The classic modernist FS Alvar grew out of a library of pure modular shapes gathered by Fontsmith’s master of the abstract starting point, Mr Phil Garnham. “It was a collection that just had to be explored and brought to life in a typographic voice. “We debated long and hard about this. It was big decision to make a shift away from the typefaces that people knew us for. And we didn’t want to compromise our reputation of well crafted typographic quality”. Modular forms A headline font that’s both graphic and functional, in the modernist tradition, FS Alvar focused Fontsmith’s eyes on the bigger issue of what makes a font show its age. “Looking at those fonts from the 1980s that were supposed to represent the ‘future’,” says Phil, “they looked so dated now. With Alvar, we weren’t concerned with creating future-thinking typography but with exploring form for form’s sake, and how that can evolve to create letterforms. Modular forms with a typographic eye.” Stencilled The concept for Alvar first materialised back in 2001 with some sketches Phil made while still at Middlesex University. Eight years later, something made him dig them out again. “There was something really nice about the proportions of that first design. Working on it again, I thought about it properly, but it still needed something to give it that edge. “Jason stood up in the studio and supplied the missing link: ‘Why don’t we make it stencilled?’ He didn’t mean in an obvious way, but by building a kind of architectural stencil into the form. It worked and the idea of using an architect’s name (Alvar Aalto) to describe the font felt perfect.” Featured in... The three weights of FS Alvar are made for standout headlines in advertising campaigns and magazines. Alvar has had a starring role in campaigns for brands from Nike to Amnesty International, as well as on CD covers, record labels and packaging.

Geometric/Technical style logotypes have been developed for car chrome labels since the early 1980’s. The styles are loaded with inspiration for great font families, but surprisingly, many of these sleek logotypes are lacking an expansive family to enhance and express their brand in a richer sense, becoming true brand workhorses. The Aspire family finds its origin of inspiration in the ACURA automotive company logo, and from there expands to an 6 font family of weights & oblique styles. Aspire pays homage the techno display styling of the inspiration logotype, further evolving beyond its brand inspired origin to give birth to a font family that pulls on modern and historical styles. It adopts a sturdy yet approachable style with its uniform stroke forms and curves, and goes on to include a lowercase, numerals, and a comprehensive range of weights, creating a straightforward, uncompromising collection of typefaces that lend a solid foundation and a broad range of expression for designers. Here’s what’s included with the Aspire Family bundle: 477 glyphs per style - including Capitals, Lowercase, Numerals, Punctuation and an extensive character set that covers multilingual support of latin based languages. (see the 6th graphic for a preview of the characters included) Stylistic Alternates - alternate characters that remove the angled stencil cuts for a more standardized text look. 3 weights in the family: Light, Regular, & Black. 3 obliques in the family, one for each weight: Light, Regular, & Black. Fonts are available in TTF & OTF formats. The TTF format is the standard go to for most users, although the OTF and TTF function exactly the same. Here’s why the Aspire Family is for you: - You’re in need of automotive sans font family with a range of weights and obliques. - You’re love that ACURA letter styling, and want to design anything within that genre. - You’re looking for an alternative to Eurostile with more stylized letterforms. - You’re looking for a clean techno typeface for your starship console labelling. - You just like to collect quality fonts to add to your design arsenal.

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

These ornaments are made from plants which grow on Alphabet Farm, the place where Stone Type Foundry is located.

A simple, modern sans serif; clean and elegant, just like its inspiration. The name is a play on Futura.

Authentic and historical Brazilian lettering typeface from early Portuguese community newspapers on Brazil; first years of the 20th Century.

Designed inspired by video technology and meant for the use on television, but never really made it there. Yet...

Exline is yet another experimental display typeface for use on logos and titles and everywhere else you want :D

Another in the series of competent IBM serifed typewriter faces, this one from Howard Kettler in Lexington in 1956.

One of the first and best of the Roman styles, this a condensed, narrow version, with very short descenders.

Letreiro is a nostalgic display font family, a personal view on portuguese hand lettering from the mid 20th century.

Based on an ancient writing system of India. NOTE: this font comes with an interpretation guide in pdf format.

For the creation of this font I was inspired by the old fonts created not one hundred years ago.

Based on the 60-point Amati designed by Georg Trump and issued by C. E. Weber (Stuttgart) in 1953.

Rustic Inn JNL comes from hand lettering on a vintage piece of sheet music entitled "My Cabin of Dreams".

Their angular lines are strongly contrasted by sweeping curves, the result: one type with firm character and strong personality.

Another in the series of competent IBM serifed typewriter faces, this one from Howard Kettler in Lexington in 1956.

Based on Lucien Bernhard’s idiosyncratic Schoenschrift, Liberty was designed for ATF two years later, in 1927, by W.T. Sniffin.

Londrina Serif is based on my font Londrina. It's a vernacular typeface with a lot of weights and personality.

Wobbly Boot is the font you use when you need that lipstick-on-the-mirror horror movie vibe. Beware.

Yzerfontein is an angular variation on the classic German blackletter that started with a sketch of a lowercase 'g'.

Based on custom design work by DTP Types Limited in 1992 with associated Small Capitals and Old Style Figures.

Brazil Nut JNL comes from hand lettering on some 1920s sheet music from Florenz Ziegfeld's musical comedy "Rio Rita".

A revival of one of the popular wooden type fonts of the 19th century, suitable for text or display.

Breo is yet another experimental display typeface for use on logos and titles and everywhere else you want :D

Renamed font (was Georgia) and refined outlines to make it stand out on your next book jacket or tatoo.

Designed for ParaType in 1995 by Tagir Safayev. Based on informal handwriting. For use in advertising and display typography.

Collegiate is a full font based on the lettering around an old mosaic tile badge at Liverpool Collegiate School.

Silent Waste is based upon a misspelling on a sign. It's handdrawn, yet digitally manipulated. But you can't tell!

Public Works JNL emulates the hand-made lettering found on older signs printed by silk screen for local governments.

Based on the earliest ATF/M.F. Benton versions of the Bank Gothic typefaces. ‘Fleshed-out’ into a full family.

Designed at ParaType in 1994 by Alexander Tarbeev. Based on informal handwriting. For use in advertising and display typography.

Mun is a experimental script typeface for use on logos, titles, posters, etc. Mun is not intended for text.

A revival of one of the popular wooden type fonts of the 19th century, suitable for display, extra condensed.

The unusual hand lettering found on a piece of 1940s sheet music forms the basis for Pencil Pusher JNL.

Lockup JNL is a more condensed version of Jeff Levine's Hoosegow JNL - based on a classic wood type design.

Introducing Rimba Andalas, a playful ethnic font with extra ornaments. This experimental font inspired by the shapes of tree branches and combined with rough strokes such as ancient symbols found inscribed in caves. Perfect for the natural theme, traditional, cultural, folk, tribal, children, adventures and social movement. Rimba Andalas is a display font, suitable for the headline, logo, apparel, books, poster, signage, and more. You can mix and match the uppercase and lowercase to get more unique tribal handwritten, also equipped with swashes as the decoration. Fonts featured : - Uppercase - Lowercase - Numbers & symbols - Ligatures - Accents Hope you like it! Thank you for your support and happy designing!

Burowai is an ancient font style. Inspired by the ancient greek letters and the tribal ornaments. This ethnic font inspired by the shapes of tree branches and combined with rough strokes such as ancient symbols found inscribed in caves. Perfect for the natural theme, folk, tribal, children, adventures, and social movement. Burowai is a display font, that represents brave, spirits, natural, and tradition. Perfect for the headline, logo, books, poster, signage, and more. You can mix and match the alternates characters to get more unique tribal handwritten. Fonts featured: Uppercase Allcaps Numbers & symbols Accents Alternates Hope you like it! Thank you for your support and happy designing!

The typeface “YOGA Dingbats Symbols Set” is designed at 2022 for the font foundry Beewest Studio by B Wisudyantoro. The Basic Icons Set is a display typeface that inspired by the Yoga poses such as : Adho Mukha Shvanasana, Ardha Chandrasana, Astavakrasana.Baddha Konasana. Ankusasana from Sritattvanidhi. Bharadvajasana. Bhekasana. Bhujangasana. Bhujapidasana. Bidalasana. Marjariasana. Chaturanga Dandasana. Dhanurasana.Backbend. Durvasasana. Garbhasana . Vrikshasana,Tree pose,Garudasana, Eagle pose, Parsvakonasana, Side angle pose,Trikonasana, Triangle pose, Utkatasana, Chair pose,Ardha Chandrasana, Half moon pose, Viparita Virabhadrasana, Warrior Pose. For use in logos, magazines, posters, advertisement plus as webfont . This YOGA Dingbat Font is best in display size. Thank You for Use this Font.