Bastina Sindey is a natural handbrush font. This texture is very detailed. You can get also the swash brushes include in this font pack. This font is suitable for logos, shirts, fashion, blogs, websites, product branding, posters, flyers, any print template or for text overlay to any background image. Comes with a full uppercase, lowercase, numbers and punctuation + standard multilingual support. It’s great for branding, logo designs, lettering, logotype, craft, posters, packaging and much more. We recommend using Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop. Tutorial how to Install & use Alternate / Special Character : https://hanscostudio.com/tutorial/ Enjoy!

Bulbia is a single weight, display typeface inspired by the teardrop shape featured in some middle eastern design. With a bold stroke and high contrast, this font conveys a strong, unique voice that can be further enhanced through the use of it’s extensive Opentype features. Through Swash letters, decorative Titling forms or even a range of precomposed word marks, this single weight font expands into a complete design toolkit with multiple applications and possibilities. Bulbia includes an extended Latin character set and is available as an OTF font.

Sterling Script was initially meant to a be digitization/reinterpretation of a copperplate script widely used during what effectively became the last decade of metal type: Stephenson Blake's Youthline, from 1952. The years from 1945 to 1960 saw a heightened demand for copperplate faces, due to post-war market optimism, as well as the banking and insurance industries booming like never before, which triggered the need for design elements that express formal elegance and luxury. The name Sterling Script is a tip of our hat to England, the Stephenson Blake foundry's country of origin. It is also a historical hint about copperplate scripts having been used mainly for banking and bonds in the 19th century. Originally we just wanted to resurrect a gorgeous metal type from the ashes of forgotten history. But after the main font was done we saw that the original s really needed an alternate. We made one. But we felt sorry for the original s and didn't want to see it dropped from use altogether, so we saved it by building a set of ligatures that solve the minor connection problem with the s at large sizes. Before the completion of the ligatures, a few different alternates were also drawn, and we were faced by the fact that the single font we set out to do was now a much larger set than we anticipated. While thinking about how to split up our unexpected bundle of large characters, we drew a few more alternates and some swashes. This abundance "problem" reached a certain point where there was no looking back, so we just decided to go all the way with this font. We added many more alternates, swashes, ligatures, and two full sets of each beginning and ending lowercase letter. The result is over 750 characters of sheer elegance. Sterling Script has many features that set it above and beyond other copperplate scripts: - It has 2 beginning and 2 ending alternates for every single lowercase character. The beginning and ending variants on the vowels are also available in accented form in the appropriate cells of the character map. - Sterling Script is the ultimate elegant font choice for luxury design. Very elegant, but not too soft. Its strong and confident shapes convey a message that is real, comforting and assuring. - One of the eventual purposes of expanding Sterling Script this extensively was to create a script that finds the middle ground between formal and informal without compromising either trait, a script where the degree of formality can be gauged, tweaked, cranked up or toned down depending on the layout's needs. Aside from beginnings and endings, there are multiple variations for the majority of the basic characters. This is a formal script on steroids, where twirls and swashes can be set to come out unexpectedly from any place in the word, which is great for reducing the inherent rigidity of words set in copperplate scripts and "humanizing" them whenever needed. This is especially useful for wedding, postcard and invitation design, where not every viewer of the collateral material has something to do with banking or insurance. - With such an extensive character set, a designer can easily set a word or a sentence in 10 or more different ways, and choose the perfect one for the task at hand. This is particularly useful for work where details are of utmost importance, like logos, slogans, or elegant engravings that consist of one to three words. Let those swashes and twirls intertwine for maximum elegance. The Sterling Script complete package consists of 7 fonts: Sterling Script, Alternates, Beginnings, Endings, Swashes, Swash Alternates, and Ligatures. Sterling Script is available in five different purchase options and price ranges. But with such a massive offering of variation, the Sterling Script complete package is definitely the most value-laden set in its class. Once you use Sterling Script, you will never want to go back to other copperplates.

Introducing Stolen Love - Stylish serif typeface + Swashes and Ornaments Stolen Love is stylish and creative typeface loaded with 6 different fonts, alternate and ligature glyphs, 52 swashes in 3 different sizes, 26 ornaments to make you typography truly unique! Language Support : Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chechen, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Afrikaans, Albanian, Asu, Basque, Bemba, Bena, Breton, Chiga, Colognian, Cornish, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Embu, English, Estronian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Galician, Ganda, German, Gusii, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Jola-Fonyi, Kabuverdianu, Kalenjin, Kamba, Kikuyu, Kinyarwadna, Litvian, Lithuanian, Lower Sorbian, Luo, Luxembourish, Luyia, Machame, Makhuwa-Meetoo, Makonde, Malagasy, Maltese, Manx, Meru, Morisyen, North Ndebele, Norwegian Bokm ål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Nyankole, Ormo, Polish, Portuguese, Quechua, Romanian, Romansh, Rombo, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Sango, Sangu, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Shambala, Shona, Slovak, Soga, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German, Taita, Teso, Turkish, Ukrainian, Upper Sorbian, Uzbek (Latin), Volap ük, Vunjo, Walser, Welsh, Western Frisian, Zulu FEATURES Uppercase, lowercase, numeral, punctuation & Symbol Light, Regular, Bold, Extra Bold, Black and Rough Versions 52 swashes in three sizes ( small, medium, big ) 26 ornaments Character maps for swashes and ornaments BGR support - special fonts with Bulgarian alphabet ligature glyphs alternates Multilingual support - 95 languages No special software is required to type out the standard characters of the Typeface. How to access alternate glyphs? To access alternate glyphs in Adobe InDesign or Illustrator, choose Window Type & Tables Glyphs In Photoshop, choose Window Glyphs. In the panel that opens, click the Show menu and choose Alternates for Selection. Double-click an alternate's thumbnail to swap them out. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions! Mock ups and backgrounds used are not included. Thank you! Enjoy!

It's spring time and this is our tribute to the wonderful city of Colonia! Bloemche is a warm-hearted display serif font combining a set of floral symbols with an extravagant semi-script style. It is perfect for blogging a revitalizing style into the loveliest season. Create floral typography dreams and socialise with the people around you. Enjoy yourself! -- Typeface Features 711 Glyphs 45 Stylistic Alternates 6 Styles: Regular, Medium, Bold, Extra Bold, Black, Flowers Full Latin Language Support Numerators/Denominators Sub- and Superscript Fractions Ordinals Standard Ligatures Slashed Zero

Lemongrass is a connected script typeface for display use. It was inspired by brush lettering and the sea and the strong winds that exist in Porto. These winds are called "nortada", which was also the developing name of the font. It has low contrast and smooth connections to get a good rhythm in the text. Lemongrass can be used for branding and packaging where it will shine, but it can also be used in small texts creating beautiful content. Lemongrass has lots of ligatures, swashes and alternative shapes that will allow making your brand unique. It supports most western European languages making it a more useful display font. Lemongrass Caps comes to complement the main style.

Sporting pot-hook serifs and a tiny aperture, the Scotch Modern was an evolution of the Didone and Scotch Roman classifications, becoming the default type genre of the 19th century. Recontextualizing the 10-point type of a scientific report published in 1873, Nick Shinn has produced sleekly refined, micro-detailed vector drawings by eye, without the assistance of scans, of this magnificent classic. A beautiful genre of type, so popular in books, magazines and advertisements during the Victorian era and much of the 20th century, the Scotch Modern was derided by advocates of both the Arts & Crafts movement and 20th century modernists, and was never been properly adapted to hot metal, phototype, or digital media -- until now. Now the full range of typographic expression is possible in this style. The OpenType fonts support Western and CE encodings, Cyrillic (with Bulgarian alternates) and Polytonic Greek. There are many special features, including small caps, unicase, italic swash capitals, ten sets of figures per font, and both slashed and nut (vertical) fractions. Together with Figgins Sans, comprises The ModernSuite of matched fonts.

Introducing: World Pressure A rustic, dapper handwritten font with a personal charm. With quick dry strokes and a signature style, World Pressure is perfect for branding projects, homeware designs, product packaging - or simply as a stylish text overlay to any background image. World Pressure includes 4 font styles and additional swashes: World Pressure Regular handwritten script font containing upper & lowercase characters, numerals and a large range of punctuation. World Pressure Alternate This is a second version of World Pressure, with a completely new set of both lower and uppercase characters. If you wanted to avoid letters looking the same each time to recreate a custom-made style, or try a different word shape, simply switch to this font for an additional layout option. World Pressure Slant This is a third version of World Pressure, with a completely new set of both lower and uppercase characters in slant version. If you wanted to avoid letters looking the same each time to recreate a custom-made style, or try a different word shape, simply switch to this font for an additional layout option. World Pressure Alternate This is a forth version of World Pressure, with a completely new set of both lower and uppercase characters in slant version. If you wanted to avoid letters looking the same each time to recreate a custom-made style, or try a different word shape, simply switch to this font for an additional layout option. World Pressure Swashes A set of 26 hand-drawn swashes, the perfect finishing touch to underline your Northwell text. Simply install this as a separate font, select it from your font menu and type any A-Z Uppercase and Lowercase also Number 0-9 character to create a swash. Fonts are provided in OTF formats. Fonts include multilingual support. Ligatures are also available for several lowercase characters (double-letters which flow more naturally). These are only accessible via software with opentype capability or a glyphs panel, e.g. Photoshop/Illustrator.

Introducing: Northwell! A rustic, dapper handwritten font with a personal charm. With quick dry strokes and a signature style, Northwell is perfect for branding projects, homeware designs, product packaging - or simply as a stylish text overlay to any background image. ★ New Update • Northwell Clean! Northwell has now been updated to include 2 styles; a rustic textured version, and a totally clean & smooth version. This gives you the option to completely switch the style of your font at the click of a mouse, whether you’re looking for a more rustic, hand-made style, or a silky smooth finish. The Northwell Family includes 6 font files; 1. Northwell • A handwritten script font containing upper & lowercase characters, numerals and a large range of punctuation. 2. Northwell Alt • This is a second version of Northwell, with a completely new set of both lower and uppercase characters. If you wanted to avoid letters looking the same each time to recreate a custom-made style, or try a different word shape, simply switch to this font for an additional layout option. 3. Northwell Swash • A set of 20 hand-drawn swashes, the perfect finishing touch to underline your Northwell text. Simply install this as a separate font, select it from your font menu and type any A-U character to create a swash. 4. Northwell Clean, Northwell Clean Alt & Northwell Clean Swash • Clean versions of the above 3 fonts, with the rough brush texture removed and replaced with a completely smooth edge. Ideal for specialist printing (e.g. Cricut/Silhouette Studio), or simply for a smoother finish to your designs. Fonts include multilingual support for English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, & Turkish. Standard Ligatures • Are also available for several lowercase characters (double-letters which flow more naturally). Ligatures will automatically replace the standard letter pairs whenever available, when using any OpenType capable software.

Factually Handwriting is a stunning signature-style font that conveys a sense of expressive hand-lettering with a genuine touch. Its effortless strokes and wild curves make it perfect for adding a personal touch to your projects. Designed with a focus on authenticity, Factually Handwriting captures the beauty of natural handwriting, and consists of eight styles, including Regular, Italic, Bold, Alternate, Alternate Italic. Each style of Factually Handwriting offers a unique aesthetic, giving you the freedom to experiment with different looks and create truly personalized designs. This font is perfect for everything from logos and branding to social media posts and invitations. With its natural charm and expressive strokes, Factually Handwriting adds a touch of warmth and personality to any project. Use undercore _ anywhere in a to make a swash. Example: Hand_Signature Use multiple underscores to make different swashes. Example: Candy___Bars Use * to make flowers! Beautiful*Spring Blue***Roses The font is built with advanced OpenType functionality and has a guaranteed top-notch quality, containing stylistic and contextual alternates, ligatures and more features; all to give you full control and customizability. It has extensive lingual support, covering all Latin-based languages, from Northern Europe to South Africa, from America to South-East Asia. It contains all characters and symbols you'll ever need, including all punctuation and numbers.

Ballpoint Catalog is a handwriting typeface, based on my dad's real handwriting, he was a teacher. I'm amaze by its smoothness and elegant, not fully follow the rules of penmanship handwriting but he has his own style of script which make it more human, natural handwriting rather that 'generic' handwriting typeface style. This typeface contain several ligatures to make it more natural in the writing. Suitable for any uses from branding, book cover, menu, quotes, invitation, wedding cards, advertising, blog, etc. Features Latin A-Z and a-z Numbers Symbols Ligature To enable the OpenType Stylistic alternates, you need a program that supports OpenType features such as Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe Indesign & CorelDraw X6-X7. There are additional ways to access alternates/swashes, using Character Map (Windows), Nexus Font (Windows), Font Book (Mac) or a software program such as PopChar (for Windows and Mac).

Quatre is a clean, friendly, monoline display script with a number of subtle but significant features. Originally based on the style of cursive you may or may not have been taught in middle school, Quatre has a clean geometric flow to it while containing a robust set of OpenType features such as ligatures, swash capitals, and stylistic alternates that give it a unique look. With over 700 glyphs, coverage for over 30 languages, arbitrary fractions, contextual alternates and more, Quatre will have you covered for whatever situation you may run into. I mean, probably. I can’t know every single weird way you might be trying to use it. The point is, it’s got all of the bells and whistles you could reasonably hope for. Make sure you open up the OpenType panel in Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign to make use of all of those features.

It’s the ultimate way to be you. Galore Snack-with the combination between script and display font styles you can mix, match, and call your own. The script style generates modern and elegant vibes with its curvy strokes. Through the display font, it creates simple, clean yet versatile looks. This harmonious font duo supporting and advocating each other to make awesome result in your design. You also get 15 illustrations as special extra that you can use as you wish. Features: Stylistic Sets Swashes Multilingual Supports Uppercase and lowercase PUA Encoded Numerals and Punctuation This font would looks great on your branding, logos, social media quotes, stickers, posters, wall art, merchandise, social media, and many more. Get more inspiration about how to use it by seeing the font preview. Thank you for purchasing our fonts. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to contact us. Happy Designing.

Stars & Love is a bold, cursive brush calligraphy font, influenced by retro script style with a friendly rounded look and flourished elegance. It features stylistic alternates, contextual alternates, standard ligatures and terminal forms (beginning and ending characters are a bit different) that ensures multiple options for you to choose from for your design work. This font comes in two instances, a Bottom Heavy and a Regular version. Being friendly yet elegant in its visual presence, Stars & Love is perfect for Love theme designs, premium packaging, stationery design, invitations, posters, logos, custom products and more. The Character set covers most Latin languages. Font Guide PDF Font presentation video For feedback, customisation or extra character request please email me at fonts@rolandhuse.com Font Features: • Latin character set: Uppercase & Lowercase A - Z • Stylistic Alternates (up to 3 Sets) • Contextual Alternates (Initial and Final Forms) • Standard Ligatures • Underline Swashes (Stylistic alternates for underscore) • Numerals & Punctuation • Accented Characters • Symbols (Currencies and basic symbols such as @ # % etc.) Please refer to the Font Guide pdf for more details. To access all features of Stars & Love such as stylistic alternates etc., it's highly recommended to use professional design software such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign or Procreate (via 'add text' feature).

Shakila Script is a handwritten font created at the end of March 2021. It is a unique bold font with a pretty and charming casual style with many variants of beautiful swashes, as well as an alternative to capital letters. Shakila is a lovely and delicate font duo (script and sans serif), that exudes elegance and class. This font was particularly crafted for those who need a beautiful and refreshing look to their designs. Also, this font is perfect for branding projects, logo, product designs, invitation cards, wedding cards, stationery designs, advertisements, label, photography, blogging, social media or watermark. Key Features: - Multilingual Accents - Alternative capital letters - Stylistic Alternates up to 20 choices - Has a heart connected feature for a-z and A-Z letters - Available shortcut for Stylistic Alternate by simply adding "period" (.) and “number” (1-20) to each letter. - Has lots of ligatures so the letters connect well together - Has OpenType and PUA Encodes features. This font has a total of 885 glyphs, including capital letters, uppercase alternates, lowercase, numeral and punctuation, multilingual accents, beginning and ending swashes for lowercase, and includes a large number of stylistic alternates and heart swashes (for lowercase-lowercase and uppercase-uppercase). The advantage of the Shakila Script font compared to other fonts is that the alternative capital characters are in 1 font file, so it will make it easier for you to work. Therefore, you are free to choose it as you like, especially this font has the OpenType and PUA Encodes features which means you can access all of the glyphs and swashes with ease. As I mentioned earlier, Shakila Script has a large number of Stylistic Alternates features, up to 14 options for letter a-z and up to 20 options for letter b d h k l. In fact, there is also a swash feature in the form of a connected for the combination of each lowercase-lowercase and uppercase-uppercase letters. Interestingly, you can activate all Stylistic Alternates that are owned by each letter, just by typing; letter + period + number. For example: a.1 a.2 a.3 or b.1 b.2 b.3 and so on. As for activating the heart connected for each letter a-z or A-Z is quite easy. Namely by simply typing; letter + underscore + underscore + letter. For example: a__a or A__A and so on. Shakila Script is a Font Duo pack that pairs with Shakila Sans. The two were created at about the same time, but made in separate file packages. The reason I created this font duo is to make your projects more harmonious and unique. At the end of the sentence, Shakila Font Duo is a very authentic and amazing. If there are things you want to ask, don't hesitate to contact my email. For complete details, please visit my Behance profile. Alifinart Studio alifinart@gmail.com Thank you.

West Kingdom is a modern script inspired by streetwear in combination with a hand lettering style. Ideal for logos, badge, label, apparel, club, event, handwritten quotes, product packaging, header, poster, merchandise, social media & greeting cards. West Kingdom has many opentype features like ligature, alternate, swash and also multi language support.

The Sans Serif is crafted for complex display typography with friendly extravagance and high readability. Each font has an extended character set and provides latin based languages. The typefaces include ligatures, alternate- & swash letters, various ampersands, smallcaps, fractions, lining-, tabular numbers, superior/inferior figures and other extras. Go with the flow!

Welcome to Sabr Creative, your source for artistic fonts that captivate the eye and enhance your designs. Introducing Balania, a stunning script swash font that exudes elegance and flair. Crafted with precision, Balania is designed to add a touch of sophistication to your projects, from wedding invitations to branding materials.

Misologist – Display Font comes with an elegant and modern touch this font is perfect for branding, invitation, stationery, wedding designs, social media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, label, photography, watermark, special events, and more. Features: Uppercase and lowercase letters Lowercase Swashes Alternates Ligatures -Multilingual, numerals, and punctuation Thank You!

Easter Nice is a sweet and delicate handwritten font. Dainty and joyful, this font will be ideal for writing wedding invitations, cards or any other design that may need a romantic, personalized touch! This font is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the glyphs and swashes with ease!

Mastfield - Modern Serif, comes with an elegant and modern touch this font is perfect for branding, invitation, stationery, wedding designs, social media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, label, photography, watermark, and special events, and more. Features: Uppercase and lowercase letters 46 Alternates Swashes 27 Ligatures Multilingual, numerals, and punctuation

Beautilina Premium is a sweet and delicate handwritten font. Dainty and joyful, this font will be ideal for writing wedding invitations, cards or any other design that may need a romantic, personalized touch! Beautilina Premium is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the glyphs and swashes with ease!

Signature of incognito is a handwriting script font, that was created using a fountain pen. Diacritical symbols and glyphs allow you to use the font not only for Latin. Ligatures and swashes diversify the text and can be applied to design cards, logos, clothing design, wedding invitations, and much more

Snake head is a script font with a graffiti look. cool to be use in various types of designs, with several choices of characters and various kinds of swashes, so that your design looks powerful, this font is sutable for branding, clothing, logotype, packaging, advertising, crafting, and various other designs.

Give your designs an classy feel! Signatural is perfectly suited to signature, stationery, logo, typography quotes, magazine or book cover, website header, clothing, branding, packaging design and more. A handwritten script font containing uppercase and lowercase characters, numerals, a large range of punctuation, International language, ligatures, stylistic alternate and swashes.

Introduce Mattoa, a bold and sporty script. This font is very great for bold logotype . Comes with many swashes options that you can play with. Will works well for both modern and retro style. If you need a font for your display purposes, you defintely need to consider this font.

Districtside is from Tagging Graffiti with urban lifestyle inspiration. Featuring an extra swash font, you can make your project more attractive. This style is bolder, easier to read, and is perfect for titles, logos, product packaging, branding projects, magazines, social media, and even just to express words above the background.

Saint Germain is a natural signature font perfect for crafting, branding, invitation, stationery, wedding designs, social media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, label, photography, watermark, special events, or anything. Saint Germain comes with a full set of uppercase and lowercase letters, swash alternates, ligatures, multilingual symbols, numerals, and punctuation.

Skytree is a modern brush script. Skytree comes in two styles with a lot of stylish alternates characters that will make this font suitable for any design project. Feature Uppercase Lowercase Number & Symbol International Glyphs Alternatives Ligatures Swashes If you need anything else just shoot me on email dedukvic@gmail.com

Aryzena is handwritten, textured, artistic brush script. This font also has swash characters that make your design more attractive and natural, giving your text an authentic and laid-back characteristic. This font works well in designs for clothing, tittle books, quotes, branding, logos, packaging designs, posters, invitation, mural and more!

Rathya is a sweet and delicate handwritten font. Dainty and joyful, this font will be ideal for writing wedding invitations, cards or any other design that may need a romantic, personalized touch! This font is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the glyphs and swashes with ease!

Helingston is a Fancy calligraphic font, Helingston is created with a copper plate stylus and features opentype with pua encode, Helingston is a Fancy Calligraphic including alternatives, style sets, ligatures, and swashes, Each glyph lowercase has a stylized style, Swiss is perfect for branding, invitations wedding and cards or quotes.

Secret Winter is a beautiful calligraphy font perfect for crafting, branding, invitation, stationery, wedding designs, social media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, label, photography, watermark, special events, or anything. Secret Winter comes with a full set of uppercase and lowercase letters, swash alternates, ligatures, multilingual symbols, numerals, and punctuation.

Highland Signature is a natural handwritten font, this font Is perfect for logos, invitations, stationery, wedding designs, social media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, label, photography, watermark, special events, or anything. Highland Signature comes with a full set of uppercase and lowercase letters, lowercase swashes, multilingual symbols, numerals, punctuation.

Valentine Soul is a romantic and delicate handwritten font. Dainty and joyful, this font will be ideal for writing wedding invitations, cards or any other design that may need a dreamy, personalized touch! This font is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the glyphs and swashes with ease!

Youth Line is a sweet and delicate handwritten font. Dainty and joyful, this font will be ideal for writing wedding invitations, cards, or any other design that may need a romantic, personalized touch! This font is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the glyphs and swashes with ease!

Revel is a stylish blend of high fashion meets country western. Use all Caps for an ultra-modern, sophisticated look. Or type in all lowercase for a more youthful, rocker effect. This cool font also comes with alternates, decorative elements, ligatures and even a few swashes thrown in the mix.

Karty Solid is a freehand typeface that was inspired by John Baskerville’s designs. Karty Solid comes in three version: Regular, condensed and Expanded, including a large set of swashes, ligatures and stylistic alternatives, which bring the chance to create logotypes, originals headlines for fashion magazines, children books, advertising and much more.

First inspired in a leaf from Missale Romanum ex Decreto Sanctrosancti Concilii Tridentinii Restitutum, printed by the Plantin Workshop at Antwerp in 1642, Musee was designed for booktext purposes and is very elegant and highly readable even in small sizes. Includes plenty of OpenType features, like SmallCaps, Alternates and Swashes.

Verbum is a modern fun and casual script with a unique and modern look. Verbum contains 627 glyphs including stylistics and contextual alternates, swashes, stylistic sets, ligatures and ornaments for a genuine handwriting effect. Verbum looks good in children's books, fashion, magazines, wedding invitations, greeting cards, logos, packaging and more!