, editorial design, and many more. This font is PUA encoded, which means you can easily access all of the glyphs and swashes!

Slantinel is a versatile sans-serif type family with lots of personality! It consists of 9 fonts coming with 3 weights in 3 versions each and supports many international languages. Slantinel works best in small to medium sizes and is useful in a wide variety of settings such as childrens books, packaging designs, greeting cards and much more due to its handwritten feel and its many distinct details.

Chalk Street Tag is a quick skinny handwritten font, inspired by graffiti-style tags made with chalk. It will elevate a wide range of design projects to the highest level. You can use this font for many design ideas such as stickers, t-shirt designs, amazing logo designs, magazine or book covers, comics, cartoon drawings, and many more. This font will add a super cool touch to your designs!

Folk Retro is a cool and playful handlettered font, inspired by vintage western sign paintings. It will elevate a wide range of design projects to the highest level. You can use this font for many design ideas such as stickers, t-shirt designs, amazing logo designs, magazine or book covers, comics, cartoon drawings, and many more. Fall in love with its incredibly versatile style, and use it to create lovely designs!

Tango Silver is a Bold serif font family with a unique style. It has a modern and strong look. this font is suitable for many projects, for modern or even retro vintage design, branding, crafting, sticker, sublimation, wedding invitation, advertising, vintage mood boards, logotype, packaging, titles, editorial design, and many more. This font is PUA encoded, which means you can easily access all of the glyphs and swashes!

Rayleigh a Handwritten font. Rayleigh come along with Stylistic Alternate, Swash, Underline Style and Multi-Lingual Support which will give you many choices to play around. We highly recommend using a program that supports OpenType features and Glyphs panels like many of Adobe apps and Corel Draw, so you can see and access all Glyph variations. Enjoy the font, feel free to comment or feedback, send me PM or email.

Rigestha Script is a calligraphy script font that comes with very beautiful changing characters, a kind of classic decorative copper script with a modern touch, designed with high detail to bring stylish elegance.Rigestha Script is attractive as a typeface that is smooth, clean, feminine, sensual, glamorous, simple and very easy to read, because there are many fancy letter connections. I also offer a number of viable style alternatives for many letters.

Of the many lettering gurus who published chapbooks on handlettering during its heyday, one of the most prolific was H. C. Martin. This quirky poster face was offered in one of his many Idea Books, and it remains as fresh and frolicsome today, some seventy years later, as when it first appeared. Both versions of this font include the complete Unicode Latin 1252 and Central European 1250 character sets.

Ralsteda is a vintage script font family. Classic and elegant touch. Ralsteda script family consist of 14 fonts with 7 weigths. There are so many variations on each character. Include Opentype stylistic alternates, standard ligatures, discretionary ligatures and multilingual support. You are able to create so many different typographical layouts easily and quickly. This font is suitable for badges, lable, posters, wedding invitation, t-shirts, signage, logos, branding, packaging, etc.

Impulsive Marker is a spontaneous and quick handwritten marker font, inspired by fun and fluid expressive energy of mankind. It will elevate a wide range of design projects to the highest level. You can use this font for many design ideas such as stickers, t-shirt designs, amazing logo designs, magazine or book covers, comics, cartoon drawings, and many more. This font will add a super cool touch to your designs!

Great Warrior is a modern serif font family with a unique and classy style. It has a modern and vintage look. this font is suitable for many projects, for modern or even retro vintage design, branding, crafting, sticker, sublimation, wedding invitation, advertising, vintage mood boards, logotype, packaging, titles, editorial design, and many more. This font is PUA encoded, which means you can easily access all of the glyphs and swashes!

Rigot is a Modern display typeface which comes in regular & Bold weights with features of extended & Additional Latin character set of 552 glyphs covering many languages with full Arabic language support and includes advanced OTF such as standard and discretionary ligatures, and stylistic alternates and more. Rigot covers many OTF features that suitable for Headlines and gives you the potential to show your business, brand or logo in a unique way.

Introducing The Handwritten Watermark, a versatile signature script that comes loaded with 55 ligatures and dozens of alternative characters. This script typeface was made to stand out. It has large beautifully written capital letters. The ligatures and alternates give you so many combination options. The Handwritten Watermark with its many glyphs, is the perfect signature script to help you personalize a branding project. What's included? Web fonts Western European Characters

Hampers is cute double line typeface with handwritten style and kawaii touch, to match the design type of cuteness and kids,, especially in precious moment like baby shower, birthday, christmas, easter and many more,, Its perfectly suited for crafter and graphic artist to complete their design such as invitation, advertisement, poster, logo, birthday, product sign, and many more! Hampers also Lightweight, even so contains All Standard glyphs and punctuations

Marat Sans is a clean and lively sans serif typeface designed by Ludwig Übele. It is characterized by excellent legibility and suits a wide range of typography. The entire family contains 27 styles & weights and includes many OpenType features: various numerals, alternate glyphs, fractions, superiors and inferiors, language features, arrows, case sensitive forms and many more. Marat Sans is the perfect companion for Marat, a soft and elegant serif typeface.

Fancyou is a classy vintage-inspired serif typeface with modern proportions consisting of 8 styles. Fancyou fonts are characterized by sharp serifs that bring a fashionable feel. You can use these fonts in modern vintage designs. These fonts are perfect for many projects such as logos, branding identity, magazines, business cards, posters, websites and many more. Fancyou fonts feature: Kerning, Ligature Style, Alternative Style, Numeral, Symbol and Multiple Languages Supported

Quote Notes is cute whimsical font with fun style to let you explore more about craft and cuteness, especially in precious moment like holiday, baby shower, birthday, christmas, easter and many more,, Its perfectly suited for crafter and graphic artist to complete their design such as invitation, advertisement, poster, logo, birthday, product sign, and many more! Quote Notes also Lightweight, even so contains All Standard glyphs and punctuations

Qapitaly is a display sans serif typeface inspired by the beauty of modern sans serif and calligraphic style, fused with elegant appeal to blend with modern needs.This font has regular and italic style. Qapitaly offers many possibilities to be applied in many graphic or editorial projects. Qapitaly also include alternate and ligature. Suitable for short paragraph, headlines, and display purpose such as branding, editorial, book covers, and packaging.

Acosta is a serif typeface with high contrast and a refreshing look. From sheer to black with italics, Acosta offers many possibilities for application in many graphic or editorial projects. The lighter weight is suitable for short paragraphs, and the heavier weight is suitable for headlines, perfect for display purposes such as branding, book covers, and web titles. Acosta is also available latin character set which supports latin based languages.

Introducing, Hathaway! Hathaway is a modern and stylish handwritten font. With natural flow it can add a human touch to your designs. Hathaway is perfect for many design needs such as merch, T-shirts, titles, wedding, book covers, social media posts, websites, events, and many more. What's you get : - Ending Swashes - Underline Swashes (just type _1, _2, etc) - Numeral & Punctuation. - ligature. - Multilingual Support. Enjoy Designing! Thanks! Lunas Type

Trendy, classy & modern stylish serif font for your luxury projects. Alpinecia elegant, fashion and classic font style will be a perfect fit for any branding project. Many alternatives and bindings will help you create a unique and original logo or website header design! Multilingual support Uppercase Lowercase Number Punctuation Many alternative characters Lots of ligatures Font network PUA coded. Perfect for modern branding projects! Happy creating new ideas :)

Introducing, Vintage Loving! Vintage Loving is a vintage and luxury calligraphy font. Vintage Loving have a chic and natural curves to add charm impression for your design. VIntage Loving is perfect for many design needs such as merch, T-shirts, signature logo, wedding, book covers, social media posts, websites, events, and many more. What’s you get : – Ending Swashes & beginning swashes. – Numeral & Punctuation. – ligature. – Multilingual Support. Enjoy Designing! Thanks! Lunas Type

Written By Hand, a handmade font that is taken from the real hand style of writting, its so realistic to used for many branding and personal identity style, especially for its messy stlye of writting Its perfectly suited for crafter and graphic artist to complete their design such as invitation, advertisement, poster, logo, birthday, product sign, and many more! Buttier also Lightweight, even so contains All Standard glyphs and punctuations

Introducing, Hand of Linda! Hand of Linda is a signature notes and handwritten font. Hand of Linda have a chic and natural curves to add charm impression for your design. Hand of Linda is perfect for many design needs such as merch, T-shirts, signature logo, wedding, book covers, social media posts, websites, events, and many more. What's you get : - Numeral & Punctuation. - ligatures. - Multilingual Support. Enjoy Designing! Thanks! Lunas Type

Videomusic is a bubble font based on letterings from POP culture in the eighties. The edges have a pointed shape and a subtle inclination giving the dynamic touch used in many music television networks and videos from that fantastic era. The family contains 5 fonts; regular, thick, bubble, outline and Shadow. Combine them all and create amazing artworks perfect for many purposes like headlines, branding, packaging, poster, magazine & flyer

Blankone is a solid freestyle brush font, created with expressive brush strokes, keeping the flows to gives the energetic effect, and get an eye-catchy combination between the uppercase and small caps, also complete with swashes Blankone is perfect for many themes such as urban, thriller, sporty, horror, psychedelic, vibrant, and youth taste! Good choice to use this font for Logo, Merchandise, Brand imagery, Apparel, Packaging, Simple quotes, and many more!

Byzantus is a versatile blackletter-inspired font that was designed primarily with legibility in mind. Byzantus can be used in many situations that could use a bit of style, whether it be an informal concert poster, or a more formal wedding invitation. Its versatility allows Byzantus to shine in many applications. Byzantus also works well not only as an uppercase/lowercase font, but also as an all caps font.

Everglow Script is retro signage font, bold and clean. There are so many variations on each character. Include Opentype stylistic alternates, standard ligatures and multilingual support. You are able to create so many different typographical layouts easily and quickly. Make sure you use OpenType savvy program and simply open Glyph Palette to access all of the glyphs. This font is suitable for t-shirts, signage, logos, branding, packaging etc.

I'd like to introduce you Acardia! a stunnig signature font. Font with natural flow and feminine style. Each letter is deliberately imperfect to make it look more natural and charming. Acardia comes with multilingual support, long range ligature, and ending swash from a-z. Acardia is perfect for many design needs such as merch, T-shirts, titles, book covers, social media posts, websites, events, and many more. Enjoy the font, Thanks!

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Party Invite JNL is a thin, condensed Art Deco sans based on lettering from a letterpress holiday stock cut (the predecessor to clip art) from the 1940s.

Walter Tiemann’s Fichte-Fraktur, released by Klingspor in 1934, has come to life again. This font contains the traditional long s which can be accessed by either the OT feature historical alternatives or by typing [alt] + b. Two framing elements can be reached by typing [alt] + shift + p and [alt] + p respectively.

The concept of the Baroque Roman type face is something which is remote from us. Ungrateful theorists gave Baroque type faces the ill-sounding attribute "Transitional", as if the Baroque Roman type face wilfully diverted from the tradition and at the same time did not manage to mature. This "transition" was originally meant as an intermediate stage between the Aldine/Garamond Roman face of the Renaissance, and its modern counterpart, as represented by Bodoni or Didot. Otherwise there was also a "transition" from a slanted axis of the shadow to a perpendicular one. What a petty detail led to the pejorative designation of Baroque type faces! If a bookseller were to tell his customers that they are about to choose a book which is set in some sort of transitional type face, he would probably go bust. After all, a reader, for his money, would not put up with some typographical experimentation. He wants to read a book without losing his eyesight while doing so. Nevertheless, it was Baroque typography which gave the world the most legible type faces. In those days the craft of punch-cutting was gradually separating itself from that of book-printing, but also from publishing and bookselling. Previously all these activities could be performed by a single person. The punch-cutter, who at that time was already fully occupied with the production of letters, achieved better results than he would have achieved if his creative talents were to be diffused in a printing office or a bookseller's shop. Thus it was possible that for example the printer John Baskerville did not cut a single letter in his entire lifetime, for he used the services of the accomplished punch-cutter John Handy. It became the custom that one type founder supplied type to multiple printing offices, so that the same type faces appeared in various parts of the world. The type face was losing its national character. In the Renaissance period it is still quite easy to distinguish for example a French Roman type face from a Venetian one; in the Baroque period this could be achieved only with great difficulties. Imagination and variety of shapes, which so far have been reserved only to the fine arts, now come into play. Thanks to technological progress, book printers are now able to reproduce hairstrokes and imitate calligraphic type faces. Scripts and elaborate ornaments are no longer the privilege of copper-engravers. Also the appearance of the basic, body design is slowly undergoing a change. The Renaissance canonical stiffness is now replaced with colour and contrast. The page of the book is suddenly darker, its lay-out more varied and its lines more compact. For Baroque type designers made a simple, yet ingenious discovery - they enlarged the x-height and reduced the ascenders to the cap-height. The type face thus became seemingly larger, and hence more legible, but at the same time more economical in composition; the type area was increasing to the detriment of the margins. Paper was expensive, and the aim of all the publishers was, therefore, to sell as many ideas in as small a book block as possible. A narrowed, bold majuscule, designed for use on the title page, appeared for the first time in the Late Baroque period. Also the title page was laid out with the highest possible economy. It comprised as a rule the brief contents of the book and the address of the bookseller, i.e. roughly that which is now placed on the flaps and in the imprint lines. Bold upper-case letters in the first line dramatically give way to the more subtle italics, the third line is highlighted with vermilion; a few words set in lower-case letters are scattered in-between, and then vermilion appears again. Somewhere in the middle there is an ornament, a monogram or an engraving as a kind of climax of the drama, while at the foot of the title-page all this din is quietened by a line with the name of the printer and the year expressed in Roman numerals, set in 8-point body size. Every Baroque title-page could well pass muster as a striking poster. The pride of every book printer was the publication of a type specimen book - a typographical manual. Among these manuals the one published by Fournier stands out - also as regards the selection of the texts for the specimen type matter. It reveals the scope of knowledge and education of the master typographers of that period. The same Fournier established a system of typographical measurement which, revised by Didot, is still used today. Baskerville introduced the smoothing of paper by a hot steel roller, in order that he could print astonishingly sharp letters, etc. ... In other words - Baroque typography deserves anything else but the attribute "transitional". In the first half of the 18th century, besides persons whose names are prominent and well-known up to the present, as was Caslon, there were many type founders who did not manage to publish their manuals or forgot to become famous in some other way. They often imitated the type faces of their more experienced contemporaries, but many of them arrived at a quite strange, even weird originality, which ran completely outside the mainstream of typographical art. The prints from which we have drawn inspiration for these six digital designs come from Paris, Vienna and Prague, from the period around 1750. The transcription of letters in their intact form is our firm principle. Does it mean, therefore, that the task of the digital restorer is to copy meticulously the outline of the letter with all inadequacies of the particular imprint? No. The type face should not to evoke the rustic atmosphere of letterpress after printing, but to analyze the appearance of the punches before they are imprinted. It is also necessary to take account of the size of the type face and to avoid excessive enlargement or reduction. Let us keep in mind that every size requires its own design. The longer we work on the computer where a change in size is child's play, the more we are convinced that the appearance of a letter is tied to its proportions, and therefore, to a fixed size. We are also aware of the fact that the computer is a straightjacket of the type face and that the dictate of mathematical vectors effectively kills any hint of naturalness. That is why we strive to preserve in these six alphabets the numerous anomalies to which later no type designer ever returned due to their obvious eccentricity. Please accept this PostScript study as an attempt (possibly futile, possibly inspirational) to brush up the warm magic of Baroque prints. Hopefully it will give pleasure in today's modern type designer's nihilism.