The famous roman type cut in Venice by Nicolas Jenson, and used in 1470 for his printing of the tract, De Evangelica Praeparatione, Eusebius, has usually been declared the seminal and definitive representative of a class of types known as Venetian Old Style. The Jenson type is thought to have been the primary model for types that immediately followed. Subsequent 15th-century Venetian Old Style types, cut by other punchcutters in Venice and elsewhere in Italy, are also worthy of study, but have been largely neglected by 20th-century type designers. There were many versions of Venetian Old Style types produced in the final quarter of the quattrocento. The exact number is unknown, but numerous printed examples survive, though the actual types, matrices, and punches are long gone. All these types are not, however, conspicuously Jensonian in character. Each shows a liberal amount of individuality, inconsistency, and eccentricity. My fascination with these historical types began in the 1970s and eventually led to the production of my first text typeface, Iowan Old Style (Bitstream, 1991). Sometime in the early 1990s, I started doodling letters for another Venetian typeface. The letters were pieced together from sections of circles and squares. The n, a standard lowercase control character in a text typeface, came first. Its most unusual feature was its head serif, a bisected quadrant of a circle. My aim was to see if its sharp beak would work with blunt, rectangular, foot serifs. Next, I wanted to see if I could construct a set of capital letters by following a similar design system. Rectangular serifs, or what we today call "slab serifs," were common in early roman printing types, particularly text types cut in Italy before 1500. Slab serifs are evident on both lowercase and uppercase characters in roman types of the Incunabula period, but they are seen mainly at the feet of the lowercase letters. The head serifs on lowercase letters of early roman types were usually angled. They were not arched, like mine. Oddly, there seems to be no actual historical precedent for my approach. Another characteristic of my arched serif is that the side opposite the arch is flat, not concave. Arched, concave serifs were used extensively in early italic types, a genre which first appeared more than a quarter century after roman types. Their forms followed humanistic cursive writing, common in Italy since before movable type was used there. Initially, italic characters were all lowercase, set with upright capitals (a practice I much admire and would like to see revived). Sloped italic capitals were not introduced until the middle of the sixteenth century, and they have very little to do with the evolution of humanist scripts. In contrast to the cursive writing on which italic types were based, formal book hands used by humanist scholars to transcribe classical texts served as a source of inspiration for the lowercase letters of the first roman types cut in Italy. While book hands were not as informal as cursive scripts, they still had features which could be said to be more calligraphic than geometric in detail. Over time, though, the copied vestiges of calligraphy virtually disappeared from roman fonts, and type became more rational. This profound change in the way type developed was also due in part to popular interest in the classical inscriptions of Roman antiquity. Imperial Roman letters, or majuscules, became models for the capital letters in nearly all early roman printing types. So it was, that the first letters in my typeface arose from pondering how shapes of lowercase letters and capital letters relate to one another in terms of classical ideals and geometric proportions, two pinnacles in a range of artistic notions which emerged during the Italian Renaissance. Indeed, such ideas are interesting to explore, but in the field of type design they often lead to dead ends. It is generally acknowledged, for instance, that pure geometry, as a strict approach to type design, has limitations. No roman alphabet, based solely on the circle and square, has ever been ideal for continuous reading. This much, I knew from the start. In the course of developing my typeface for text, innumerable compromises were made. Even though the finished letterforms retain a measure of geometric structure, they were modified again and again to improve their performance en masse. Each modification caused further deviation from my original scheme, and gave every font a slightly different direction. In the lower case letters especially, I made countless variations, and diverged significantly from my original plan. For example, not all the arcs remained radial, and they were designed to vary from font to font. Such variety added to the individuality of each style. The counters of many letters are described by intersecting arcs or angled facets, and the bowls are not round. In the capitals, angular bracketing was used practically everywhere stems and serifs meet, accentuating the terseness of the characters. As a result of all my tinkering, the entire family took on a kind of rich, familiar, coarseness - akin to roman types of the late 1400s. In his book, Printing Types D. B. Updike wrote: "Almost all Italian roman fonts in the last half of the fifteenth century had an air of "security" and generous ease extremely agreeable to the eye. Indeed, there is nothing better than fine Italian roman type in the whole history of typography." It does seem a shame that only in the 20th century have revivals of these beautiful types found acceptance in the English language. For four centuries (circa 1500 - circa 1900) Venetian Old Style faces were definitely not in favor in any living language. Recently, though, reinterpretations of early Italian printing types have been returning with a vengeance. The name Vendetta, which as an Italian sound I like, struck me as being a word that could be taken to signifiy a comeback of types designed in the Venetian style. In closing, I should add that a large measure of Vendetta's overall character comes from a synthesis of ideas, old and new. Hallmarks of roman type design from the Incunabula period are blended with contemporary concerns for the optimal display of letterforms on computer screens. Vendetta is thus not a historical revival. It is instead an indirect but personal digital homage to the roman types of punchcutters whose work was influenced by the example Jenson set in 1470. John Downer.

Frames and borders of various types. Also includes a series of words perfect for accenting Instagram photos.

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Lettering Guide JNL from Jeff Levine further continues his series of stencil fonts made from original sources.

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Silver Crown is an Ultra Condensend display font with minimalist characters. It's perfect for logos, name cards, magazine layouts, headers, or even large scale artwork. Silver Crown, a clean sans serif, offers you: 1. Upper and Lowercase characters (All Caps) 2. Ligatures (121 characters) and Stylistic alternates (9 Characters) 3. Multilingual Support (Latin Western Europe), Numbers and Punctuation

Gelael Font, from Muhammad Afif Ersya, is a modern, elegant and creative serif font. It contains uppercase, lowercase, number, punctuation, symbols and some other glyphs. Gelael will look great for; logotypes, business cards, labels, flyers, apparel, stationery, brochures, headlines, invitations, wedding designs, social media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, photography, watermark, special events and more.

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BR Candor is a geometric sans based on the functional characteristics and raw geometry of early European sans serifs. BR Candor however, is a more modernist interpretation of these classic styles, and its distinctly geometric letterforms produce a strikingly clear and contemporary typographic aesthetic. As the name suggests BR Candor is open, honest and straight talking.

Autovia is a condensed sans-serif based on the typeface created for the US Highway signs in the 50s. Autovia comes in 6 weights. Has more than 350 glyphs and 8 stylistic sets, and supports all the Latin based languages. A new and more casual addition for the Highway fonts sub-genre ideal for big headlines.

Galonia is an elegant display typeface with flared serif. It has harmonic and classical look thanks to high contrast stroke. Includes ligatures, special alternative glyphs, old style figures and case sensitive glyphs. Features: Basic latin alphabet A-Z 77 Ligatures & Alternates 112 Accented characters Numbers, Punctuation, Currency, Symbols, Math symbols & Diacritics Old style figures Case sensitive glyphs Enjoy Galonia!

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Marteau is a strong, clean, and modern condensed geometric sans-serif. Its purpose lies in branding, advertising, packaging, and all other design that calls for a big impact. It is the display typeface for all things contemporary, from rustic coffee shops to colorful web design – the versatility of Marteau allows for perfect integration into a wide variety of aesthetics.

Giliant is a Modern elegant serif typeface with Unique alternative , multilingual support with perfect kerning. This typeface is perfect for an elegant & luxury logo , classy editorial design, women's magazine, fashion brand , cosmetic brand, fashion promotion , modern advertising design, invitation card, art quote, home decoration , book/cover titles, special events, Tote bag, T-shirt, Advertising and much more.

Khayla Almira is a clean and elegant sans serif font, this font also provides ligature and alternate letters, this font itself has 6 families, namely regular, line, bold, regular italic, line italic and bold italic. for use as logos, display designs, and also for other purposes, make sure you have this font collection on your device.

The six weight Organon Sans typeface is a stylish and feature-laden OpenType family which complements its sister Organon Serif, both components working in tandem to create an elegant, legible and thoughtfully designed suite of fonts which share similar cap & x heights, stem widths and ascender/descender values. Tapered stems give the Organon Sans fonts an attractively robust appearance.

Gudeg Theo is a modern Slab serif style display font category. This font is very attractive. Perfect for cute quotes, packaging, branding, invitations, greeting cards, and more. Features : – Uppercase and Lowercase letters – Numbering and Punctuations – Multilingual Support – Works on PC or Mac – Simple Installation – Support Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, also works on Microsoft Word

Displays the appearance of a serif font that has a spooky impression but with elegant characteristics that make this horror-themed font different from other horror fonts, with the addition of sharp alternative letters that make the impression even more gripping so it is perfect for movie titles, posters, logotypes and many others. Thank you for seeing

Okomito Next is a sans serif inspired by the classic typefaces that were imbued with a sense of functionality, boldness and industrial strength. OpenType features: Access All Alternates, Case-Sensitive Forms, Glyph Composition / Decomposition, Discretionary Ligatures, Fractions, Kerning, Standard Ligatures, Localized Forms, Mark Positioning, Mark to Mark Positioning, Ordinals, Proportional Figures, Stylistic Alternates, Stylistic Set 1, Superscript, Tabular Figures

Gilmer is a fresh, geometric, sans-serif font family inspired by iconic typefaces like Futura and Avant Garde. Gilmer has a big x-height value, ​geometrical letterforms, sharp edges, and very small stroke contrast as the neo-grotesk fonts from the 20th century. The typeface is versatile and can be successfully used in magazines, posters, branding, websites, etc.

Eshajori is an elegant and soft serif font. The primary challenge in designing this font was finding a balance between complexity and simplicity, while ensuring it could be used on both computer screens and in print. Another challenge was achieving harmony between the characters, punctuation, and numerals, creating a visually appealing and playful visual vocabulary overall.

The Quitador™ Sans family is a fresh and distinctive design with roots that go back to the original Quitador typeface. Like its slab serif relative, the Quitador Sans suite of typefaces is large with several weights of roman and italic designs, making it an excellent choice for a wide variety of print and on-screen projects.

Hello, Youth Calm is a stylish, retro serif display font. Its funk and groove will definitely come in handy when you need to create some relaxed, laid-back designs. FEATURES : Uppercase Lowercase Number Punctuation Multilingual PUA Encode Opentype Character Alternates Ligatures If you have any question, don’t hesitate to contact me. Happy Designing !!! Thank You, Illushvara Design

Hello Introducing, stangith - Ligatures modern Serif is an elegant, unique font that uses ligatures to smoothly link letters. Perfect for adding a unique twist to word-mark logos, monograms or pull quotes. stangith has 45 ligatures and 10 Alternates as well as numbers and punctuation making it super fantastic.Ligature can be turned off if required standard writing needs.

Alstoria is a Bold Serif Display font. Suitable for your projects like branding, packaging, printing, header, and many more. Contains 320+ glyphs and 10 ligatures. You could check the full glyph map at this link. This font also contains many swash alternates option to play. Works well for vintage and modern style like you see in our preview images.

The hand lettered title on the 1911 sheet music for “That Railroad Rag” was designed in a block style letter with spurred serifs. This simple typographic layout evokes the imagery of early rail transportation although the song itself is was a ‘modern’ composition of then-popular ragtime music. Railway Station JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Trendy, classy & modern style serif font for your fancy projects. Elegant, fashion and classic style on Dagstam font will be great for any branding project. Lot of alternates and ligatures will help you to create unique and original logo design or website header! Enjoy :) -Multilingual support -Lot of alternate characters -Lot of ligatures -Great for modern branding projects!

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Wafterby is a handsome sans serif typeface family. It comes in eight weights which have a minimal and clean feel. Its design is based on circle and line geometric shapes. It can be used as a cute minimal-style header display or as a stylish text for magazine, blog, corporate branding, packaging, wedding invitation project, etc.

Cyritech is stylish futuristic geometric tech Three Fonts' Family designed for such areas as hi-tech, future, sport, space, army, games and many others. The feature of this font that it has serifs of triangle shape, that allows organic letters' connection, which makes it interesting and unique. Multilingual support (Latin extended). It is designed for header and text both.

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Deka was 10 years in the making. Intended as a clean and straightforward sans serif family, it has just enough personality to stand out. Helvetica this ain't! Deka has 8 weights, language support for all Latin plus cyrillic languages, and loads of Opentype features. It is a versatile workhorse suitable for both text and display usage.

The Floresto Textured is a Modern vintage sans serif font, with Roughed edges and touch of many beautiful alternate characters make this font look Elegant & stylist. It contains an uppercase alphabet with numbers and symbols. Designed with Stylistic Alternates and Contextual Alternate in some characters that allows you to mix and match pairs of letters to fit your design.

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Atipla ND is a contemporary sans serif typeface. It works best at large sizes, with softened ink traps pair legibility with aesthetic, while its strict horizontal and vertical terminals give it a rigid yet friendly appearance. The typeface contains a stylistic set, case sensitive forms, symbols and arrows, and the font covers all Latin Extended-A languages.

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Created for captions and similar serif situations where small type is required, Freight Micro is amazingly illustrative for large type too. This half-wedge, half-slab design provides the firmest of foundations to build your design on. The abruptness of the sharply carved italics take emphasis to a higher form. Freight Micro is an exercise in whispering very loudly.