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

Once upon a time, Mestre Patau, the «Black» magician, concerned about children´s typefaces historical ugliness, decided to settle the matter and using his vector powers, made letters embellished to be used in that stories so that they were according with the great genius all children have inside. Well done face but happy, goodness is not incompatible with joy. A solid construction, smooth, rounded, vibrant, generous curves and even more generous x-height and general proportions, give to the letter the vitality and freshness needed for use in projects where formality is not a requirement. Naughty but welldone, although not heeding the overshoots or the formal alignments, no symmetry in the horns is, despite this, or because of it, a fresh, cheerful but perfectly legible type. A full menu of freshness in your tales and stories!

A bold font evoking Dark Age adventure, Ronan can be used for titles requiring Latin or Cyrillic alphabets.

Bold and Benevolent, Earthling is funky and fun to use. Mix it up with caps for extra groove.

A revival of one of the popular wooden type fonts of the 19th century, extra bold, slab Antique.

MenimElim, meaning "my hand" in Azeri, is a handwriting-based font available in two weights: regular and bold.

Moonbandit presents Predatory, a bold modern sans serif titling font. A multi purpose display font with high impact

Syifa is a fun and bold handwritten font with a cool feel. Get inspired by its retro feel!

A heavy bold serif face, packs great punch; excellent headline font. Can be used for many different applications.

Dulblak Script is a reverse contrast display script font, bold and strong on horizontal stroke, legible and modern.

Head­line Font | Dis­play Font | Raw Hand­writ­ten Script Font Gothic Hand Dirty with 2 styles (regu­lar, bold) & 58 glyphs.

Hugo is a über bold and rounded display font. Perfect for headlines, logos and everything above the body.

Inoxida is Oxida's softer and more graceful sister. While Oxida has become quite the common sighting on the packaging of vegetables and organic foods, Inoxida now comes to fit the bill for food packaging that can benefit from more sophisticated script lettering. Inoxida is not just a softening of Oxida’s slightly rough edges. It is a complete reworking of the way its letters were constructed, and the introduction of a smoother size relationship between uppercase and lowercase. Designed by Koziupa and digitized by Ale Paul.

ITC Gema is the work of Brazilian graphic designer Claudio Rocha. It was first written in a small size to keep the surface irregularity of a non-coated paper when enlarged for use as a display font," says Rocha. Many strokes do not quite join, giving Gema the visual effect of a stencil typeface, the distinguishing characteristic of the font. "Some characters have my own handwriting gestures," says Rocha, like elongated endings and angular shapes. Gema comes complete with an unusual variety of ligatures and alternate characters."

Apadana is a new creation of Naghi Naghashian. Apadana design fulfills the following needs: A. Explicitly crafted for use in electronic media fulfills the demands of electronic communication. Apadana 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. Apadana'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. Apadana was developed for multiple languages and writing conventions. Apadana supports Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. It also includes proportional and tabular numerals for the supported languages. 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.

Ekbatana is a new creation of Naghi Naghashian. Ekbatan design fulfills the following needs: A. Explicitly crafted for use in electronic media fulfills the demands of electronic communication. Ekbatana 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. Ekbatana'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. Ekbatana was developed for multiple languages and writing conventions. Ekbatana supports Arabic, Persian, and Urdu. It also includes proportional and tabular numerals for the supported languages. 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.

Introducing "Glize" – a dynamic and bold oblique typeface designed to infuse your projects with an unmistakable sense of speed, strength, and sharpness. Crafted with precision, this font exudes a powerful and energetic vibe, making it an ideal choice for projects centered around superhero themes, sports, esports, and other high-energy contexts. The bold strokes of "Glize" create a commanding presence, instantly capturing attention and conveying a sense of forceful momentum. The oblique angles add a dynamic slant, enhancing the font's overall sense of motion and agility. Each character is meticulously shaped to embody a sleek and streamlined aesthetic, contributing to the font's ability to convey a feeling of speed and intensity. Whether you're designing a logo for an esports team, crafting promotional materials for a high-impact sporting event, or working on a project that demands a bold and powerful visual identity, "Glize" is the perfect companion. Its bold oblique design ensures that your message is delivered with vigor, leaving a lasting impression on your audience. Elevate your designs with the striking and forceful character of "Glize" – where bold meets speed, and strength meets style.

Bold mutant light typography. Futuristic astroluxtype. Digital pixels and hex head wrenches from the toolbox were the influence for this font. Hexxes Light and Hexxes Bold are a minimal font set that includes upper and lowercase letterforms which can be used at various sizes but, we consider it to be a headline/display font, best applied larger than 24 points in size.

Shibe - Bold italic font, has a strong, sharp character, and is combined with the font graffiti styles, To make a beautiful combination, simply mix upper and lower case and mix with alternative glyphs Shibe offers you: Shibe- A clean Bold italic font including Upper & Lowercase characters(ALL CAPS), Stylistic alternates Character (2 Character) Supports Multi linguage (Latin Western Europe), Numbers and Punctuation

Introducing, Nefilt, a bold font with unique looks! Nefilt is a bold and trendy font that have unique and modern looks. This font contains uppercase, lowercase, number, symbol, and also ligatures. You can use this font for the magazine, poster, and suitable for headline. With stylish looks, this font will make your design more stand out. This font also support multi language.

Bastion is an ultra-bold text-style font derived from some turn of the century hand lettered signage. It is characteristic of the very bold lettering used in a lot of advertising and product packaging in the early 1900s, a style of lettering which was also the inspiration for the Cooper font, though we think Bastion has a much more attractive overall look.

Magide is a retro and bold serif font typeface. This font perfect for branding, Headlines, Retro designs, logos, invitation, watermark and so much more. Magide typeface comes with Regular, Thin, bold, Black and 2 Outline font styles. Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation, ligatures, alternates and multilingual support. If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch. Thank you

Dorige is a modern retro serif typeface for branding, logo design and retro designs, This font comes with joining ligatures that give it a fancy and unique style. Dorige typeface comes with regular, italic, bold and bold italic font styles. Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation, ligatures, alternates Multilingual support. If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch. Thank you

Kogah is a bold display serif font with a retro feel. Its bold weight and clean lines make it perfect for headlines, logos and other high-impact design elements. Kogah comes with six styles that will add to your options for combining them. Keep in mind that the font is PUA encoded, meaning you can easily access all the fun glyphs and swashes.

Kharinniswa is a bold serif font with tons of beautiful alternative glyphs and multilingual support. This font is bold, clean, traditional, unique, fun and simple. Come with open type feature with a lot of alternates, its help you to make great lettering. Kharinniswa best uses for heading headlines, cover, poster, logos, quotes, product packaging, merchandise, social media & greeting cards and many more.

German type designer Jan Jedding created this script FontFont in 1994. The family contains 3 weights: Regular, Semi Bold, and Bold and is ideally suited for advertising and packaging, festive occasions as well as software and gaming. FF Friday Saturday Sunday provides advanced typographical support with features such as ligatures and case-sensitive forms. It comes with proportional oldstyle figures.

Heartland font family is a pack of the bold connected script and rounded sans. Font is great to use for logotype, menu and product labels, prints, posters, branding, social media. This pack include 3 fonts: - Heartland Script - Heartland Sans - Heartland Sans Condensed - Heartland Italic Sans - Heartland Bold Sans Download Heartland for your next project today! Thank you and have a great day!

Tree Trunk is a bold display font with wood texture on it. You can use it for anything ranging from t-shirts and clothing, for your kids book designs, kids party needs, greeting cards, stickers, posters, banners, or anything that needs a bold and fun touch. Try it to create fabulous designs and feel the fun and cheering vibes with it!

Seluas Handmade is a bold and beautiful brush lettered font. It's perfect for using in ink or watercolour based designs or on its own as bold hand brushed lettering. Use it for websites, branding, weddings, social media, product design, stationery and advertising, etc. Seluas Handmade is versatile enough to add that natural nuance to any project where you need that to look real.

Nordika is an understated, elegant, sans serif face with that clean legible corporate look. Its simple, trendy design makes it distinctive enough for display work. It makes a bold statement and is highly readable. Nordika is both condensed and quite bold and is therefore suitable for body text where some emphasis is required. Great for text and headlines - for just about any application.