In 1955 the Czech State Department of Culture, which was then in charge of all the publishing houses, organised a competition amongst printing houses and generally all book businesses for the design of a newspaper typeface. The motivation for this contest was obvious: the situation in the printing presses was appalling, with very little quality fonts existing and financial resources being too scarce to permit the purchase of type abroad. The conditions to be met by the typeface were strictly defined, and far more constrained than the ones applied to regular typefaces designed for books. A number of parameters needed to be considered, including the pressure of the printing presses and the quality of the thin newspaper ink that would have smothered any delicate strokes. Rough drafts of type designs for the competition were submitted by Vratislav Hejzl, Stanislav Marso, Frantisek Novak, Frantisek Panek, Jiri Petr, Jindrich Posekany, and the team of Stanislav Duda, Karel Misek and Josef Tyfa. The committee published its comments and corrections of the designs, and asked the designers to draw the final drafts. The winner was unambiguous — the members of the committee unanimously agreed to award Stanislav Marso’s design the first prize. His typeface was cast by Grafotechna (a state-owned enterprise) for setting with line-composing machines and also in larger sizes for hand-setting. Regular, bold, and bold condensed cuts were produced, and the face was named Public. In 2003 we decided to digitise the typeface. Drawings of the regular and italic cuts at the size of approximatively 3,5 cicero (43 pt) were used as templates for scanning. Those originals covered the complete set of caps except for the U, the lowercase, numerals, and sloped ampersand. The bold and condensed bold cuts were found in an original specimen book of the Rude Pravo newspaper printing press. These specimens included a dot, acute, colon, semicolon, hyphens, exclamation and question marks, asterisk, parentheses, square brackets, cross, section sign, and ampersand. After the regular cut was drafted, we began to modify it. All the uppercase letters were fine-tuned, the crossbar of the A was raised, E, F, and H were narrowed, L and R were significantly broadened, and the angle of the leg and arm of the K were adjusted. The vertex of the M now rests on the baseline, making the glyph broader. The apex of the N is narrower, resulting in a more regular glyph. The tail of Q was made more decorative; the uppercase S lost its implied serifs. The lowercase ascenders and descenders were slightly extended. Corrections on the lower case a were more significant, its waist being lowered in order to improve its colour and light. The top of the f was redrawn, the loop of lowercase g now has a squarer character. The diagonals of the lowercase k were harmonised with the uppercase K. The t has a more open and longer terminal, and the tail of the y matches its overall construction. Numerals are generally better proportioned. Italics have been thoroughly redrawn, and in general their slope is lessened by approximatively 2–3 degrees. The italic upper case is more consistent with the regular cut. Unlike the original, the tail of the K is not curved, and the Z is not calligraphic. The italic lower case is even further removed from the original. This concerns specifically the bottom finials of the c and e, the top of the f, the descender of the j, the serif of the k, a heavier ear on the r, a more open t, a broader v and w, a different x, and, again, a non-calligraphic z. Originally the bold cut conformed even more to the superellipse shape than the regular one, since all the glyphs had to be fitted to the same width. We have redrawn the bold cut to provide a better match with the regular. This means its shapes have become generally broader, also noticeably darker. Medium and Semibold weights were also interpolated, with a colour similar to the original bold cut. The condensed variants’ width is 85 percent of the original. The design of the Bold Condensed weights was optimised for the setting of headlines, while the lighter ones are suited for normal condensed settings. All the OpenType fonts include small caps, numerals, fractions, ligatures, and expert glyphs, conforming to the Suitcase Standard set. Over half a century of consistent quality ensures perfect legibility even in adverse printing conditions and on poor quality paper. RePublic is an exquisite newspaper and magazine type, which is equally well suited as a contemporary book face.

Arrear is a modern sans-serif font family. It includes three weights: regular, medium and bold. Has cut corners for lowercase letters. This is a versatile font that suits any project and is modern and easy to read. With it, you can create websites, logos, use in advertising, packaging, magazines and much more. This font will inspire you to create impressive designs that will amaze everyone! Multilingual support: extended latin and cyrillic.

Georges Peignot designed the font Nicolas Cochin based on copper engravings of the 18th century and Charles Malin cut the typeface in 1912 for the Paris foundry Deberny & Peignot. The font is named after the French engraver Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790) although its style had little to do with that of the copper artist. Nicholas Cochin is a freer variation of another Peignot font, Cochin, a bit more balanced and elegant.

A modern sports font with classic roots. Jawbreak's three distinct styles and alternate cuts makes it incredibly versatile and perfect for logotypes, sports branding, posters, apparel design, magazine headlines, labels and so much more. Jawbreak features a full Adobe Latin 1 character set, with support for most western languages including: Afrikaants, Basque, Breton, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Sami, Spanish, Swahili and Swedish.

Introducing Megatrans: A font from the future, where innovation and design meet. With its sleek lines and visionary style, Megatrans embodies a sense of futuristic aesthetics. Transform your projects with Megatrans' cutting-edge presence, adding a touch of tomorrow to your creative endeavors. This typeface is ideal for greeting card, packaging, brand identity, poster, or any purpose to make your design project look eye catching and trendy. Feel free to play with this typeface!

Nada Fraktur is a modern geometrical blackletter made to serve your hip intentions. Think hip-hop album sleeves, your local t-shirt print shop, and Tumblr-boy action. The goal with this typeface is to blend medieval aesthetic with sharp modern cuts. You could say that the font is sort of monospaced, but it is not. The typeface includes an extended character set to support Central and Eastern European as well as Western European Languages.

Cadency is a cool and modern script font, monolinear with cut sharp ends. Can be used for your various design projects such as logotype, poster, digital lettering arts, clean design, branding design, signs, and more. Features: - Uppercase - Lowercase - Numeral & Punctuation - Standard Ligatures - Stylistic Alternates - PUA Encoded - Multilingual Support To enable the OpenType Stylistic alternates, you need a program that supports OpenType features such as Adobe Illustrator CS, Photoshop, Indesign & CorelDraw X6-X7 and more.

Trop Magus is a rugged typeface following in the tradition of Ramon Llull and Jean Jannon. Llull’s illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages inspired many later Alchemical texts in the Renaissance. And it was during this era, in 1615, that Jannon cut the matrices for Typi Academiae. The Trop Magus typeface includes: - Sixty-five Alchemical and Astrological symbols - Multi-language glyph set - Old Style figures - Four sets of alternate glyphs - Pseudo-Random OpenType features

With the intention to create a family of modern calligraphy, Vild Scapes offers different feels in different effects. The Normal option cuts back the imperfections created from freehand writing, while Inkless keeps those details. There’s also the Rust option, which imitates letterpress printing effects. In addition, the family comes in three designs: Brush (big paint brush style), Script (small paint brush style), and Marker (brush tip maker style), offering you more possibilities for creativity.

Presenting MBF Avee – a cutting-edge sans-serif font meticulously crafted to embody the essence of modernity and versatility. With its clean lines and minimalist design, MBF Avee offers a sleek typographic solution for a wide range of applications. Whether used in print or digital media, its timeless aesthetic ensures a sophisticated and impactful presentation. Elevate your design projects with MBF Avee, where clarity meets contemporary style for a truly refined visual experience.

This typeface takes most of its design cues from Isonorm, developed by the International Standards Organisation in Switzerland in 1980. In this version, the overall design has been homogenized to eliminate some of the anomalous forms in the original. Suitable for both text and headlines with a cutting edge vibe. All versions contain the complete Latin 1252, Central European 1250, Turkish 1254 and Baltic 1257 character sets, with several language-specific localizations.

My Sister is a new modern calligraphy typeface built in 658 glyphs. It has OpenType features with PUA encode. This is a smart font works with popular design software such as Photoshop, Corel Draw X version, Illustrator, Microsoft Office, etc. This modern calligraphy typeface welcomes you to use it for various purposes such as logo, card, wedding invitation, headings, signatures, t-shirt, letterhead, cutting, hot stamping, signage, labels, posters and more. It's very craft friendly.

Yaro is a modern sans serif geometric font, includes upper and lower case characters, Latin, Cyrillic, Latin Extended symbols and other. The Yaro family consists of 20 fonts, divided into 4 subgroups (according to the type of style - St, Op, Rg, Cut, Bl), and have the 4 types of thickness in each subgroup. Yaro fonts will be useful in developing a brand, creating posters and other graphic products, and for word processing.

A dystopian, CAPS only, title font used primarily for big type - so headlines in magazines, newspapers and articles. Though also amazing for posters and fdlyers where you want to grab attention. Futuristic values of a sans, which incorporate cut away elements that reflect reality - nothing's perfect - or invoke shadows when reversed out. Uppercase gives you a hard-edged version, lowercase keys will give you a rounded CAPS version, softer on the eye. Enjoy!

Hand lettered Art Deco lettering for the title on the cover of the 1930s-era song "And I Still Do" provided the inspiration for Swing Era JNL. A bold, casual and friendly typeface, it features an intersecting inline through some of the characters. One could almost picture the hottest big band of the day promoted on a lobby card with this alphabet, beckoning all to come on in and "cut a rug".

There are times when a customer might look over a dingbat font and like a few of the images because they suit a particular need, but hesitates on purchasing the font because enough of those images isn't available. For all of the lovers of vintage letterpress cartoon cuts, Cartoon Cavalcade JNL collects sixty two assorted images from many of the Jeff Levine Fonts dingbat collections and places them within one singular file.

Scottish typefounders exerted a strong influence on the development of "transitional" typefaces, the bridge from "oldstyle" (Jenson, Garamond) to "modern" (Bodoni, Didot) designs. Scotch Roman designs were first cut by Englishman Richard Austin and cast by the Scottish typefounder Alexander Wilson and Son in Glasgow. Scotch Roman font has wide proportions, short descenders, bracketed serifs, and large, strong capitals. Its subtle charm makes it suitable for any text setting, particularly books and magazines.

An inspiration for two fonts of FA Modernista was the second page of Polish vanguard magazine "Praesens" Nr 1 from 1926 designed (as the first page) by Henryk Stażewski. The type applied - Baccarat was a sans serif from Polish foundry Jan Idźkowski i S-ka. Fonts FA Modernista imitate the effect of letterpress with spilled printing ink. Letters of two cuts vary in distortion as in the old days of letterpress technology.

Similar in design to Franklin Gothic, News Gothic was one of a number of sans serif faces manufactured by American Type Founders in the early years of the twentieth century. Initially cut as a light sans, heavier versions were made in the 1940s and 50s along with some condensed weights. The News Gothic font family offers an uncomplicated design that is well suited for use in newspapers and magazines for headlines and in advertisements.

Shoebox font is crafty and sweet. It’s hand-drawn with double letter ligatures for upper and lower case. It works great in all-caps, and the lower case is a funky mix up with some interlocking ligatures too. Shoebox is rough with an occasional curl, and is paired with Shoebox Shapes; a unique picture font of Amy Dietrich illustrations (featuring boxes, bags, cats, stars, familiar household items, and for some reason, a forgetful octopus).

The Janson font was based on the matrices made for the typeface in the 17th century. It originated from the Dutch typeface designer Anton Janson and was cut by Nicholas Kis. The strong main strokes and fine hair strokes were influenced by the art of copper engraving. In 1983, Prof. Horst Heiderhoff led the expansion of the Janson into a font family with various stroke contrasts and gave it the name Janson Text.

Otterco is a geometric sans serif with varied round and narrow characters. Blending a touch of retro and modern qualities, this typeface is clean and neutral but not boring. It’s professional yet unique and fun. The contrast in character widths creates a distinct visual rhythm and the vertical cut terminals keep it consistent, strong, and sharp looking. Constructed with a large x-height and low stroke contrast, it can fit a variety of applications.

Available in 3 ​fresh ​cuts plus a sweet picture font, Strange Times is a serifed hand-drawn family. Or is it handwritten? Either way, it’s quite a handy family​​ with a generous touch of quirkiness and packed with lowercase alternates for a nice organic feel. Powered by Contextual Alternates programming, these alternates will cleverly cycle at the ​simple ​click of a button. Strange Times are here. Let’s have a good time​. Cheers!​

Similar in design to Franklin Gothic, News Gothic was one of a number of sans serif faces manufactured by American Type Founders in the early years of the twentieth century. Initially cut as a light sans, heavier versions were made in the 1940s and 50s along with some condensed weights. The News Gothic font family offers an uncomplicated design that is well suited for use in newspapers and magazines for headlines and in advertisements.

Balogent is a elegant script with a new lovely stylish, a perfection style of the letters you want to use, modern handwriting with many alternatives. Now this is an opentype! It's smart and in line with your wishes! You are welcome to use it, suitable for various purposes: logo, signatures, corporate symbol, wedding invitation, title, creative, t-shirt, business card, letterhead, nameplate, headings, label, poster, news, badge, letterhead, cutting, hot stamping, quotation, etc. Thanks !

Mosse is an extraordinary sans-serif typeface that designed for improve readability, formal but casual, with straight cut at terminal and reverse angled at spur and finial give a little bit sweet. Mosse is simple and identical, come with nine weights allowed you to use the right weight to the right proportions. Mosse also support many languages, thanks to extended latin glyphs. Mosse come with standard Adobe Latin 4 glyphs, world-ready and mark2mark support.

Nexgen SLD font family is a modern sans serif font. The family includes 6 fonts, 3 weights each with 2 styles; regular and italic. The fonts are designed to be clean and easy to look for readability. The straight lines and diagonal cut at the corners of each character give the fonts their solid modern tech look. The family works great in all kinds of themes especially in tech, science and sports themes.

GiraffeSkin is an exciting, contemporary font. The popularity of the "animal skin" look in contmporary clothing and soft furnishing design make GiraffeSkin a must for designers on the cutting edge. It is best used for headings and where you intend to make a strong impact, with an African wildlife look. The font comes in two versions, one based on the popular Kassena font, the other based on Zim, one of Scholtz Fonts new designs.

introducing MILKY RAINBOW - Bold and Bouncy Handwritten Font - MILKY RAINBOW is natural handwritten font. come with a bold style, it is very eye-catching. It is great for packaging, branding, quotes, cards, banner, book, cutting, silhouette, social media content, and anything of your craft project. I created some ligatures to make it look so natural. Features: - Uppercase - Lowercase - Number & punctuations - Multilingual - PUA encoded I hope you love it. regards, Abo Daniel Studio

introducing CHEERFUL GIRL - handwritten font with doodles - Cheerful girl is natural handwritten font. It is great for quotes, cards, banners, books, cutting, silhouettes, social media content and anything of craft project. I created the doodles to make this product perfect. and it is very easy to access. What's included? - CHEERFUL GIRL - CHEERFUL GIRL DOODLES Features: - All Uppercase - Number & punctuations - Multilingual - Doodles - PUA encoded I hope you love it... regards, Abo Daniel Studio

Zuume Edge is a condensed, display sans serif ideal for eye-catching headlines, branding, packaging, logos, sports, and entertainment, and anywhere else you need maximum impact. The wide weight range offers versatility — the lighter weights bring a sharp, technical feel while the heavier weights pack a visual punch. The notched and extended ink traps add function and visual interest and the Cut styles have sliced horizontal strokes for more movement, aggression, and speed.

Lettering has an unusual way of adapting itself to many needs. The type style for Sporting Chance JNL was based on metal house identification letters used for Welcome Home JNL. The same type of block design was prevalent in 1920s-1930s era window signage via die-cut foil characters. Yet we tend to nowadays associate block lettering with sports-themed items. No matter the application, Sporting Chance JNL will fill the bill.

Felicity is a tightly cut heavyweight display serif. Felicity has strict kerning and it creates strong looking words just by typing - but if you need even more try any of Felicity’s many OpenType features: Discretionary Ligatures, Stylistic, Titling or Swash Alternates. Felicity has also a small selection of ornaments you can from the Character Window. Felicity is also equipped with Contextual Alternates and Standard Ligatures that prevents letters from colliding. Both features are automatically on.

TG Frida Mono introduces a cutting-edge digital monospaced font, seamlessly blending geometric design and humanist-style details. Carefully crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this font offers six weights, ranging from light to extrabold, to meet diverse typographic needs. The inclusion of alternate characters enhances design possibilities, providing variations that elevate visual interest and creative expression. Ideal for designs demanding precision and regularity, TG Frida Mono is a versatile choice for your creative projects

Calligraphic Afera is beautiful. This is a strong, high-contrast typeface with a dynamic disposition based on drawing with a cut nib, i.e. traditional typography. It exhibits its specific disposition in the details of each character. The font is a suitable tool for headlines on a website, blog, magazine, or poster. It also works well for package design. This calligraphic style is an elegant tool for headings communication. Specimen: http://carontwice.com/files/specimen_Calligraphic_Afera_Beauty.pdf

introducing LOVELY PURPLE - catchy and quirky handwritten - LOVELY PURPLE is natural handwritten font. It is great for quotes, card, banner, book, cutting, silhouette, social media content and anything of craft project. Lowercase and uppercase are matching each other, so you can combine them as you want. I created some ligatures to make it look so natural. Features: - Uppercase - Lowercase - Number & punctuations - Multilingual - PUA encoded I hope you love it... regards, Abo Daniel Studio

Sundry is J Foundry’s take on the early 20th century grotesque. The design draws influence from various designs of the period. Drawn and cut by hand, these sans have idiosyncrasies and quirks, producing a warm friendly look. The design objective was to even out the quirks and add consistency, without losing the warmth. Sundry looks to balance character and structure for a clear but personable read. Variable Fonts included in the Complete Package.

Welcome to the world of Scradl - where fonts become the tool of the cutter and the artist at the same time. These letters, as if cut out of paper without preliminary drawings, are rough, angular and full of character. The main font is the canvas for your creativity. Additional variations add a stroke, shadow, or even a sticker effect, creating a harmonious visual interaction. Features: - Multilingual - Kerning - Ability to adapt letters to other languages

Bezura is a font designed with an emphasis on minimal nodes. All bezier curves in this font have reference points on 90° or 45°. All corners have a smooth curve to them. It would probably work great when used in vinyl-cutting applications on signage. While it has a very methodical construction, there is enough sway in the font to give it a loose feel for professional projects with an unprofessional feel.

The mysterious Spooky, an alphabet to frighten even the bravest, was created by British designer Timothy Donaldson. The figures line themselves up, irregular and with uneven outer contours, and conjure up thoughts of ghosts, bats, vampires and darkness. Spooky is the ideal font for ghost stories with happy endings, a parody on horror and romance. As an added bonus, Spooky includes illustrations, from black cat to spider to witch - everything needed to earn its name.