The concept of the Baroque Roman type face is something which is remote from us. Ungrateful theorists gave Baroque type faces the ill-sounding attribute "Transitional", as if the Baroque Roman type face wilfully diverted from the tradition and at the same time did not manage to mature. This "transition" was originally meant as an intermediate stage between the Aldine/Garamond Roman face of the Renaissance, and its modern counterpart, as represented by Bodoni or Didot. Otherwise there was also a "transition" from a slanted axis of the shadow to a perpendicular one. What a petty detail led to the pejorative designation of Baroque type faces! If a bookseller were to tell his customers that they are about to choose a book which is set in some sort of transitional type face, he would probably go bust. After all, a reader, for his money, would not put up with some typographical experimentation. He wants to read a book without losing his eyesight while doing so. Nevertheless, it was Baroque typography which gave the world the most legible type faces. In those days the craft of punch-cutting was gradually separating itself from that of book-printing, but also from publishing and bookselling. Previously all these activities could be performed by a single person. The punch-cutter, who at that time was already fully occupied with the production of letters, achieved better results than he would have achieved if his creative talents were to be diffused in a printing office or a bookseller's shop. Thus it was possible that for example the printer John Baskerville did not cut a single letter in his entire lifetime, for he used the services of the accomplished punch-cutter John Handy. It became the custom that one type founder supplied type to multiple printing offices, so that the same type faces appeared in various parts of the world. The type face was losing its national character. In the Renaissance period it is still quite easy to distinguish for example a French Roman type face from a Venetian one; in the Baroque period this could be achieved only with great difficulties. Imagination and variety of shapes, which so far have been reserved only to the fine arts, now come into play. Thanks to technological progress, book printers are now able to reproduce hairstrokes and imitate calligraphic type faces. Scripts and elaborate ornaments are no longer the privilege of copper-engravers. Also the appearance of the basic, body design is slowly undergoing a change. The Renaissance canonical stiffness is now replaced with colour and contrast. The page of the book is suddenly darker, its lay-out more varied and its lines more compact. For Baroque type designers made a simple, yet ingenious discovery - they enlarged the x-height and reduced the ascenders to the cap-height. The type face thus became seemingly larger, and hence more legible, but at the same time more economical in composition; the type area was increasing to the detriment of the margins. Paper was expensive, and the aim of all the publishers was, therefore, to sell as many ideas in as small a book block as possible. A narrowed, bold majuscule, designed for use on the title page, appeared for the first time in the Late Baroque period. Also the title page was laid out with the highest possible economy. It comprised as a rule the brief contents of the book and the address of the bookseller, i.e. roughly that which is now placed on the flaps and in the imprint lines. Bold upper-case letters in the first line dramatically give way to the more subtle italics, the third line is highlighted with vermilion; a few words set in lower-case letters are scattered in-between, and then vermilion appears again. Somewhere in the middle there is an ornament, a monogram or an engraving as a kind of climax of the drama, while at the foot of the title-page all this din is quietened by a line with the name of the printer and the year expressed in Roman numerals, set in 8-point body size. Every Baroque title-page could well pass muster as a striking poster. The pride of every book printer was the publication of a type specimen book - a typographical manual. Among these manuals the one published by Fournier stands out - also as regards the selection of the texts for the specimen type matter. It reveals the scope of knowledge and education of the master typographers of that period. The same Fournier established a system of typographical measurement which, revised by Didot, is still used today. Baskerville introduced the smoothing of paper by a hot steel roller, in order that he could print astonishingly sharp letters, etc. ... In other words - Baroque typography deserves anything else but the attribute "transitional". In the first half of the 18th century, besides persons whose names are prominent and well-known up to the present, as was Caslon, there were many type founders who did not manage to publish their manuals or forgot to become famous in some other way. They often imitated the type faces of their more experienced contemporaries, but many of them arrived at a quite strange, even weird originality, which ran completely outside the mainstream of typographical art. The prints from which we have drawn inspiration for these six digital designs come from Paris, Vienna and Prague, from the period around 1750. The transcription of letters in their intact form is our firm principle. Does it mean, therefore, that the task of the digital restorer is to copy meticulously the outline of the letter with all inadequacies of the particular imprint? No. The type face should not to evoke the rustic atmosphere of letterpress after printing, but to analyze the appearance of the punches before they are imprinted. It is also necessary to take account of the size of the type face and to avoid excessive enlargement or reduction. Let us keep in mind that every size requires its own design. The longer we work on the computer where a change in size is child's play, the more we are convinced that the appearance of a letter is tied to its proportions, and therefore, to a fixed size. We are also aware of the fact that the computer is a straightjacket of the type face and that the dictate of mathematical vectors effectively kills any hint of naturalness. That is why we strive to preserve in these six alphabets the numerous anomalies to which later no type designer ever returned due to their obvious eccentricity. Please accept this PostScript study as an attempt (possibly futile, possibly inspirational) to brush up the warm magic of Baroque prints. Hopefully it will give pleasure in today's modern type designer's nihilism.

A family of extra compressed styles designed at ParaType in 1993 by Alexander Tarbeev. For use in advertising and display typography. Decorative versions were added in 1996.

Rettisha Display is a stylish serif with beautiful ligatures. Available in two styles: Normal and Expanded fonts. Designed with clean and high contrast. Add interest with adding beautiful ligatures to make your typography truly unique. Perfect for anything your creativity. To access the Opentype Ligatures you will need software that supports Opentype features in fonts and also PUA unicodes support for other software.

Cirkulus is an experimental display face, constructed using combinations of hairline circles and straight lines. The typeface was designed by Michael Neugebauer in 1970. The letters exude a constructivist aura, reminiscent of both the revolutionary 1920s, and the digital experiments of the 1990s. Cirkulus is a unicase alphabet, with a very lightweight appearance, and should be used solely in large display sizes.

Russeline is a sweet and simple script with an authentic vibe. Fall in love with its authentic feel and use it to create gorgeous wedding invitations, beautiful stationary art, eye-catching social media posts, and cute greeting cards. The Chellyne font is a great choice to increase the prominence in your project. Although the typography is traditional, the basic elements are great.

An interesting, unusual and righteously funky variation on the classic “Barnum” style of lettering, this typeface was originally named "Dado". As any woodworker knows, dado is also the name of a slot ploughed, chiseled or cut in wood: in other words, a groove thang. Both versions of the font include 1252 Latin and 1250 CE (with localization for Romanian and Moldovan) character sets.

Based on the handwriting and sketches of American experimental composer John Cage, this set was produced in conjunction with The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the John Cage Trust. This unique collection includes 52 graphic extras culled from the composer's notes and scores, as well as the "Cage Silence" font inspired by Cage's seminal work 4' 33".

Syntho is a modular typeface with 18 variants and a Variable Font. Its structure is geometric and modular, but its proportions resemble those of classic grotesque typefaces, giving it a familiar feel to the designer. It also includes two subfamilies, 200 and 300, which are expansions of the typeface in width, providing greater possibilities for the designer in any project.

Jazz Trumpeter JNL is an unusual type design modeled after the title card for the 1945 movie comedy “The Horn Blows at Midnight” starring Jack Benny and is available in both regular and oblique versions. This Art Deco sans serif font has the distinction of being somewhat calligraphic, yet futuristic in its visual appearance… and even has some subtle hints of Blackletter influences.

The August 11, 1929 issue of “The Film Daily” carried an ad for Tiffany-Stahl Productions’ presentation of a special film release featuring a wrestling match between “Strangler” Lewis and Gus Sonnenburg. The hand lettering for the ad was rendered in an Art Deco sans serif style, and is now available digitally as Film Event JNL in both regular and oblique versions.

Based on a typeface originally called "Seven Flare", this offering has a warm, slightly naive grace and a casual nostalgic charm. In addition, kerning has been applied to all possible letter combinations, so that you can mix the upper and lowercase letters in any combination you please. Both versions of the font include 1252 Latin, 1250 CE (with localization for Romanian and Moldovan).

Inspired by bold & retro typefaces in the ’90s, Cleodify comes with a retro-ish style. The bold design combined with classical proportions gives a choice for creative work. Cleodify Sans is available in two style : Regular and Rounded. Features : Full Set of standard characters and punctuations. Alternates, ligatures and multilingual support characters. PUA Encoded | no special software needed to access extra characters.

Is a comic display font with distinctive handwritten characters perfect for branding projects, logos, clothing designs, media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, labels, photography, watermarks, invitations, stationery, and any project who need handwritten dishes. Feature : Symbol Number Punctuation Multilingual support Support in Mac and Windows OS Support in design application (photoshop, illustrator, and more) I really hope you enjoy it.

The Charta family of fonts draws its inspiration from the letter styles used in early manuscripts and printed books. Charta is also remarkably versatile: it’s equally at home in a traditional or modern context and can be used for a wide range of applications from an automobile badge to a newspaper masthead and from a fashion label to a candy bar wrapper.

Arioso was a part of the 1990 program Type before Gutenberg, which included the work of twelve contemporary font designers and represented styles from across the ages. The calligraphic style of Arioso stems from an early form of Old Face developed in the 14th and 15th centureis in Italy. It is a mixture of Roman capitals and Carolingian lower case.

Is a groovy display font with distinctive handwritten characters perfect for branding projects, logos, clothing designs, media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, labels, photography, watermarks, invitations, stationery, and any project who need handwritten dishes. Feature : * Symbol * Number * Punctuation * Multilingual support * Support in Mac and Windows OS * Support in design application (photoshop, illustrator, and more) I really hope you enjoy it.

CASU aérospatiale is an extruded 3-D font supported by equivalent "flat" styles. CASU aérospatiale is relaxed in character yet smooth in details. With the full family, you get many options for playing with text: add juxtaposition, depth, and texture to your work! CASU aérospatiale is extended, containing West European diacritics and ligatures, making it suitable for multilingual environments and publications.

Avayo is a modern sans serif typeface. It is perfect for creating alphabet logos, branding, titles, headlines, but also looks great when being used casually, in copies and texts. Avayo looks simple but special and distinct and is defined by its round cut design. Avayo font family comes in five weights to help you choose the best option depending on your purpose.

Queen Mestalla is a sherif font in gothic style with a good thickness making this font look bold and eye catching. This font is perfect for designing t-shirts, posters, music albums, magazines, billboards, and graffiti. This font is available in 2 style options, regular and italic, also comes with many alternative style options making it easy to create more awesome designs.

Is a comic display font with distinctive handwritten characters perfect for branding projects, logos, clothing designs, media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, labels, photography, watermarks, invitations, stationery, and any project who need handwritten dishes. Feature : Symbol Number Punctuation Multilingual support Support in Mac and Windows OS Support in design application (photoshop, illustrator, and more) I really hope you enjoy it.

This friendly rounded display typeface is perfect for headlines and logos, its gentle curves and comfortable corners are reminiscent of forms found in nature. Inspired by the shapes found in leaves - soft curves forming gentle corners as they meet. Cockle pairs well with Arial for a body font. Includes over 500 characters; with Ligatures, small caps, old style figures, and mathematical symbols.

In their circa 1900 specimen catalog, Barnhard Brothers and Spindler called this typeface "Samoa", suggesting exotic locales. On the other hand, it also suggests some serious fun, and is named in honor of British artist Dudley Hardy, whose posters used a very similar typeface extensively. Both versions of this font include the complete Unicode Latin 1252 and Central European 1250 character sets.

Great type font inspirations can come from any time period and any location in the world. A Febuary, 1932 issue of an Estonian woman’s magazine called “Eesti Naine” had its name hand lettered using a round nib lettering pen. This extra-wide Art Deco design is now available as Round Nib Deco JNL, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Dime Store is a font inspired by childhood memories of dime stores in downtowns and shopping malls in the 1970s. The font was tweaked and digitized by Bob Alonso, who also digitized Breauhare’s Cooper Goodtime font. Dime Store is a cool, hip, nostalgic way of creating a decorative display, and at times it seems to have a slightly futuristic look, too.

Gayatri is sans serif font with high contrast and smooth lines. Its large variety of glyphs, including accents, old-style numbers, ligatures,... will give you freedom for all of your projects. It offers a large choice of uses such as magazine, branding, edition and so on. Gayatri is available in 16 styles from thin to black, in roman and italic.

Varvara is a new display typefaces family create as a tribute to the work of Barbara Stepanova (1894-1958). Varvara family has light, medium and bold weights in 6 differents versions (normal, rough, screen, inline, shadow and star), all with alternates letters. All versions are provided in latin, cyrillic and greek alphabets. It can be use for text as for titling applications.

This typeface made its first appearance in Schelter & Giesecke's 1915 specimen book. It exhibits the cleanness and crispness one might expect in a sans-serif face, along with a few unexpected grace notes that make it warm and friendly, as well. Both versions of this font include the complete Unicode Latin 1252, Central European 1250 and Turkish 1254 character sets.

Caslon1821 is a revived "Italian" typeface of foundry Caslon & Livermore, 1821. The typeface quickly extended across Europe and America. It came to Russia and became very popular from France in the 30s of the XIX century. It's Cyrillic versions were offered by typefoundries of Revillion and Co., Pluchard, Semen, etc. In our version we also added support for Hebrew (with vowels).

Is a comic display font with distinctive handwritten characters perfect for branding projects, logos, clothing designs, media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, labels, photography, watermarks, invitations, stationery, and any project who need handwritten dishes. Feature : Symbol Number Punctuation Multilingual support Support in Mac and Windows OS Support in design application (photoshop, illustrator, and more) I really hope you enjoy it.

Friem is a hand drawn font inspired by fonts that are usually used for children’s book titles that have a bold, messy and funny impression. Available in two clean and textured styles, this font is suitable for use for logos, book titles, movie posters, YouTube content, quotes, and more. There are ligatures that add features to this font, only in uppercase characters.

Lendiga is a new monoline typeface. It can be very personal and casual because Lendiga is available in two versions, Lendiga Regular for subtle version and Lendiga Hand for rough version. Containing more than 400 glyphs, Lendiga has several opentype features such as ligatures, contextual alternates, swashes and stylistic alternates including multilingual support, so you can more easily compose typography in your design.

Is a comic display font with distinctive handwritten characters perfect for branding projects, logos, clothing designs, media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, labels, photography, watermarks, invitations, stationery, and any project who need handwritten dishes. Features : Symbol Number Punctuation Multilingual support Support in Mac and Windows OS Support in design application (photoshop, illustrator, and more) I really hope you enjoy it.

Friedrich Bauer’s Senatsfraktur, coming in two styles, regular and bold, released by Genzsch and Heyse, Hamburg, in 1912, has come to life again. Both styles contain the traditional long s which can be accessed by either the OT feature historical alternatives or by typing [alt] + b. To get access to all ligatures, it is recommended to activate both Standard and Discretionary Ligatures.

Saffron is a contemporary, luxurious sans-serif font family with weights ranging from Light (300) to Bold (700). Features: Available in 5 weights Over 320 glyphs supporting extended Latin Ideal for display texts: Titles, Logos and Headlines etc. Perfect for branding and rebranding Supports OpenTypes features like Ligatures and Stylistic Alternates Symbols for 10 major currencies including Bitcoin provided in all weights

Cycles was designed for use in books and other publications with lengthy texts and/or complex typography using different sizes of type. Different versions of Cycles have been designed which are optimized for setting at specific point sizes as was the practice in the days of metal type. Together with Stone Print, SFPL, and Arepo it makes up a superfamily of typefaces.

Inspired by hand-painted liquor store signage in Minneapolis, as well as constructivist propaganda posters and old magazine logos, Chank created Liquorstore as a simple yet elegant exercise in font creation based on basic geometric forms with subtle, humanist sensibilities. Works great for display usage for headlines, labels and prohibitive signage. A simple and versatile, must-have display poster font!

Sanremo - this bold display font is a stylish and original multipurpose font in a modern style with many alternatives and ligatures that are very attractive. With their help you can make your project unique. Use the main set to highlight exactly what you need. All characters in this font are PUA-encoded and can be accessed from the Glyph panel.

Imagine shaping letterforms and messages from dough or chewed gum. This is Chewbrio in essence; No straight lines, no closed shapes and no sharp corners. Chewbrio is a fresh take on stencil. Four sets of all basic characters make for a very large number of combinations, and a hoard of ligatures will further your ability to surprise. Designed by Hans Samuelson in 2023.

Is a groovy display font with distinctive handwritten characters perfect for branding projects, logos, clothing designs, media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, labels, photography, watermarks, invitations, stationery, and any project who need handwritten dishes. Feature : * Symbol * Number * Punctuation * Multilingual support * Support in Mac and Windows OS * Support in design application (photoshop, illustrator, and more) I really hope you enjoy it.

Alphabet Agency proudly presents Unsanctioned; a distressed stencil font. The font has been designed in a bold stencil font style with an awesome distressed effect that gives the font a rugged look. Unsanctioned font is great for use in war, crime, urban and combat sports related themes. The font contains capital and alternative capital letters, numbers, punctuation and basic Latin international characters.