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  1. Wanderly Sans by BeckMcCormick, $16.00
    Introducing Wanderly Sans - Wanderly Sans is a sleek, modern font. Its contemporary aesthetic makes it a perfect fit for effortlessly designing logos & branding, elegant paper products like wedding invitation suites, or for displaying content on your website. Wanderly Sans can also be used for other print design like magazines and flyers or printed marketing materials. This font can also be used for digital marketing materials and social media items! Wanderly Sans includes: - full upper + lowercase characters - numbers + punctuation - 10 alternate characters - A, E, K, M, N, P, R, f, j, t - PUA-encoding Extensive Language Support: Western European, Central European, South Eastern European, South American, Oceanian, Vietnamese, Esperanto Wanderly Sans can be used with graphic design programs such as Illustrator or Photoshop, word processing programs like Pages or Word, Design Space, Silhouette, Procreate, Canva Pro, Glowforge, GoodNotes, & more. This font is an installable for desktop & laptop machines, as well as iPads or iPhones. See below for links to help with installation.
  2. Ongunkan Camunic Script by Runic World Tamgacı, $60.00
    The Camunic language is an extinct language that was spoken in the 1st millennium BC in the Valcamonica and the Valtellina in Northern Italy, both in the Central Alps. The language is sparsely attested to an extent that makes any classification attempt uncertain - even the discussion of whether it should be considered a pre–Indo-European or an Indo-European language has remained indecisive. Among several suggestions, it has been hypothesized that Camunic is related to the Raetic language from the Tyrsenian language family, or to the Celtic languages. The extant corpus is carved on rock. There are at least 170 known inscriptions, the majority of which are only a few words long. The writing system used is a variant of the north-Etruscan alphabet, known as the Camunian alphabet or alphabet of Sondrio. Longer inscriptions show that Camunic writing used boustrophedon. Its name derives from the people of the Camunni, who lived during the Iron Age in Valcamonica and were the creators of many of the stone carvings in the area. Abecedariums found in Nadro and Piancogno have been dated to between 500 BC and 50 AD. The amount of material is insufficient to fully decipher the language. Some scholars think it may be related to Raetic and to Etruscan, but it is considered premature to make such affiliation. Other scholars suggest that Camunic could be a Celtic or another unknown Indo-European language.
  3. Galvani by Hoftype, $49.00
    Galvani offers a new geometric Sans Serif with humanistic displays. With its straight lines and rectangular shapes, and its clean and coolish appearance, Galvani unites some of the principal sans design features of the last decades. Galvani consists of 18 styles and is well equipped for advanced typography. It comes in OpenType format with extended languagesupport. All weights contain small caps, ligatures, superior characters, proportional lining figures, tabular lining figures, proportional old style figures, lining old style figures, matching currency symbols, fraction- and scientific numerals and matching arrows.
  4. European Soft Pro Variable by Bülent Yüksel, $99.00
    EUROPEAN SOFT PRO VARIABLE ABOUT FAMILY: What makes "European Soft Pro Variable" elegant, friendly and contemporary is its very rounded curves with very open terminals. "European Soft Pro Variable" has been designed with a higher "x-height" than other fonts in its class to make tiny readability more obvious in any use situation. It will be ideal for use in small sizes such as business cards or mobile applications. This typeface is also equipped with powerful OpenType features to satisfy the most demanding professionals. It has solid features like case sensitivity, small, true capitals, full ligatures, tabular figures for tables, old style figures to elegantly insert numbers into your sentences and more alternative characters to give personality to your projects. The extended, "European Soft Pro Variable" supports around 85 languages in the Latin, Cyrillic and Greek scripts, and its non-Latin components were developed with native consultants. With over 1200+ glyphs per style, "European Soft Pro" cares about localised letterforms and has the OpenType features to match. FEATURE SUMMARY: - 9 weights: Thin, ExtraLight, Light, Book, Regular, Medium, Bold, ExtraBold, and Black. - 4 widths: Normal, Narrow, Condensed, and Extra Condensed. - Matching italics (12º) for all weights and widths . - Matching small caps for all weights and widths. - Lining and old style figures (proportional and tabular). - Alternate characters (A, G, M, N, R, U, a, g, l, m, n, u, y). - Unlimited fractions. - Automatic ordinals (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.). - 24 Dingbats + 19 Social Media and Block Chain icons. - Extended language support: Most Latin-based scripts (including Vietnamese), Cyrillic, and Greek. - Extended currency support. You can contact me at buyuksel@hotmail.com, pre-purchase and post-purchase with questions and for technical support. You can enjoy using it.
  5. European Sans Pro Variable by Bülent Yüksel, $99.00
    EUROPEAN SANS PRO VARIABLE ABOUT FAMILY: What makes "European Sans Pro Variable" elegant, friendly and contemporary is its very rounded curves with very open terminals. "European Sans Pro Variable" has been designed with a higher "x-height" than other fonts in its class to make tiny readability more obvious in any use situation. It will be ideal for use in small sizes such as business cards or mobile applications. This typeface is also equipped with powerful OpenType features to satisfy the most demanding professionals. It has solid features like case sensitivity, small, true capitals, full ligatures, tabular figures for tables, old style figures to elegantly insert numbers into your sentences and more alternative characters to give personality to your projects. The extended, "European Sans Pro Variable" supports around 85 languages in the Latin, Cyrillic and Greek scripts, and its non-Latin components were developed with native consultants. With over 1200+ glyphs per style, "European Sans Pro" cares about localised letterforms and has the OpenType features to match. FEATURE SUMMARY: - 9 weights: Thin, ExtraLight, Light, Book, Regular, Medium, Bold, ExtraBold, and Black. - 4 widths: Normal, Narrow, Condensed, and Extra Condensed. - Matching italics (12º) for all weights and widths . - Matching small caps for all weights and widths. - Lining and old style figures (proportional and tabular). - Alternate characters (A, G, M, N, R, U, a, g, l, m, n, u, y). - Unlimeted fractions. - Automatic ordinals (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.). - 24 Dingbats + 19 Social Media and Block Chain icons. - Extended language support: Most Latin-based scripts (including Vietnamese), Cyrillic, and Greek. - Extended currency support. You can contact me at buyuksel@hotmail.com, pre-purchase and post-purchase with questions and for technical support. You can enjoy using it.
  6. Wild Gang Graffiti by Sipanji21, $16.00
    WIld Gang Graffiti font is a unique display font with a graffiti-like appearance. Use this font for any crafting project, apparel design, logotype, advertising, wall decoration, and pretty much anything that requires a personalized look. Take your designs to the next level with this stunning font! thanks for order and have a nice day
  7. Street Air by Sipanji21, $10.00
    Street Air is a unique display font with a graffiti-like appearance, with three style font, Regular, outline, and Shadow style. Use this font for any crafting project, apparel design, logotype, advertising, wall decoration, and pretty much anything that requires a personalized look. Take your designs to the next level with this stunning font!
  8. Syaipul by Mightyfire, $15.00
    Syaipul is font that looks like Arabic letter. The ornament of each letter make the font is unique but still easily to read. This font perfectly suit for calligraphy, Islamic book, headline title, poster, Arabic ornament and many more. We're honored and hope this font can be the part of your special works. Thank you.
  9. Childish by Balpirick, $15.00
    Proudly Present, Childish Font. Childish is a Sweet Handwritten Font. This sweet font has nice smooth lines. Childish is perfect for product packaging, branding project, magazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background. Enjoy the font, feel free to comment or feedback, send me PM or email. Thank you!
  10. The Brothers by ZetDesign, $15.00
    This font was inspired by carvings and ornament models that I found a lot in my daily life. it's a pleasure to be able to present this font as part of an awesome design work. this font include italic style.This font is perfect for traditional, cultural,social and natural theme designs hope you enjoy ....
  11. Bestina Signature by Typebae, $15.00
    Bestina Signature Font is a delicated signature-style script handwriting font. With delicate and graceful lines, this font adds a personal and sophisticated touch to your designs. Use Bestina Signature Font to add an exclusive and elegant touch to logos, invitations, marketing materials, and various other design projects that require a special handwritten style.
  12. Anthonio Bradley Signature by Just Lett, $18.00
    Anthonio Bradley is modern Signature and Script modern font with beautiful line. This font best for signature, poster, banner, logo name, and any your project. This font includes: - UPPERCASE - lowercase - ligature And you can use alternate lowercase character of this font by open types tool in your software, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Coreldraw.
  13. Ganora by Eotype, $12.00
    Ganora is a semi serif decorative font. This font has a beautiful and aesthetic look. This font has classic serif legibility as well as beautiful modern curves. This combination makes type interesting in its own way. This font has alternate and ligature features that can help you complete projects like logos, magazines, brands and more.
  14. Jhaneponto by Liartgraphic, $18.00
    Jhaneponto is a display font with a hint of a modern blackletter style. Jhaneponto font is suitable to use for logos, titles, landing pages, leaflets, and others. With its shape and uniqueness, you will definitely like this font! This font is PUA encoded which means you can access the available glyphs and swashes with ease!
  15. Fresh Spirit by Yumna Type, $25.00
    It can be a time-wasting process to find a perfect font for your projects that unfortunately may end in unexpected results as you want to stand out your unique designs without spending hours on searching the right font. For that reason, we would like to introduce you to Fresh Spirit. Fresh Spirit is a unique display font in round, twisting styles on the letters' edges. It is very suitable to apply for products related to food and drink especially fruit due to its fun, cute characteristics. Fresh Spirit font, which provides a clipart in line with the theme as a bonus, will create some soft, fun, adorable nuances and increase visual attractiveness to your designs. In addition, you can enjoy the available features here. Features: Multilingual Supports PUA Encoded Numerals and Punctuations Fresh Spirit fits best for various design projects, such as brandings, headings, magazine covers, quotes, printed products, merchandise, social media, etc. Find out more ways to use this font by taking a look at the font preview. Thanks for purchasing our fonts. Hopefully, you have a great time using our font. Feel free to contact us anytime for further information or when you have trouble with the font. Thanks a lot and happy designing.
  16. Wegas by Craft Supply Co, $20.00
    Introduction to Wegas – Bubble Font Wegas – Bubble Font offers a playful and cheerful design, perfect for adding a fun touch to any project. It’s inspired by the lightness of clouds and the joy of bubbles. This font brings a fresh, airy feel to your designs, making them stand out. It’s ideal for creative projects that need a touch of whimsy. Design and Inspiration This font features rounded edges, mimicking the shape of clouds and bubbles. Its design is based on a cheerful and lively aesthetic, perfect for uplifting content. The bubbly appearance gives a sense of joy and playfulness. It’s like capturing the essence of a sunny day in a font. Versatility and Usage Wegas – Bubble Font is incredibly versatile. It works great for children’s books, party invitations, and playful branding. Its readability makes it suitable for both digital and print media. The font is a great choice for anyone looking to inject a sense of fun into their work. Easy to Use and Accessible This font is user-friendly, ensuring accessibility for all skill levels. Its simplicity caters to a wide audience, from professional designers to hobbyists. Downloading and installing Wegas – Bubble Font is straightforward, allowing you to start creating joyful designs immediately.
  17. Filia by Up Up Creative, $16.00
    Introducing Filia, a vintage-inspired display font with smooth curves and plenty of OpenType features. Filia is perfect for your next editorial, advertising, branding, book, or invitation project. OpenType Features Filia includes 900+ glyphs. Specific OpenType features include stylistic alternates, several stylistic sets with features like swashes, initial forms, multilingual support (including multiple currency symbols - for kicks I even included a Bitcoin symbol in there), and three ampersand styles. It also includes 120+ standard and discretionary ligatures that add character and interest to your typography. The OpenType features can be very easily accessed by using OpenType-savvy programs such as Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign. (To access most of these awesome features in Microsoft Word, you'll need to get comfortable with the advanced tab of Word's font menu. If you have questions about this, ask me!) Please note: there is only one file this font. That's the magic of OpenType - all of the alternates, ligatures, etc. are built right into the main .otf file! Mail support : julie@upupcreative.com Find inspiration (and sneak peeks at my next font-in-progress) on Instagram: http://instagram.com/julieatupupcreative Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/upupcreative Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/upupcreative My website: http://upupcreative.com PLEASE ENJOY! I can't wait to see what you make with Filia! Feel free to use the #upupcreative and #filiafont tags to show me what you've been up to!
  18. Torus Pro by Monotype, $40.00
    Torus Pro is a rounded monoline typeface. As its name suggests, this is a more professional version of my original Torus family released in 2017. Each glyph has been scrutinised and redrawn where necessary. In addition, there are now italics, small caps, old style figures, and numerous other improvements. Torus Pro includes many new decorative alternates and ligatures that will add distinctive flourishes to your typographic compositions. With up to nine alternates for some glyphs, these additional styles include stencilled, simple dots, looped and smooth swashes, plus a more aggressive angled option for those looking for something a little different. When used subtly, these alternates and glyph combinations will add flair and personality to your own creations. Perfect for titling and branding, Torus Pro also packs a punch without these features activated, as well as being a comfortable read in long runs of text. There are 12 fonts altogether, ranging from Thin to Heavy weights in both roman and italic. The variable font versions of the family allow you to define the weight exactly to your liking. Torus Pro has an extensive character set that covers all Latin European languages. Key features: 6 weights in both roman and italic Variable fonts included with full family 212 Alternates 20 Ligatures Small Caps Full European character set (Latin only) 1450+ glyphs per font.
  19. Brick Stone by Alit Design, $22.00
    Introducing the "Brick and Stone Victorian Typeface" – a timeless and elegant font that beautifully captures the essence of the Victorian era. This exquisite typeface is a masterful blend of intricate craftsmanship, vintage charm, and artistic flair, making it the perfect choice for designers, typographers, and creatives seeking to evoke a sense of classic refinement and sophistication in their projects. The Brick and Stone Victorian Typeface boasts a rich repertoire of design elements that truly set it apart. With meticulously crafted ornaments, graceful swashes, captivating ligatures, and versatile alternates, this font provides an extensive toolkit to elevate any typographic endeavor. Whether you're working on invitations, branding, packaging, signage, or any other creative pursuit, this typeface lends an air of prestige and distinction to your work. Each character of this Victorian typeface has been thoughtfully created to reflect the ornate and elegant aesthetics of the 19th century. The font captures the essence of engraved stone and brickwork, giving your text an authentic vintage touch. The ornamental details add an extra layer of opulence, making every word feel like a work of art. Whether you're designing for weddings, formal events, historical projects, or simply seeking to add a touch of classic sophistication to your work, the Brick and Stone Victorian Typeface will exceed your expectations. Embrace the elegance of the past and unlock a world of creative potential with this remarkable font.
  20. Sofia Pro by Mostardesign, $25.00
    Sofia Pro is a geometric sans font family who dares the modernism and the harmony of the curves. Created in 2009 and completely redesigned in 2012, it has become over time a popular alphabet and has received many accolades from graphic industry professionals. It has very rounded curves with very open terminals that makes this font family elegant, friendly and contemporary. Sofia Pro has been designed with a higher x-height than other fonts in its class to make tiny readability more obvious in any use situation. It will be ideal for use in small sizes such as business cards or mobile applications. This typeface is also equipped with powerful OpenType features to satisfy the most demanding professionals. It has solid features like case sensitivity, small, true capitals, full ligatures, tabular figures for tables, old style figures to elegantly insert numbers into your sentences, circled numbers, and more alternative characters to give personality to your projects. This typeface already has a powerful home kerning system called “Pro Kerning”. With all its specificities, Sofia Pro is a geometric sans that can meet the needs of professionals who want a family of clean geometric font; elegant with a wide character set for more than 130 languages of Western Europe, Europe Eastern, Central Europe, Greek and Cyrillic for international communication.
  21. Novin by Naghi Naghachian, $85.00
    Novin Font family is designed by Naghi Naghashian. This 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. Novin supports Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. It also includes proportional and tabular numerals for the supported languages. Novin Font is available in Light, Regular and Bold. Novin design fulfills the following needs: A Explicitly crafted for use in electronic media fulfills the demands of electronic communication. Novin is based on Aldo Novareses Eurostile Extended. 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. Novin’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. Novin 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.
  22. Tuba by Canada Type, $24.95
    Initially commissioned in the summer of 2009 for a popular North American ice cream parlor chain we cannot name, Tuba started with a reconceptualization of a somewhat flawed '72 alphabet idea by Swiss graphic designer Erwin Poell. During the back-and-forth of the custom project, other ideas seeped into the design, mostly from other Canada Type fonts, like Fab, Jonah, Jojo and Teaspoon. The end result was what the client called a "sugar circuit trigger alphabet". This now is the retail version of that project. Tuba's main style is a straight-forward mix of 60s/70s art nouveau ideas and late-70s/early-80s tube aesthetic. The Highlight and Outline styles are almost necessary spinoffs for this kind of typeface. And the all-caps Black style is a nod to the fat font fad of the past couple of years. All styles contain many alternates – so many that each style is almost two fonts in one. Make sure to check out the character sets for a few nice and useful surprises. Life's too short. Seek sweetness. Get gooey.
  23. Shackle One by Christoph Reichelt, $18.00
    Shackle One is a geometric Sans Serif with a twist. As a modern classic that does not wear out visually it is suitable, for example, for luxury items, leather goods, watches and jewelry, high-class sports, documentation of historical technology or graphics in the field of art and design. It works excellently for huge headlines, but can also show particular strengths in continuous text – its gray value is almost flawlessly uniform. All line connections and terminations are perpendicular, which means that slopes or curves have a light bend at their ends, similar to the lordosis of the cervical spine. This makes the font look upright and straight and at the same time agile and dynamic, like an athlete with good posture – a typeface that is powerful and confident without appearing steely or violent. Shackle One is a classic but casual looking font with sophisticated details. It has a classy appearance without being pretentious. It can appear stern and serious as well as playful and humorous. Its strong character also makes it an excellent corporate font for certain branches. You will love it.
  24. Paneur by Craft Supply Co, $20.00
    Introducing Paneur – Expressive Serif Typeface Serif Playfulness Paneur – Serif Typeface is far from your typical, formal serif font; it introduces a delightful touch of playfulness to traditional design. Informal Strokes Notably, Paneur’s strokes take on an informal quality, adding an expressive flair to your projects while steering clear of the formality usually associated with conventional serifs. Endless Expressivity What sets Paneur apart is its ability to offer endless expressivity. It’s the perfect choice for those who wish to break the monotony in design, infusing each project with an invigorating energy and dynamic spirit. Never Boring Design Indeed, Paneur is the antidote to boring and conventional design. Its informal serifs guarantee that your creations are never dull, but rather lively, captivating, and bursting with personality. In Conclusion In summary, Paneur – Serif Typeface is the font of choice for non-traditional expressiveness. It introduces a playful and informal touch to your projects, breaking free from the constraints of traditional serif fonts. By choosing Paneur, you ensure that your designs are engaging, full of life, and far from mundane.
  25. Raqmi by Arabetics, $45.00
    Raqmi was designed as a serif like font with relatively uniform glyph thicknesses, perfect simplified straight lines and curves, and emphasized isolated letters. This font family supports all Arabetic scripts covered by Unicode 6.1, and the latest Arabic Supplement and Extended-A Unicode blocks, including support for Quranic texts. It includes two weights: regular and light, each of which has normal and left-slanted Italic versions. The script design of this font family follows the Arabetics Mutamathil Taqlidi style utilizing varying x-heights. The Mutamathil Taqlidi type style uses one glyph per every basic Arabic Unicode character or letter, as defined by the Unicode Standards, and one additional final form glyph, for each freely-connecting letter of the Arabic cursive text. Raqmi includes the required Lam-Alif ligatures in addition to all vowel diacritic ligatures. Soft-vowel diacritic marks (harakat) are selectively positioned with most of them appearing on similar high and low levels—top left corner—, to clearly distinguish them from the letters. Tatweel is a zero-width glyph.
  26. Slaphappy by Comicraft, $29.00
    Are you feeling a little dazed, silly, or light-headed? Are you talking incoherently as if you've received repeated blows to the head? Would you perhaps describe yourself as punch-drunk? Happy-go-lucky? Have you recently been sleep deprived or are experiencing excessive feelings of fatigue or tiredness? Have you become prone to inane semi-maniacal rambling? Have you been making strange and/or meaningless remarks? Are you demonstrating fits of random and inexplicable behavior? Did you just give yourself a wedgie? Experiencing bouts of uncontrollable laughter -- at your own jokes? Standing on a silver surfboard holding a hot dog and wondering why?! You're off your rocker, dude; Slaphappy!
  27. Patricia Gothic by Midwest Type, $12.00
    Patricia Gothic is a Midwestern take on the traditional American sans serif style. It has been designed as a legible workhorse typeface family with just the right amount of character to add liveliness to your text. A hybrid of the gothic style and contemporary geometrics, its design has also been influenced by everything from vernacular signage, antique hand-lettered ads, early 20th century posters, and type used on mason jars. Its thinner weights can appear elegant, refined, and modern. Its regular weights set nicely legible text. And the heavier weights, especially the small caps, evoke vintage poster lettering. Download the Patricia Gothic PDF specimen
  28. Shock & Awe by Barnbrook Fonts, $30.00
    Shock and Awe is a family of two display typefaces drawn up from lettering that has been at the centre of major historical events. Enola Gay is based upon nose art from the B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, in 1945. Tomahawk is based upon the fuselage lettering of the original (then) General Dynamics manufactured Tomahawk cruise missile. Tomahawk missiles were introduced into military service in the 1970s and have been deployed by US and UK 'coalition' forces in a number of conflicts, including both the 1991 Gulf War and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Aesthetic production by Marcus McCallion.
  29. Nylon and Draylon by Barnbrook Fonts, $30.00
    Nylon is an interpretation of pre-16th century letterforms, in particular those found in mediaeval portraits at the National Gallery, London. The source material contains many unusual and manic shapes—it appears as if these classical forms have, over time, become perverted, almost demonic. Draylon is the more restrained counterpart to Nylon; it is based on letterforms found on 18th century ceramics—some 200 years after the source material of Nylon. Nylon and Draylon have been designed so that they can be mixed together with ease. Both typefaces have been drawn with a kind of crude digital awkwardness—acknowledging the tool of the present moment, the computer, in the design process.
  30. Rough Owl - Personal use only
  31. Escheresk - Personal use only
  32. AbbeyRoad - Personal use only
  33. Umbles - Unknown license
  34. Pink - Unknown license
  35. Spoonge Punk - Personal use only
  36. Agatized Formal by ULGA Type, $25.00
    Agatized Formal is a chunky stencil typeface with slightly condensed letterforms and tight spacing. Designed primarily for display use, it’s ideal for posters, logos, advertising, book cover designs or small chunks of text such as pull-out quotes. It exudes authority without taking itself seriously, like a plump jolly uncle in charge of a brass band. Agatized Formal is a big, bold typeface with a charismatic presence that commands attention – in a friendly way, of course. But what really makes this typeface come alive is its arsenal of alternative characters and ligatures. There is a saying: Use sparingly. Whoa! Not here, no, no, no. Make your Glyphs palette earn its money. Flex your OpenType muscles: get stylized, contextualized, indulge in some ligaddiction. This typeface is a peacock that likes to put on a show, spread its plumage and strut around in all its blazing glory. Agatized, according to Wiktionary, means: A living thing converted into the form of agate; fossilized. I felt the name suited the solid, almost rock-like letterforms, but most of all I just wanted a typeface name that began with the letter A. Although Agatized Formal is a single-weight typeface it has a sibling, Agatized Informal, an older, more casual brother, rougher round the edges with craggy good looks and an altogether more jaunty style.
  37. HiH Firmin Didot by HiH, $10.00
    Before Bodoni, there was Didot. With the publication by Francois Ambroise Didot of Paris in 1784 of his prospectus for Tasso’s La Gerusalemme Liberata, the rococo typographical style of Fournier de Jeune was replaced with a spartan, neo-classical style that John Baskerville pioneered. The typeface Didot used for this work was of Didot’s own creation and is considered by both G. Dowding and P. Meggs to be the first modern face. Three years later, Bodoni of Parma is using a very similar face. Just as Bodoni’s typeface evolved over time, so did that of the Didot family. The eldest son of Francois Ambroise Didot, Pierre, ran the printing office; and Firmin ran the typefoundry. Pierre used the flattened, wove paper, again pioneered by Baskerville, to permit a more accurate impression and allow the use of more delicate letterforms. Firmin took full advantage of the improved paper by further refining the typeface introduced by his father. The printing of Racine’s Oeuvres in 1801 (seen in our gallery image #2) shows the symbiotic results of their efforts, especially in the marked increase in the sharpness of the serifs when compared to their owns works of only six years earlier. It has been suggested that one reason Bodoni achieved greater popularity than Didot is the thinner hairlines of Didot were more fragile when cast in metal type and thus more expensive for printers to use than Bodoni. This ceased to be a problem with the advent of phototypesetting, opening the door for a renewed interest in the work of the Didot family and especially that of Firmin Didot. Although further refinements in the Didot typeface were to come (notably the lower case ‘g’ shown in 1819), we have chosen 1801 as the nominal basis for our presentation of HiH Firmin Didot. We like the thick-thin circumflex that replaced the evenly-stroked version of 1795, possible only with the flatter wove paper. We like the unusual coat-hanger cedilla. We like the organic, leaf-like tail of the ‘Q.’ We like the strange, little number ‘2’ and the wonderfully assertive ‘4.’ And we like the distinctive and delightful awkwardness of the double-v (w). Please note that we have provided alternative versions of the upper and lower case w that are slightly more conventional than the original designs. Personally, I find the moderns (often called Didones) hard on the eyes in extended blocks of text. That does not stop me from enjoying their cold, crisp clarity. They represent the Age of Reason and the power of man’s intellect, while reflecting also its limitations. In the title pages set by Bodoni, Bulmer and Didot, I see the spare beauty of a winter landscape. That appeals to a New Englander like myself. Another aspect that appeals to me is setting a page in HiH Firmin Didot and watching people try to figure out what typeface it is. It looks a lot like Bodoni, but it isn't!
  38. Panama Road - Personal use only
  39. Angelique Rose - Personal use only
  40. Gaitera Ball - Personal use only
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