Up until the late 1920s, it was a popular habit in American songwriting to use African Americans as the topic of compositions using denigrating themes, words and even exaggerated character illustrations on the covers of the published sheet music. One such example of what was considered "entertainment" for its time was a piece entitled "Little Black Me". While this now socially and morally unacceptable piece of forgettable tripe is collected by some only for the historical documentation of the times they reflected, one good "positive" came out of this negative chapter of our country's musical heritage: The beautiful floral ornamented letters in the song's title has yielded Fancy Free JNL. Originally hand-lettered on an arc, these spurred Roman letters have been re-drawn, and are offered in both the regular design and a companion version with the ornamentation removed for lettering that is less ornate.

Toward the end of the 1920s, Art Deco influences were starting to creep into modern design. The hand lettered title on the cover of the1928 sheet music for “Fascinatin’ Vamp” not only embraced the new Deco movement, but sent it on a wild typographic ride. Letters of mixed thicknesses and stylings made up the two word title, and this unusual group of letter shapes became the inspiration for Free Form Deco JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Sultan free is an Arabic text typeface for desktop applications. Sultan free is a freestyle script. It is available in One style, calligraphic, and very dynamic. This makes it suitable for large display sizes, especially in the area of advertising, while still functioning well as a text face. The font includes a support for Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. Sultan free typeface comes with many opentype features.

This font was inspired by the rare manuscript Roman Quadrata used by an unknown scribe to inscribe a copy of the Roman poet Virgil’s GEORGICS, somehwere around 161 to 180 AD. Only a few sheets have survived, now preserved by different libraries around the world. In creating this font, we have adapted it for contemporary users, making differences between U and V; I and J (which made no difference at all to ancient Latin scribes) and naturally adding the glyphs for Thorn, Oslash, Lslash, W, Y, as well as the usual accented characters and punctuation, none of which existed at the time. Only capitals are present in the original; but we have provided alternates: so alternating each character A-Z/a-z will give a pleasant appearance of manual script. We have added the Roman numerals “I V X L C D M” in the OTF/TTF versions usable as “Old Style Numerals” alternates.

Hub 191 is a very Cheerful font, and with a very different style from the rest. Its weight is superior in posters, social media, headlines, magazine titles, clothing, large print formats - and anywhere you want it to be seen. Inspired by the design style that is currently popular, and this is the answer to all the needs of every idea that you will pour in this modern era.

Introducing the first typeface by Azure studio, Space 101! Space 101 is a handcrafted chalkboard reminiscent typeface with irregular slender lines and a quirky personality. This typeface is perfect to add character and charm to bodies of text and heading where the slight imperfections tie your whole design together. The inspiration for Space 101 was found in an old signwriting book. The character shapes were updated and improved while still retaining the same charm. The typeface gave me interstellar space travel vibes reminiscent of early books based around space travel, which is why I decided to call it Space 101. I hope you enjoy this typeface and if you have any questions or comments get in touch. I'd love to hear from you. fonts@azurestudio.co.nz

Rian Hughes’ 15th collection of fonts, “112 Hours”, is entirely dedicated to numbers. Culled from a myriad of sources – clock faces, tickets, watches house numbers – it is an eclectic and wide-ranging set. Each font contains only numerals and related punctuation – no letters. A new book has been designed by Hughes to show the collection, and includes sample settings, complete character sets, source material and an introduction. This is available print-to-order on Blurb in paperback and hardback: http://www.blurb.com/b/5539073-112-hours-hardback http://www.blurb.com/b/5539045-112-hours-paperback From the introduction: The idea for this, the fifteenth Device Fonts collection, began when I came across an online auction site dedicated to antique clocks. I was mesmerized by the inventive and bizarre numerals on their faces. Shorn of the need to extend the internal logic of a typeface through the entire alphabet, the designers of these treasures were free to explore interesting forms and shapes that would otherwise be denied them. Given this horological starting point, I decided to produce 12 fonts, each featuring just the numbers from 1 to 12 and, where appropriate, a small set of supporting characters — in most cases, the international currency symbols, a colon, full stop, hyphen, slash and the number sign. 10, 11 and 12 I opted to place in the capital A, B and C slots. Each font is shown in its entirety here. I soon passed 12, so the next logical finish line was 24. Like a typographic Jack Bauer, I soon passed that too -— the more I researched, the more I came across interesting and unique examples that insisted on digitization, or that inspired me to explore some new design direction. The sources broadened to include tickets, numbering machines, ecclesiastical brass plates and more. Though not derived from clock faces, I opted to keep the 1-12 conceit for consistency, which allowed me to design what are effectively numerical ligatures. I finally concluded one hundred fonts over my original estimate at 112. Even though it’s not strictly divisible by 12, the number has a certain symmetry, I reasoned, and was as good a place as any to round off the project. An overview reveals a broad range that nonetheless fall into several loose categories. There are fairly faithful revivals, only diverging from their source material to even out inconsistencies and regularize weighting or shape to make them more functional in a modern context; designs taken directly from the source material, preserving all the inky grit and character of the original; designs that are loosely based on a couple of numbers from the source material but diverge dramatically for reasons of improved aesthetics or mere whim; and entirely new designs with no historical precedent. As projects like this evolve (and, to be frank, get out of hand), they can take you in directions and to places you didn’t envisage when you first set out. Along the way, I corresponded with experts in railway livery, and now know about the history of cab side and smokebox plates; I travelled to the Musée de l’imprimerie in Nantes, France, to examine their numbering machines; I photographed house numbers in Paris, Florence, Venice, Amsterdam and here in the UK; I delved into my collection of tickets, passes and printed ephemera; I visited the Science Museum in London, the Royal Signals Museum in Dorset, and the Museum of London to source early adding machines, war-time telegraphs and post-war ration books. I photographed watches at Worthing Museum, weighing scales large enough to stand on in a Brick Lane pub, and digital station clocks at Baker Street tube station. I went to the London Under-ground archive at Acton Depot, where you can see all manner of vintage enamel signs and woodblock type; I photographed grocer’s stalls in East End street markets; I dug out old clocks I recalled from childhood at my parents’ place, examined old manual typewriters and cash tills, and crouched down with a torch to look at my electricity meter. I found out that Jane Fonda kicked a policeman, and unusually for someone with a lifelong aversion to sport, picked up some horse-racing jargon. I share some of that research here. In many cases I have not been slavish about staying close to the source material if I didn’t think it warranted it, so a close comparison will reveal differences. These changes could be made for aesthetic reasons, functional reasons (the originals didn’t need to be set in any combination, for example), or just reasons of personal taste. Where reference for the additional characters were not available — which was always the case with fonts derived from clock faces — I have endeavored to design them in a sympathetic style. I may even extend some of these to the full alphabet in the future. If I do, these number-only fonts could be considered as experimental design exercises: forays into form to probe interesting new graphic possibilities.

Snow Freeze a quirky playful font with 7 different style of the font. Each style has a difference in the decoration of the ornaments. This font is a winter theme font, so all the decorations are winter-related, such as: snow, snow cap, snowman, snow frezze, melt ice, snow pile and sparkle. With these decorations, this font will be perfect for your winter-themed projects. This font is also suitable for logos, branding, quotes, posters, stickers, greeting cards, invitation cards, birthday cards, quotes, crafting, svg, banners, movies, headlines and more. This font is also support multi language.

Introducing Swath Trees, our newest font, a beautiful and appealing graffiti font with a modern and phenomenal style, designed with attention to each letter so that when used, it can create a blend of words that contain charming and striking artwork. Don’t hesitate to use this font for various project needs. This graffiti font is great for product logos, poster titles, headlines, packaging, film titles, logotypes, gorgeous writing, and trendy graffiti designs, among other things. Of course, if you utilize this font in your numerous creative projects, they will be perfect and outstanding. Use this typeface right away for your one-of-a-kind and remarkable projects.

Hello dears! I fulfilled my old dream and drew (wrote it to whom as you like :) a font in the Modern Calligraphy style. Also I added Ligatures and Swashes, have fun :) Orchard Trees will look beautiful on holiday invitations, wedding invites and stationery, logos, and more. Test it out below to see how it could look for your next project! Includes: Uppercase and lowercase Numbers and punctuation Foreign language support Check out my blog: https://www.instagram.com/zloillev pinterest.com/dmitriychirkov7

Frozen Tree is a thick lettered yet friendly display font. Whether you are using it for cartoon-related designs, children's games, quotes, titles, brand names, book covers, posters, or just any creation that requires a touch of joy, this font is a great choice. So what's included : Basic Latin A-Z & a-z Numbers, symbols, and punctuations Accented Characters : ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØŒŠÙÚÛÜŸÝŽàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøœšùúûüýÿžß Thank you

Tree Cheska monoline script font which natural movement and suitable for theme christmas and other. is perfect for branding projects, logo, wedding designs, social media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, label, photography, watermark, invitation, stationery and any projects that need handwriting taste. What’s Included : Standard Glyphs Ligature & Swash Works on PC & Mac Simple installations Accessible in the Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, even work on Microsoft Word. PUA Encoded Characters – Fully accessible without additional design software. Fonts include multilingual support for; ä ö ü Ä Ö Ü ß ¿ ¡

Rustling Trees - Script Textured Fonts Brand new stylish textured fonts ! In collaborating with Albion Room. Fresh from the oven as inspired to create easy digital lettering for you. Flowing texture makes this fonts has a unique characteristic, also give you alternate characters lowercase and uppercase, alternate for the initial and terminal forms. It will be great for Logotypes, Posters, Digital Lettering Arts, Clean design, Branding Design, Sign, etc. Multiple Language available just check it out :) Features : Stylistic Alternates (up to 10 style in some letters) Initial & Terminal (also comes with alternate initial and terminal glyphs) Refined All caps (No more tail or swash when type in all caps)

Tree Trunk is a bold display font with wood texture on it. You can use it for anything ranging from t-shirts and clothing, for your kids book designs, kids party needs, greeting cards, stickers, posters, banners, or anything that needs a bold and fun touch. Try it to create fabulous designs and feel the fun and cheering vibes with it!