Out of a lifelong inner struggle, Philip Bouwsma unleashes a masterpiece that reconciles classic calligraphy with type in a way never before attempted. Maestro takes its cue from the Italian chancery cursive of the early sixteenth century. By this time type ruled the publishing world, but official court documents were still presented in calligraphy, in a new formal style of the high Renaissance that was integrated with Roman letters and matched the refined order of type. The copybooks of Arrighi and others, printed from engraved wood blocks, spread the Italian cancellaresca across Europe, but the medium was too clumsy and the size too small to show what was really happening in the stroke. Arrighi and others also made metal fonts that pushed type in the direction of calligraphy, but again the medium did not support the superb artistry of these masters or sustain the vitality in their work. As the elegant sensitive moving stroke of the broad pen was reduced to a static outline, the human quality, the variety and the excitement of a living act were lost. Because the high level of skill could not be reproduced, the broad pen was largely replaced by the pointed tool. The modern italic handwriting revival is based on a simplified model and does not approach the level of this formal calligraphy with its relationship to the Roman forms. Maestro is the font that Arrighi and his colleagues would have made if they had had digital technology. Like the calligraphic system of the papal chancery on which it is modelled, it was not drawn as a single finished alphabet, but evolved from a confluence of script and Roman; the script is formalized by the Roman to stand proudly in a world of type. Maestro came together on screen over the course of several years, through many versions ranging widely in style, formality, width, slant, weight and other parameters. On one end of the spectrum, looking back to tradition it embodies the formal harmony of the Roman capitals and the minuscule which became the lower case. On the other it is a flowing script letter drawing on the spirit of later pointed pen and engravers scripts. As its original designers intended, it works with simple Roman capitals and serifs or swash capitals and baroque flourishes. The broad pen supplies weight and substance to the stroke which carries energy through tension in balanced s-curves. Above all it is meant to convey the life and motion of formal calligraphy as a worthy counterbalance to the stolid gravity of metal type. The Maestro family consists of forty fonts distributed over two weights. The OpenType version compresses the family considerably down to two fonts, regular and bold, each containing the entire character set of twenty fonts, for a total of more than 3350 characters per font. These include a wide variety of stylistic alternates, ligatures, beginning and ending letters, flourishes, borders, rules, and other extras. The Pro version also includes extended linguistic support for Latin-based scripts (Western, Central and Eastern European, Baltic, Turkish, Welsh/Celtic, Maltese) as well as Greek. For more thoughts on Maestro, its background and character sets, please read the PDF accompanying the family.

Belisha is a beautiful script with a modern vibe. It has a classy, elegant, and modern look which can be used for logos, branding, invitations, stationary, wedding designs, social media posts, and any other design in need of a handwritten touch.

Designed at Polygraphmash in 1953 by Igor Zhikharev, based on his handwriting. The digital version was developed in 1989 by Gennady Baryshnikov, with the assistance of Vladimir Yefimov. An informal monoline script. For use in both text and display matter.

Compliments was inspired by a few hand-lettered words on a 1930s brochure by Western Union entitled “The Yellow Blank is Correct for Every Social Need.” It is now available in OpenType format with contextual alternates for a better script effect.

Introducing a new clean signatures script called Bresley. Bresley came with open type features such contextual alternates, stylistic alternates, ligature, good for signature logo, wedding invitation, romantic quote, logotype, poster, social media kit, book cover, tshirt design, packaging and any more.

Crestwood is an updated version of an elegant semi-formal script typeface originally released by the Ludlow Type Foundry in 1937. Crestwood is best used at larger sizes, and is wonderful for invitations and greeting cards. Character Set: Latin-1

Introducing Radens Vintage Bold Script, Inspired by Modern Vintage & Retro style and combination with old american traditional style. that will fulfill your design needs for quotes,sporty theme, logotype, wordmark, etc. This has many opentype features and support multi language.

Unholy Script is a modern calligraphy design, including Regular. This font is casual and beautiful with swash. Can be used for various purposes. such as logos, product packaging, wedding invitations, branding, headlines, signage, labels, signatures, book covers, posters, quotes, and more.

Salamander is a playful and agile script family of two weights and matching ornament sets. Click on Swash, Contextual or Stylistic alternates in any Open type savvy application for vivid alternate characters and combine with Salamander Ornaments to perfect your designs.

Lakeland JNL was inspired by lettering seen on a vintage container of Yankee brand motor oil. Originally all-caps on the package, the remaining characters were developed to expand on this casual semi-script design which was popular during the 1940s.

Mantilda is a stylish, refined script font that emanates sophistication and elegance. Its stylish alternates and ligatures make this font the perfect match for any project. Mantilda is PUA encoded which means you can access all glyphs and swashes with ease!

Estonia Nouveau is based on the calligraphic style found in the East European country of Estonia. The traditional lowercase forms are combined with the more non-traditional script uppercase alternates to give a truly up-to-date, yet traditional look.

Hurley 1967 is a bold script, with clean lines and smooth curve combined with beautiful features! Simply amazing fonts, comes with 7 styles. Hurley 1967 has a bunch of styles as a families to designed lettering style logotype using the fonts.

Azebra is an elegant connected letter cursive script arriving with a family of detailed & artistic styles. Azebra features diagonal hatched texture, in extruded & shadow variations. Azebra is extended, containing West European diacritics & ligatures, making it suitable for multilingual environments & publications.

Adipura is a script and handwritten font, and is perfect for your all design project such as wedding invitation design, book cover design, banners, logos, short quotes, flyer designs, typography, signatures, and more. Features: ~ UPPERCASE ~ lowercase ~ Numeral and Punctuation ~ Multilingual Accent

FP Dancer Serif attempts to combine a constructed face with an upright script face. The goal was a type family that combines softness and friendliness with more strength. Typographica.org selected this font as one of the best typefaces for 2007.

Kaufmann is a joining script designed for American Type Founders by Max R Kaufmann, a letterer, typographer and art director of McCalls magazine. Monotone in weight and with short descenders, the Kaufmann font family is useful for advertising and display work.

Cantiqu stand is a beautiful handwritten script font. Cantiqu stand Font is perfect for many different project such as logos & branding, invitation, stationery, wedding designs, social media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, label, photography, watermark, special events or anything.

Bright Fairy is a handwritten script font. This stunning handwritten font is casual, classy, and Cool. It’s a great font for fashion, apparel projects, signature, album cover, logo, branding, magazine, social media, & advertisements, but also works great for other projects.

Rits Calltown is casual script typeface. Perfect for your next creative project such as Logotype, printed quotes, invitations, cards, product packaging, headers, Letterhead, Poster, Apparel Design, Label, and etc. FEATURES : – Uppercase – Lowercase – Number – Multilingual – Opentype FILES INCLUDED : OTF., TTF WOFF file

Express® is based on the lettershapes of Express typeface designed for Ludwig & Mayer in 1957 by Walter Hoehnisch. A tall, bold script with even inclination. Cyrillic version developed in 2001 by Natalia Vasilyeva. For use in advertising and display typography.

Sarcastic is a monoline display typeface. It draws influence from a visual language of mid-twentieth century consumerism: 1950s script typography and the rhythmic forms of interconnected neon lettering. Sarcastic is perfect for contemptuous quips, disparaging proclamations, and castigating commentary.

Twilight Script is a modern calligraphy design, including Regular. This font is casual and beautiful with swash. Can be used for various purposes. such as logos, product packaging, wedding invitations, branding, headlines, signage, labels, signatures, book covers, posters, quotes, and more.

Brokkie is a handwritten calligraphy script font with a modern twist! This font adds a relatable and imperfect side to your designs; which makes it great for logos, branding, blogs, social media, wedding stationery, websites, signs, business cards, and more.

Pavilion Script is a modern calligraphy design, including Regular. This font is casual and beautiful with swash. Can be used for various purposes. such as logos, product packaging, wedding invitations, branding, headlines, signage, labels, signatures, book covers, posters, quotes, and more.

Dear Sunshine is sweet and playful, but also elegant. This versatile script font has a wide range of applications ranging from greeting cards to kids’ crafts, and is guaranteed to add a sweet touch to your next design. Thank You.

Fiolyta is a modern and classy script typeface featured with upper case and lower case, numerals, punctuation, and OpenType Features. Perfect for your design projects like logos, branding, advertising, product designs, stationery, photography, art quotes, wedding designs, fashion designs, and more.

Mekari Script is a modern calligraphy design, including Regular. This font is casual and beautiful with swash. Can be used for various purposes. such as logos, product packaging, wedding invitations, branding, headlines, signage, labels, signatures, book covers, posters, quotes, and more.

Introducing our latest product Shinrin Script Font! Shinrin is perfect for fashion, e-commerce brands, trend blogs, or any business that wants to appear classy. It contains a basic set of lower & uppercase letters, a large range of punctuation, and numerals.

Sweet Magolina Script is a beautiful modern calligraphy typeface. Sweet Magolina is perfect for today’s emerging market design. This font has a stylish, trendy, natural, and soft touch. You can use it for wedding invitations, branding, parties, graduations, birthdays, gatherings, etc.

Wanderlust letters is a beautiful hand painted script that comes with a set of extras. All letters have been carefully painted giving your words a wonderful flow. Wanderlust can be used for fashion, apparel, stationery, magazines, film, books and marketing.

Stupids Script is a modern calligraphy design, including Regular. This font is casual and beautiful with swash. Can be used for various purposes. such as logos, product packaging, wedding invitations, branding, headlines, signage, labels, signatures, book covers, posters, quotes, and more.

Aquatype Signature is a free-flowing script font created for packaging products, invitation cards, flyers, mockups, event posters, and anything else that requires high-quality vibes. It has a beautiful and balanced character, that fits well with the large design pool.

Sweet Fig is a bold script. This font is suitable for any design like branding especially for food packaging, quotes, printing, etc. The design can elevate your design project. Features: Beautiful Ligatures Stylistics Set Many Swashes Multilingual Support Numerals and Punctuation

Sugar Buttons is perfect for your holiday projects. Use it for Christmas cards, winter crafts for decor and more! What's inside: - Sugar Buttons Script - Multilingual support - Cricut support If you have any questions, please contact me directly or in instagram @superdizigner

Anatonym is a script and handwritten font. It was very carefully designed with the Pen Tool on Illustrator. Anatonym is perfect for your all design project such as wedding invitation, flyer design, poster design, typography, logo name, signature, book cover, etc.

Introducing a script font named "Propeller". This font has a trendy look inspired by vintage aircraft ads. It has connected letters with smooth shape and round endings. Intersecting lines are made with a small overlay that gives a tiny volume effect.