Compendium is a sequel to my Burgues font from 2007. Actually it is more like a prequel to Burgues. Before Louis Madarasz awed the American Southeast with his disciplined corners and wild hairlines, Platt Rogers Spencer, up in Ohio, had laid down a style all his own, a style that would eventually become the groundwork for the veering calligraphic method that was later defined and developed by Madarasz. After I wrote the above paragraph, I was so surprised by it, particularly by the first two sentences, that I stopped and had to think about it for a week. Why a sequel/prequel? Am I subconsciously joining the ranks of typeface-as-brand designers? Are the tools I build finally taking control of me? Am I having to resort to “milking it” now? Not exactly. Even though the current trend of extending older popular typefaces can play tricks with a type designer’s mind, and maybe even send him into strange directions of planning, my purpose is not the extension of something popular. My purpose is presenting a more comprehensive picture as I keep coming to terms with my obsession with 19th century American penmanship. Those who already know my work probably have an idea about how obsessive I can be about presenting a complete and detailed image of the past through today’s eyes. So it is not hard to understand my need to expand on the Burgues concept in order to reach a fuller picture of how American calligraphy evolved in the 19th century. Burgues was really all about Madarasz, so much so that it bypasses the genius of those who came before him. Compendium seeks to put Madarasz’s work in a better chronological perspective, to show the rounds that led to the sharps, so to speak. And it is nearly criminal to ignore Spencer’s work, simply because it had a much wider influence on the scope of calligraphy in general. While Madarasz’s work managed to survive only through a handful of his students, Spencer’s work was disseminated throughout America by his children after he died in 1867. The Spencer sons were taught by their father and were great calligraphers themselves. They would pass the elegant Spencerian method on to thousands of American penmen and sign painters. Though Compendium has a naturally more normalized, Spencerian flow, its elegance, expressiveness, movement and precision are no less adventurous than Burgues. Nearing 700 glyphs, its character set contains plenty of variation in each letter, and many ornaments for letter beginnings, endings, and some that can even serve to envelope entire words with swashy calligraphic wonder. Those who love to explore typefaces in detail will be rewarded, thanks to OpenType. I am so in love with the technology now that it’s becoming harder for me to let go of a typeface and call it finished. You probably have noticed by now that my fascination with old calligraphy has not excluded my being influenced by modern design trends. This booklet is an example of this fusion of influences. I am living 150 years after the Spencers, so different contextualization and usage perspectives are inevitable. Here the photography of Gonzalo Aguilar join the digital branchings of Compendium to form visuals that dance and wave like the arms of humanity have been doing since time eternal. I hope you like Compendium and find it useful. I'm all Spencered out for now, but at one point, for history’s sake, I will make this a trilogy. When the hairline-and-swash bug visits me again, you will be the first to know. The PDF specimen was designed with the wonderful photography of Gonzalo Aguilar from Mexico. Please download it here http://new.myfonts.com/artwork?id=47049&subdir=original

Beautiful Caligraphic font and also readable font.

Lyra is an Italian Renaissance script that might have developed if metal type had not broken the evolution of broad pen calligraphy. It lies in the area between the humanist bookhand and the chancery cursive, combining the fullness and articulation of the Roman letters with a moderate italic slant and condensation. A steep pen-angle allows use of a broader pen relative to the x-height, giving the letters more contrast with light verticals and heavy curves. Lyra embodies the Renaissance spirit of refining technical advances of the late middle ages with reintroduction of ancient classical principles. Based on the moving penstroke with constantly changing pen-angle, it brings the vitality of handwriting to the ordered legibility of type. Lyra is a formal italic, too slow for copying books. By eliminating the element of speed, digital technology opens up a new level of calligraphy, bringing it into the sphere of typography as would naturally have happened if metalworkers had not controlled the process. If classical Western traditions are respected, digital calligraphy has the potential to recapture the work of the past and restart its stalled evolution. There is of course no substitute for the charm of actual writing, with each letter made for its space; but the tradeoff is for the formal harmony of classical calligraphy as every curve resonates in tune with every other. This three-weight font family marks Philip Bouwsma's much-requested return from a three year hiatus. It also reminds us of his solid vision in regards to how calligraphy, typography and technology can interact to produce digital beauty and vesatility. Each of the three Lyra fonts contains almost three character sets in a single file. Aside from the usual wealth of alternates normally built into Bouwsma's work, Lyra offers two unique features for the user who appreciates the availability of handy solutions to subtle design space issues: At least three (and as many as six) length variations on ascending and descending forms, and 65 snap-on swashes which can be attached to either end of the majuscules or minuscules. The series also offers 24 dividers and ornaments built into each weight, and a stand-alone font containing 90 stars/snowflakes/flowers, symmetric contstructs for building frames or separators, masking, watermarking, or just good old psychedelia.

Graced Script is a calligraphic brush font in high quality, with a full alternate alphabet. Turn on contextual alternates to get natural letter variations.

Hortensia™ was designed by Natalia Vasilyeva and licensed by ParaType in 2001. An original calligraphic script. For use in advertising and display typography.

PT Vesna™ was designed by Natalia Vasilyeva in 2000. Licensed by ParaType. An original calligraphic script for use in advertising and display typography.

Kyotce is inspired by the Egyptian serif which has a strong and bold typeface. This family of 8 weights from Light to Bold along with italics and is perfect for advertising, packaging, logo, editorial and publishing, branding and other creative industries. Each style includes 700+ glyphs, Kyoto supports around 200 languages in the Latin and Cyrillic. This font provides advanced typographic support with features such as ligatures, alternate characters, old-style figures, fractions, numerator/denominator, superior/inferior, and various symbols.

VVDS Benigne Sans is geometric font family consisting of 8 weights ranging from Thin to Ultra Bold with matching italics. Balanced and gently Thin or fat and heavy Ultra Bold, good wide range of widths, which allow use this font not only as a Headers, also as sub-headers or block texts. Also, I love how it looks in infographics. VVDS Benigne Sans is latin-based multilingual and contains all mathematics symbols. OpenTypeFeatures Ligatures, alternates, old style numerals and fractions. Enjoy! VVDS

Introducing Kahfee, a mesmerizing display font that invites you into a world where artistry and elegance merge seamlessly. Kahfee takes its inspiration from the captivating aesthetics of Arabic script. In this font, you'll find that every letter is thoughtfully connected, creating a captivating rhythm that mimics the graceful dance of Arabic writing. The strokes and curves are a tribute to the centuries-old tradition of Arabic calligraphy. Kahfee fits in headlines, logos, posters, flyers, branding materials, print media, editorial layouts, and many more designs. Find out more ways to use this font by taking a look at the font preview.

Introducing Kallifa script font is classy calligraphy inspired by old-school classic vintage handwritten. This font is good for logo design, Social media, Movie Titles, Books Titles, short text even long text letters, and good for your secondary text font with the script, sans, or serif. Featured: Standard Uppercase & Lowercase Numeral & Punctuation Multilingual : ä ö ü Ä Ö Ü ß ¿ ¡ Alternate & Ligature PUA encoded We recommend programs that support the OpenType feature and the Glyphs panel such as Adobe applications or Corel Draw. so you can use all the variations of the glyphs. Hope you enjoy our fonts!

Lavenda font is a result of my two year classic calligraphy studies, and is based on my own handwriting. The overall look is classic, which makes it a match for invitations, place cards or other paper goods where old time elegance is required. With the glyph count just under 1500 the font has many alternates and options which makes it flexible to use. Apart from swashes, alternates and ligatures - number of fancy dingbats is also included. Again, with vast number of glyphs contained should you write in other language than English - Lavenda comes as a natural choice.

Delution is a beautiful modern calligraphy font. Delution 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.

Bhorgcust is script font with authentic calligraphy style, with elegant swashes combination letter script form, so many opentype feature include of the font. Suitable for design, element design, wedding, event, t-shirt, logo, badges, sticker, and awesome work.

Oh Amazing Script is a new calligraphy font which is fresh, funny, interesting and with a cute heart that can be connected. It is suitable for greeting cards, branding materials, business cards, quotes, posters, and more! Thank You!

Doctorline simplifies elegance into one truly outstanding handwritten font. Whether you’re looking for fonts for Instagram or calligraphy scripts for DIY projects, this font will turn any creative idea into a true piece of art! - 3 Font (Weights)

JH Diwani simplified black is an advanced Arabic font simulating the Diwani Calligraphy with its finest details. Its typical usage: Wedding / greeting cards , headlines, poetry, and books. Please note that Arabic Kashida is not available for this font.

JH Diwani Simplified Light is an advanced Arabic font simulating the Diwani Calligraphy with its finest details. Its typical usage: Wedding / greeting cards, headlines, poetry, and books. Please note that Arabic Kashida is not available for this font.

HU Mois KR is a calligraphy typeface with a sense of speed and a naturally slanted feel as if writing. It also gave a sense of free rhythm of handwriting. Includes Korean from the existing 'HU Mois' font.

Jerky is a strange and vibrant titling typeface.Drawn with a ruling pen, this typeface work with capital and small capital only by default. Inspired by calligraphy it emanates an Rock&Roll visual atmosphere or an horror movie ambiance.

Muju is created by classic Japanese calligraphy brush. This casual, friendly yet professional style is perfect for restaurant menus, titling, logos & more. Muju features extended characters, containing West European diacritics & ligatures, making it suitable for international environments & publications.

Andora Ardelion is a stylish and elegant new calligraphy font, suitable for designs that need both a touch of elegance and modernity. This font has a lot of swashes that can help anchor your projects in ornamental glamour.

Salysta Victoria is an elegant script font with a contemporary atmosphere and impeccable form, inspired by timeless classic calligraphy. This font is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the amazing glyphs and ligatures with ease!

This Font is similar to the calligraphic style AL THULUTH. I added many glyphs to each other to get this feature and it become easier to graphic designer to write with Arabic AL THULUTH font without being a real calligrapher. It works beautiful in Headlines of Arabic books and photos and it is Fine Art . It also used in writing on T-shirts and clothes . This Font contains many Glyphs in Latin, Farsi, Urdu, Arabic ).

Monograf was originally designed as fixed-width monospaced font which has 2 weights (Regular and Bold). Monograf Text is a derived style of Monograf with proportional spacing and well-balanced kerning to make the text easier to read and look optically balanced. So in the total bundle you get 4 pieces of this font: Monograf Regular, Monograf Bold, Monograf Text Regular and Monograf Text Bold. This versatile font with clean geometry and slightly rounded corner elements works great in digital space, as well in print. It also retains its legibility at smaller sizes. Typographic features include old-style figures, directional arrows and four types of asterisks. The entire font is suitable for purposes such as tabular layout, coding, website, but also for magazines, logos, signs, products, and others. Features: Basic latin alphabet A-Z 116 Accented characters Numbers, Punctuation, Currency, Symbols, Math symbols & Diacritics Old style figures, Directional arrows and 4 asterisks

Slapjack is a unique rendition of a broad-edged calligraphic script ideal for packaging, signage, and titling. Its presence is strikingly bold and rhythmic, yet stylishly elegant. With a glyph count well over 700, Slapjack is a fully-featured pro font. Both regular and light weights have contextual and stylistic alternates, stylistic sets, swashes, ligatures, fractions, and Central European language support. Using Adobe InDesign which supports Stylistic Sets allows you to instantly convert your text to a version without baseline connectors for a more streamlined look. These can also be selected via the glyph palette. As a bonus feature, unlike most script fonts, Slapjack is designed to also set well in all caps adding to its versatility.

Carton is a font family whose origin comes from his Display version, which is made up of a parallelepiped in isometric projection on a large grid. The Carton type family boasts an entire range of original forms with a number of different constraints other than calligraphic strokes or modular construction techniques. The constraints chosen in the process of creating this alphabet allowed us to give it specific features which would lead to the development of a coherent family of type. The design of the Bold and Regular departs from the earlier strict geometrical forms and increases in contrast and complexity. It paved the way for the creation of a thinner character for the reading of ordinary texts.

Bellagia Display is a blend of two hand calligraphy typefaces and vintage serifs with a natural bond consisting of 7 weights from Thin to Black. All the wildcards and binders are specially designed to bring out the letters that are unique, and interesting. This makes it a very versatile font that works in both large and small sizes. Perfectly supports your creativity in making various design projects such as logo designs, branding, posters, magazines, labels, merchandise, invitations, long and short texts, and many of your other needs. Bellagia Display Features: - 7 Weights (from Thin to Black) - 1 Variable font - Alternates & Ligatures - OpenType support - Multilingual - PUA Encoded.

Marilyne is a modern calligraphy font with handwritten, sophisticated flows. It is full of hearts and glyphs. It is perfect for branding, wedding invites, and cards. Marilyne includes a full set of lovely and swashes lowercase letters, multilingual symbols, numerals, punctuation and ligatures. Also it includes: -short lowercase beginning and ending swashes (This is so perfect for invitations, monograms) -long lowercase beginning and ending heart swashes. Marilyne includes 12 beginning and ending swashes lowercase The font has a smooth texture, so it would be perfect for all types of printing techniques you can do embroidery, laser-cut, gold foil, and is ideal for cutting.

Walkingblue This pair was inspired by old motorcycle poster design that i saw on some gellery, It was crafted by hand specially to add natural handmade feeling in its brand identity than i make it clean with pentool. We add some rough to make it retro feel, this font is bold so it can look strong if you use it for branding or even title for your retro poster design. Opentype features Walkingblue font has 204 character set included Walkingblue Font is very good looking in retro rough logotype, labels, t-shirt prints, product packaging, invitations, advertising and others. This fonts works with folowing languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Asu, Basque, Bemba, Bena, Chiga, Cornish, Danish, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Galician, German, Gusii, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Kabuverdianu, Kalenjin, Kinyarwanda, Low German, Luo, Luxembourgish, Luyia, Machame, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Malagasy, Malay, Manx, Morisyen, North Ndebele, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Nyankole, Oromo, Portuguese, Romansh, Rombo, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Sango, Sangu, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Shambala, Shona, Soga, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German, Taita, Teso, Vunjo, Zulu Thank you for using this font. LS

Croftler This pair was inspired by old motorcycle poster design that i saw on some gellery, It was crafted by hand specially to add natural handmade feeling in its brand identity than i make it clean with pentool. We add some rough to make it retro feel, this font is bold so it can look strong if you use it for branding or even title for your retro poster design. Opentype features Croftler font has 201 character set included Walkingblue Font is very good looking in retro rough logotype, labels, t-shirt prints, product packaging, invitations, advertising and others. This fonts works with folowing languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Asu, Basque, Bemba, Bena, Chiga, Cornish, Danish, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Galician, German, Gusii, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Kabuverdianu, Kalenjin, Kinyarwanda, Low German, Luo, Luxembourgish, Luyia, Machame, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Malagasy, Malay, Manx, Morisyen, North Ndebele, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Nyankole, Oromo, Portuguese, Romansh, Rombo, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Sango, Sangu, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Shambala, Shona, Soga, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German, Taita, Teso, Vunjo, Zulu Thank you for using this font. LS

Sheet Music JNL was based on lettering found on an old piece of 1930s-era sheet music being sold at a local rummage sale.

Kamane is a new font family, designed by Naghi Naghashian. It is based on classic calligraphic “Naskh” with the modern typographic metric. It is a Font family, in 3 weights, Light, Regular and Bold. This font is a contribution to modernisation of Arabic typography, gives the font design of Arabic letters real typographic arrangement und provides more typographic flexibility. Kamane supports Arabic, Persian and Urdu. It also includes proportional and tabular numerals for the supported languages. Kamane design fulfils the following needs: A Explicitly crafted for use in electronic media fulfills the demands of electronic communication. B Suitability for multiple applications. Gives the widest potential acceptability. C Extreme legibility not only in small sizes, but also when the type is filtered or skewed, e.g., in Photoshop or Illustrator. Nima’s simplified forms may be artificial obliqued in InDesign or Illustrator, without any loss in quality for the effected text. D An attractive typographic image. Kamane was developed for multiple languages and writing conventions. Kamane supports Arabic, Persian and Urdu. It also includes proportional and tabular numerals for the supported languages. E The highest degree of calligraphic grace and the clarity of geometric typography.

In a vintage photograph, promotional signage outside an old theater for the 1929 early sound film “The Doctor’s Secret” had lettering in a wide, bold Art Nouveau slab serif design. This was the model for Talking Picture JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Beppo is a bold upright casual script with a condensed character width and a full palette of ordindals, small caps, and diacritics. Beppo flavors things up with old style figures and quirky, contextual alternate connections. Legible, compact and smothered in typographic cheese - it just smells good!

Bamdad Extra Bold Condensed is designed by Naghi Naghashian. This Headline Font is developed on the basis of specific research and analysis on Arabic characters and definition of their structure. This innovation is a contribution to modernisation of Arabic typography, gives the font design of Arabic letters real typographic arrangement and provides more typographic flexibility. This step was necessary after more than two hundred years of relative stagnation in Arabic font design. Bamdad supports Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. It also includes proportional and tabular numerals for the supported languages. Bamdad Font is available in Extra Bold Condensed. This font is designed to be used as advertising and newspaper headlines. Bamdad design fulfills the following needs: A Explicitly crafted for use in electronic media fulfills the demands of electronic communication. Bamdad is not based on any pre-digital typefaces. It is not a revival. Rather, its forms were created with today’s technology in mind. B Suitability for multiple applications. Gives the widest potential acceptability. C Extreme legibility not only in small sizes, but also when the type is filtered or skewed, e.g., in Photoshop or Illustrator. Bamdad's simplified forms may be artificial 'obliqued' in InDesign or Illustrator, without any loss in quality for the effected text. D An attractive typographic image. Bamdad was developed for multiple languages and writing conventions. E The highest degree of geometric clarity and the necessary amount of calligraphic references. This typeface offers a fine balance between calligraphic tradition and the contemporary sans serif aesthetic now common in Latin typography.

The Bonyad font family, designed by Naghi Naghashian, was developed considering specific research and analysis on Arabic characters and definition of their structure. Bonyad is a modern Sans Serif font family.The Bonyad innovation is a contribution to modernisation of Arabic typography; gives the Arabic font letters real typographic arrangement and provides for more typographic flexibility. Bonyad supports Arabic, Persian, and Urdu and includes proportional and tabular numerals for the supported languages. The Bonyad Font family is available in six weights; Thin, Light, Regular, Demi Bold, Bold and Heavy. Its intuitive design arrangement fulfills the following needs: It is precisely crafted for use in electronic and print media. Bonyad is not based on any pre-digital typefaces and it is not a revival. Rather, its forms were created with today’s ever-changing technology in mind. Bonyad is suitable for multiple applications, and gives the widest potential for acceptability. It is extremely legible not only in its small sizes, but also when the type is filtered or skewed, e.g., in Photoshop or Illustrator. Bonyad's simplified forms may be artificially oblique with InDesign or Illustrator, without any degradation of its quality for the effected text. Bonyad is an eye-catching and classy typographic image that developed for multiple languages and writing conventions. Bonyad uses the very highest degree of geometric clarity along with the necessary amount of calligraphic references. The Bonyad typeface is of a high vibration that is finely balance between calligraphic tradition and the contemporary sans serif aesthetic commonly seen in Latin typography.