Ciseaux Matisse was inspired by the exhibition Drawing With Scissors, which I visited at the Kunsthalle Schirn in my hometown of Frankfurt am Main in 2003 and the book Jazz published in 1947 by Henri Matisse. Admittedly, before that time I wasn’t a fan of Matisse’s work, neither his late nor the early work. That definitely changed after the exhibition. While his motifs have been overused on postcards and mouspads, in front of the originals you forget those tiny pictures. Some of the works were massive—larger than 24ft. By cutting directly into the color Matisse created shapes with strong dynamics. Years later, in 2007, I used that inspiration to cut an exclusive font for a newspaper that I designed at that time (see Gallery Pictures). Later I developed that font into the four styles featured here. The cut-out style is a paper cutout; boxed is the paper background. Both linear and boxed linear have no curved outlines, so they are more aggressive. As drawing with scissors implies, all characters are cut by hand. With only uppercase letters, this font is designed for editorial use: headlines, slogans in ads, or musical usage in posters and flyers that need the little touch of the jazz scissors. In special cases the lowercase letters contain alternate shapes to the uppercase forms.

The Metro Office family is designed after the model of the original sans serif family – Metro No.1 – produced by W.A. Dwiggins and Mergenthaler Linotype’s design studio during the late 1920s and 1930s. A distinctly new interpretation of the sans serif idea, Metro was a thoroughly “American” sans serif when it was released. However, over the ensuing decades, it became a favorite the world over. Moreover, it is one of the first “humanist” sans serif typefaces designed. While redesigning Metro in 2006, Linotype’s Type Director Akira Kobayashi drew from his own knowledge of humanistic letterforms. The result is a redefined Metro; a typeface that is finally ready for heavy text setting. The original Linotype Metro No.1 never had italic variants. Kobayashi has created oblique variants, extending its use in document setting. A double-storey a and g, as well as a wider w were features of Dwiggins’ original Metro design that were filtered out by Mergenthaler Linotype in the 1930s. Kobayashi remedied this historical slight, retooling Dwiggins’ original forms and optimizing their legibility. Kobayashi has additionally retooled some of Metro’s more troublesome letters, which has black elements that became too dense. By opening up the troublesome joins (like that on the Q), Kobayashi has given his new Metro a more even color in text, improving its legibility while retaining its original spirit.

The Sketchnote typeface was born of necessity: designer Mike Rhode needed a series of hand-drawn fonts to illustrate and produce his book, “The Sketchnote Handbook.” Because of its origin, this typeface was designed to be practical and convey the human character and quirks of his normal handwriting and hand-drawn lettering. The family is comprised of five fonts: Sketchnote Text in Regular, Bold, and Italic, the somewhat compressed and bold Sketchnote Square for headlines, and the playful Sketchnote Dingbats. Sketchnote Text is a casual script with a slightly bouncy baseline. In order to mimic the differences present in natural handwriting, OpenType features are built-in that automatically switch between multiple versions of each letter or number. In total, over 240 alternates in each of the text fonts are employed, making for a more authentic appearance. The warm texture of Sketchnote is the result of actual ink-spread on paper captured in the scans of written letterforms and was intentionally left intact during the digitization process to preserve that feeling. Rhode created Sketchnote Square as a display type to complement Sketchnote Text. Drawn instead of written, the letters often have neat little happenstance voids within the strokes. Sketchnote Dingbats features a selection of icons, rules, and arrows to provide some functional and fun tidbits, handy for bringing additional life to any design.

More than a century ago, Frank H. Atkinson presented this hand lettered style as Broken Poster. It was one of a hundred styles he demonstrated in his manual on sign painting. Even before his book was published (and certainly after), Broken Poster was a favorite with sign painters and letterers. It has graced show cards and movie posters, signs and windows displays, and advertisements of all varieties. We presented the our first digital revival of this classic in 2000. It is long overdue for an upgrade. Broken Gothic expands the basic Broken Poster to four weights, two specialty formats and some cool layed effects. The language base includes Greek, Cyrillic, Latin A, and some of Latin B and Latin Extended. There are also some nice alternates and ligatures. All weights are quite suited to posters, headlines, display copy, web headers, etc. At first glance, Broken Gothic may seem to have limited uses. Give it a chance and it will surprise you. Broken shouts out that there is a sale, a giant monster or the end of the world. Broken Gothic is comfortable in a wide range of themes and applications from zombie movie titles to salsa jar labels. While I can't recommend it for text, Broken is great for headers, banners, signs, titles, product presentation and other display applications. When you need a rough customer, Broken Gothic fills the bill.

In 1968, Adrian Frutiger was commissioned to develop a sign and directional system for the new Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. Though everyone thought he would want to use his successful Univers font family, Frutiger decided instead to make a new sans serif typeface that would be suitable for the specific legibility requirements of airport signage: easy recognition from the distances and angles of driving and walking. The resulting font was in accord with the modern architecture of the airport. In 1976, he expanded and completed the family for D. Stempel AG in conjunction with Linotype, and it was named Frutiger. The Frutiger™ family is neither strictly geometric nor humanistic in construction; its forms are designed so that each individual character is quickly and easily recognized. Such distinctness makes it good for signage and display work. Although it was originally intended for the large scale of an airport, the full family has a warmth and subtlety that have, in recent years, made it popular for the smaller scale of body text in magazines and booklets. The family has 14 weights and 14 companion fonts with Central European characters and accents. Another 14 Cyrillic companion fonts are available as well. See also the new revised version Frutiger Next from the Linotype Platinum Collection. Featured in: Best Fonts for Logos

Integral CF is designed for maximum visual and emotional impact with its stunning, superbold letterforms. An all-caps titling font family, Integral's six weights excel in posters, social media, headlines, video, and print. Hidden behind the linear, confident construction is a hint of roguish charm. Designed to be bold and large, Integral pairs nicely with lighter typefaces that provide contrast, such as a sans serif like Greycliff CF, Criteria CF, or Work Sans. Text-friendly serifs like Artifex CF are also pair well with Integral. All typefaces from Connary Fagen include free updates, including new features, and free technical support.

Mezzotint CF is a daring and playful display typeface perfect for logotypes, posters, and editorial use. High-contrast strokes, flared serifs, aqueous connections, and inky terminals give Mezzotint CF its striking and rakish personality. Includes roman and italic sets across a single bold weight, with wide language support, optional ligatures, OpenType alternates, and more. Mezzotint CF pairs well with a contrasting, simple geometric sans-serif like Greycliff CF; for maximum effect, try a large difference in typeface size between the two. All typefaces from Connary Fagen include free updates, including new features, and free technical support.

Franklin Stone is a organic hand drawn typeface inspired by vintage type with hand drawn feel. Comes with regular, condensed and stamp. This typefaces is perfect for people looking for vintage aesthetic. Suitable for any graphic designs such as branding materials, t-shirt, print, logo, poster, t-shirt, quotes .etc You may not use the fonts in templates or for sale/free or on template websites. ( web/print/app ) We hope you enjoy the font, please feel free to comment if you have any thoughts or feedback. Thanks for purchasing and have fun! Regards, Ironbird Creative

Airy and delicate, Cerulya CF is a striking display typeface brimming with movement and grace. A unique semi-serif design with rounded teardrop terminals, Cerulya CF shines brightest at large sizes – perfect for logos, posters, headlines, and more. Includes five weights, roman and italic sets, and a selection of optional ligatures, swashes, and alternates. Cerulya CF pairs well with a contrasting, simple geometric sans-serif like Greycliff CF; for maximum effect, try a large difference in typeface size between the two. All typefaces from Connary Fagen include free updates, including new features, and free technical support.

Ellograph® CF is a charming monospaced font family with easy readability and striking cursive italics. A generous x-height and short descenders allow for even, organized lines of text. Beautiful as a coding font and in logos, headlines, and text. With its clean construction and expressive italics, Ellograph® CF stands as a versatile font family on its own. It also pairs well with a wide array of typefaces – contrasting Ellograph with a serif like Artifex CF or Wayfinder CF is effective and beautiful. All typefaces from Connary Fagen include free updates, including new features, and free technical support.

Jugendstil Flowers are a collection of dingbats fonts with ornaments, leitmotivs and fleurons, free inspired in the visual style from the golden age of the Art-Nouveau graphic movement. A beautiful work with and organic forms and sensibility with the taste of the vegetal world, by Chyrllene K, who brings you a extra gift : Buying the three fonts (family pack) you get a special free bonus: the Victorian Advertising EPS PACK with ten amazing artworks (in eps) inspired in the Victorian ages magazine advertisings (see the banners). See all the glyphs from Jugendstil Flowers in the pdf brochure at the gallery section.

Ethna is a modern sans-serif font. It perfectly represents modern and vintage esthetics. The font includes uppercase and lowercase letters and multilingual support. This font looks amazing as standalone words and as full text blocks. Also it good for bright captions and unforgettable logos. Language support for more than 30 languages: Afrikaans, Basque, Bosnian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmal, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Zulu etc. Download Ethna for your next project today! Thank you and have a great day!

The inspiration source for Semicirculus Monogram is a stylish sans serif letterset from a vintage embroidery publication which combines to create a semi-circular form monogram. Originally intended to adorn handkerchiefs, it has so many other possibilities. Ornaments from numerous antique specimen books were combined with the letter set to accent and complete its form. This is one of many monogram designs for the early 1900s which fall into a two letter format that is either adorned or interwoven with ornamentation. Download and view the MFC Semicirculus Monogram Guidebook if you would like to learn a little more.

Randolph is a popular font family from Jukebox done in an old fashioned copperplate etching style that harkens back to the days of old leather-bound shop ledgers and hand painted window signs. The large and wide letterforms of Randolph make a bold statement that will add solidity and impact to any design. Jukebox fonts are available in OpenType format and downloadable packages contain both .otf and .ttf versions of the font. They are compatible on both Mac and Windows. All fonts contain basic OpenType features as well as support for Latin-based and most Eastern European languages.

Flexo Soft is the soft companion of Flexo. In Flexo Soft, the sharp edges of Flexo's characters have been tempered by a moderate rounding—creating a softer and friendlier typeface. Flexo Soft has a squarish design, making it stand out in many uses. It will shine in both headlines and text. It is well suited for graphic design and corporate identity design. Flexo Soft has sixteen styles, extensive language support, eight different kinds of figures, sophisticated OpenType features—so it’s ready for advanced typographic projects. For more information about Flexo Soft, download the PDF Specimen Manual.

Cigar is a revival of a 1970s and 1980s typeface called Cucumber or Nassel Black or Scanner. It has been carefully redrawn and expanded into a full-featured OpenType font. Cigar Octo and Cigar Quarto are new angular reinterpretations of Cigar. In Cigar Octo, most round shapes have been replaced by octagonal shapes. In Cigar Quarto, most round shapes have been replaced by rectangular shapes. Use Cigar to get attention. Use it for headlines, advertisements, magazines, brochures, book covers, corporate design, presentations, websites, signs, event announcements, and for other things that need attention. For more information about Cigar, download the PDF Specimen Manual.

Ballonest is a handwritten font with a stylish, elegant and natural touch. It has an original feel and beautiful handwriting. Made seriously, with care and with feeling. Ballonest would perfect for photography, watermark, social media posts, advertisements, logos & branding, invitation, product designs, label, stationery, wedding designs, product packaging, special events or anything that need handwriting taste. Your download will include files; Ballonest ~ A hand-made, all characters brush font which has a complete set of A-z characters with 107 stylish ligatures. All font files are provided in both TTF & OTF font formats. Includes a range of multilingual support.

Citrine is a study in curves, based upon word-processing and in-game text. A tall lowercase makes for easy reading, curved joints give it friendliness, and broad spacing delivers distinctive all-caps treatments. Here’s a downloadable PDF specimen. Citrine’s basic idea began as “a Havelock for reading.” Essential geometry delivers a sense of harmony, and forms sit broadly next to each other to be easily read, even onscreen and very small. Citrine includes case-sensitive alternate shapes for smooth all-caps typesetting, small caps, and a wide range of diacritics to cover a multitude of latin-based languages.

Have you been looking for a vintage font? Do you dream of creating headings that stand out and inspire modern and artistic? Lastones - A Vintage Font Lastones is a display font made all in uppercase typeface that shows retro looks. A great display font that appears to drip down on the page, as if sprayed there only moments ago. Well suited to titles, poster designs, branding, and logos. Our font always includes Multilingual Support to make your branding reach a global audience. Features: Swashes Stylistic Set PUA Encoded Numerals and Punctuation Thank you for downloading premium fonts from Nathatype

Want to transport your audience to a world of wonder with your branding? Want your headings to spark happiness and engagement? Quintos-Serif Font A modern and elegant serif font that’ll make your audience swoon and enhance your branding projects, printed materials, and website design. This font was created to bring out modernity and style. Ideal for social media banners; posts, and ads, printed quotes, t-shirt designs, packaging, or even as a modern text overlay to any background image. Features: Stylistic Set Alternates Swashes PUA Encoded Numerals and Punctuation Thank you for downloading premium fonts from Nathatype

Typography or Calligraphy. Unconnected or Connected. For us, at DSType Foundry, that was the main question. With Aparo, we tried to bring the best of the two worlds into a single, yet complex, typeface. Aparo appears to be a very simple bold italic roman typeface, but it has plenty of calligraphic flair, including swashes that make your words stand out, collision detectors so that you don't get weird combinations, alternate characters activated by default for improved calligraphic effect and a very extended character set in a total of 897 glyphs. Download our detailed type specimen for complete information on Aparo.

If you’re looking for a gorgeous, elegant, and versatile font to captivate your audience and create the perfect contrast between your headings and body copy, then we’ve got the font for you! Introducing Bright Angels - A Handwritten Font This handcrafted typeface combined with brush style looks very elegant for loads of different projects and promotions. It is very suitable to be used on your website, for your social media branding, Pinterest banners, printed invitations, and more! Features: Beautiful Ligatures Alternates Stylistic Set Multilingual Support PUA Encoded Numerals and Punctuation Thank you for downloading premium fonts from Din Studio

The source of inspiration for Haute Monde Monogram is the 1934 "Book of American Types" by American Type Founders. Found in that specimen book was a wonderfully elegant traditional smallcap-Capital-smallcap monogram alphabet known as “Elite Monogram Initials”. This elegant typeface is now digitally remastered and updated for modern use with functionality beyond its original intentions. Download and view the MFC Haute Monde Guidebook if you would like to learn a little more. MFC Haute Monde Monogram comes complete with Pro format fonts. You will require with programs that can take advantage of OpenType features contained within the Pro fonts.

The inspiration source for Fantasie Monogram is another hand-drawn design from a vintage embroidery publication which relies on rigid geometric letterforms on a dynamic slant stepping downwards. This monogram, which evokes visions of it embossed or printed on antique cookie tins, was originally intended to adorn handkerchiefs, but the possibilities of its use are up to your imagination. This is one of many monogram designs from the early 1900’s which fall into a two letter format that is either adorned or interwoven decorative elements. Download and view the MFC Fantasie Guidebook if you would like to learn a little more.

Ready to enhance your branding? Looking for that “something” that’ll make your audience go WOW and clients get on board immediately? Bavaria Gates-A Serif Font Bavaria Gates is a serif typeface that is made all characters in uppercase. An excellent choice to add the right amount of modern touch. With style looks very interesting for loads of different projects and promotions. A great all-in-one package for your logo, book cover, poster, t-shirt, branding, and advertisement needs. Features: Ligatures Alternates Swashes PUA Encoded Numerals and Punctuation Thank you for downloading premium fonts from Nathatype

Stella Ann is another great addition to the script fonts of the Jukebox collection. Named after the designer's maternal grandmother, Stella Ann is a beautiful flowing calligraphic style font. It is both bold and strong, yet warm and graceful, just like its namesake. Perfect for wedding invitations, business cards, scrapbooking and much more! Jukebox fonts are available in OpenType format and downloadable packages contain both .otf and .ttf versions of the font. They are compatible on both Mac and Windows. All fonts contain basic OpenType features as well as support for Latin-based and most Eastern European languages.

Hello Buena - From Wood to Digital Type Buena is the first word I read on a letterpress paper, printed by my colleague and friend Wolfgang Wick. I was fascinated by the power of this fat wooden letters at first glance. So I started to create a digital version of it and »Buena Black« was born. Due to the fact that the original punches had only upper- case glyphs, I created the lowercase characters by myself. After that it was time to design the family... Buena is full of OpenType features. To get fully acces, go to www.mazefonts.de and Download the Type Specimen.

The concept of a bold connected script with a hand lettered feel has been on my bucket list for decades. I imagined a pretentious, ornate, swashy look, a variety of word-end embellishments, heaps of ligatures and underscores. It took a weekend workshop on Python Scripting at Type@Cooper in San Francisco reinforcing the smarts of Opentype to make it happen. Hand drawn on paper using broad pen strokes for reference, the design was the easy part. The real work was in the back-end and self-imposed rigorous testing. Download a comprehensive pdf User Guide at this link.

Have you been looking for a graffiti font? Do you dream of creating headings that stand out and inspire modern and artistic? Introducing Streetlife - A Grafiti Font Make your graffiti text dance with this wonderful, rhythmic font that captures motion and is bound to call attention wherever you use it. This font is perfect for logos, printed quotes, cards, packaging, website or social media branding, and many more! Our font always includes Multilingual Support to make your branding reach a global audience. Features: Standart Ligatures Stylistic Set Multilingual Support PUA Encoded Numerals and Punctuation Thank you for downloading premium fonts from Din Studio

Classic XtraRound is a companion typeface to Classic Round, designed by Ben Blom. Although Classic Round has a lot of roundness, Classic XtraRound has more. Classic XtraRound has maximum roundness — no sharp corners, anywhere. Classic XtraRound has maximum roundness — and is still legible. It can be used as an interesting workhorse in small text sizes. It makes eye-catching headlines in big display sizes. Classic XtraRound can be combined in any way with Classic Round, to create an interesting variation and sameness within the same document, brochure, catalog, advertisement, etc. For more information about Classic XtraRound, download the PDF Specimen Manual.

DF-Stromboli doesn’t look like it but in fact it is a script typeface. It was written with a coffee spoon, acting like a broad pen, in the ashes of the Stromboli volcano right on top of a scanner. This typeface evokes orientation and fear, the dichotomy of Stromboli’s personification. A tribute to il faro del mediterraneo: the mediterranean lighthouse.

In August 1930, Jan Tschichold described a new typeface, that is "producable by everybody without further knowledge" in the publication Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel. Sebastian Nagel has extended the original drawing to 7 weights (black, extrabold, bold, semibold, regular, semilight and light), with full coverage of the Latin 1 character set. All fonts also include small caps and alternate characters.

The typeface was designed at the Polygraphmash type design bureau in 1951-53 by Lev Malanov, Elena Tsaregorodtseva et al. Based on Cyrillic version of Excelsior, 1931, of Mergenthaler Linotype, by Chauncey H. Griffith. Excelcior Cyrillic was developed in 1936 in Moscow by Professor Michael Shchelkunov, Nikolay Kudryashev et al. A low-contrast text face of the Ionic – "Legibility" group.