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  1. Navigated by Ditatype, $29.00
    Introducing Navigated, a captivating script font that seamlessly combines boldness with balance. Navigated showcases a unique connected letterform design, where each letter is expertly linked, resulting in a fluid and harmonious appearance. With consistent proportions and a low-contrast style, Navigated offers both stability. Adding a touch of flair to Navigated, you'll find striking swinging endings on select letters. These graceful flourishes bring an element of charm and sophistication to your words, making them stand out with a captivating visual appeal. Navigated fits in headlines, logos, posters, flyers, branding materials, print media, editorial layouts, and many more designs. Find out more ways to use this font by taking a look at the font preview.
  2. Sumera Dita by IbraCreative, $17.00
    Sumera Dita is a contemporary serif font that seamlessly merges classic sophistication with a modern aesthetic. Its refined and elegant letterforms exude a sense of timeless grace, making it a versatile choice for a wide range of design applications. With a balanced and harmonious design, Sumera Dita strikes the perfect equilibrium between tradition and innovation. The subtly sculpted serifs and distinctive letter shapes contribute to its unique character, ensuring readability while adding a touch of personality to any project. Whether used in print or digital media, Sumera Dita brings a touch of refined professionalism to typographic compositions, making it a go-to choice for those seeking a modern serif font with a timeless appeal.
  3. Ambigane by IbraCreative, $17.00
    Ambigane is a modern and elegant serif font that seamlessly blends sophistication with contemporary design. Its refined, timeless aesthetic is characterized by the subtle curves and clean lines of its letterforms, exuding a sense of luxury and professionalism. Ambigane strikes a harmonious balance between traditional serif elements and a fresh, modern twist, making it versatile for a range of design applications. With its well-crafted serifs and balanced proportions, Ambigane communicates a sense of refinement and style, making it an ideal choice for projects that require a touch of sophistication and a contemporary edge. Whether used in print or digital media, Ambigane conveys a sense of timeless elegance that elevates any visual composition.
  4. Nothing You Could Say by Kimberly Geswein, $5.00
    Neat printed handwriting.
  5. Letterpress Nostalgics JNL by Jeff Levine, $29.00
    Classic print shop stock cuts, cartoons, embellishments and other assorted imagery are collected within Letterpress Nostalgics JNL to add "a bit of yesterday" to your print or online projects.
  6. Crispy Thunder by Vishnu Sathyan, $9.00
    Introducing Crispy Thunder, a bold and electrifying font that will make your designs stand out with its unique and powerful look. Inspired by the raw energy and force of thunder, Crispy Thunder is a reimagining of this natural phenomenon with sharp, crisp lines that add a touch of modernity to the design. The result is a font that captures the essence of thunder with its strong, geometric shapes and a crisp design that gives it a cutting-edge feel. Every letter is crafted with care to reflect the power and intensity of a thunderstorm, making Crispy Thunder the perfect choice for designs that need a touch of drama and excitement. With its modern and futuristic look, Crispy Thunder is ideal for a range of applications, from branding and advertising to digital and print media. Its clean and minimalist design ensures that it is both easy to read and visually striking, making it a versatile font for any project. So whether you're looking to add a touch of thunderous energy to your next design project or simply want to make a bold statement, Crispy Thunder is the font for you. Download it now and experience the power of thunder in your designs.
  7. Digot 03 by Fontsphere, $16.00
    DIGOT 03 is an innovative two-font family that blends minimalism and geometric precision to create a visually striking and modern design. These fonts are perfect for those seeking a clean and contemporary look for their projects. --- Usage Recommendations DIGOT 03 is a font that thrives in environments where simplicity and clarity are valued. It works exceptionally well in both digital and print formats. Consider using DIGOT 03 in the following situations: Web Design: DIGOT 03 can add a touch of modernity to website designs, providing a clean and contemporary experience for users. Poster Design: Whether creating event posters or advertising material, DIGOT's bold and eye-catching letterforms make it a perfect choice for grabbing attention. Logo Design: This font, despite its very experimental approach, can help establish a strong and memorable brand identity. Its simplicity allows the logo to be easily recognizable and versatile across various marketing channels. Iconography: As DIGOT 03 is built upon geometric principles, it excels in creating visually appealing icons and symbols that follow the same minimalist style. --- DIGOT 03 is the perfect font for designers and creatives who appreciate simplicity and have a keen eye for detail. With its unique minimalist geometric style, DIGOT offers endless possibilities for creating clean and impactful designs.
  8. Ghibli by Eyad Al-Samman, $-
    The word ‘Ghibli’ per se refers to a Saharan hot and dry wind commonly known as the Sirocco. In Arabic language, ‘Ghibli’ is known as ‘Qibli or Kibli’, meaning ‘Southern’ for those Arabic nations who live in the North of Africa. The ‘Ghibli’ wind is most common during spring and autumn, and can blow at almost 60mph; it is this wind which is responsible for the dry, dusty conditions on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa. ‘Ghibli’ can last for days making life miserable and is therefore feared by the desert dwellers in that region. It can also have profound effect on the landscape by moving vast quantities of sand and dunes. Inspired by the Studio Ghibli’s unique and magical characters, the ‘Ghibli’ typeface is designed as a Latin free and literary serif typeface. It strongly expresses transition, imagination, sharpness, characterization, and modernization. It is a literary type that can capture the eyesight of readers and other observers with its acute and stylistic letterforms, dots, and numerals. It has transitional serifs and it is generally based upon the Latin printing style of the 18th and 19th centuries, with a pronounced vertical contrast in stroke emphasis (i.e., vertical strokes being heavier than the horizontal strokes). It has more regular forms in which serifs are bracketed and more symmetrical. The main characteristic of ‘Ghibli’ typeface is in its new designed serif letters. Special letters that can be described as having modern designs include small ‘g’, ‘p’ (with their open ends), ‘x’, and capital ‘B’, ‘P’, ‘Q’, and ‘R’ (with their open ends). ‘Ghibli’ typeface has also both of lining and old-style numerals which makes it more suitable for any literary and printing purposes. This gratuitous font comes in only two weights (i.e., Ghibli Regular and Ghibli Bold). It is absolutely preferable to be used in the wide fields related to literature and publication industry. This includes typing titles of diverse literary and academic books, readable texts of novels, novellas, short stories, prose, poetry, textbooks, newspapers, and magazines. It is also notable if chosen for designs that include movies’ titles, logos of academic institutions such as colleges and universities, organizations and associations’ names, medical packages such as those dedicated for tablets and syrups, and also other different educational and social materials. ‘Ghibli’ is simply a free literary typeface dedicated for all who want to write and read using a modern and stylish serif font. Enjoy it.
  9. Magicstar by Rockboys Studio, $23.00
    Magicstar is a daring handwritten font created with brush pen strokes. This bold font will beautify and emphasize your design. Add it confidently to your projects, and you will love the results.
  10. Ruckshack by Sipanji21, $13.00
    Ruckshack is a natural script font that has power on each stroke that is very dynamic and characterized. Ruckshack is very suitable for various design, branding, product packaging, clothing line, banner, etc.
  11. Coming Soon Pro by Open Window, $19.95
    Coming Soon by Open Window is based on the handwriting from mom when she was in 6th grade. Solid balance, masterful strokes, and just a touch of lemonade stand for good measure!
  12. Killernuts by Dharma Type, $14.99
    Wood type for display. Serifs like brush strokes are associated with Japanese calligraphy ‘Shodo’. East meets West. There are two styles, Regular for ordinary use and 3D for more eye-catchy part.
  13. TXT Brush Script by Illustration Ink, $3.00
    Personalize your paper creations effortlessly with this brush stroke lettering font. Add unique titles and journaling to scrapbook pages, handmade greeting cards, business cards, name tags, place cards, programs, announcements, or awards.
  14. Nokia Expanded by Lone Army, $10.00
    Introducing "Nokia Expanded" - a bold and expansive font designed to capture attention. Inspired by the iconic Nokia brand, this typeface embodies a sense of reliability and modernity. With its bold strokes and expanded proportions, Nokia Expanded commands a strong presence in any design. The font's clean lines and geometric forms lend a touch of precision and sophistication, reflecting Nokia's commitment to quality and innovation. Ideal for various applications, including branding, advertising, and display graphics, Nokia Expanded ensures legibility and impact. Its bold and expansive nature makes it suitable for creating attention-grabbing headlines and eye-catching designs. Embrace the essence of Nokia with Nokia Expanded, a font that encapsulates reliability and modernity while adding a distinctive touch to your projects.
  15. Mondo News by Untype, $30.00
    Mondo News is a typeface designed to fulfill digital and paper publication editorial needs, its cared equilibrium between slightly condensed proportions and generous «x» height, offers optimum performance without compromising legibility. The modulation of thick and thin strokes in the middle weights is balanced for extensive text reading, while on the heavy weights becomes more dramatic making them ideal for strong headlines. Equipped with 760+ glyphs, support for more than 200 languages, smallcaps, alternates, ligatures, dingbats and plenty of OpenType features, Mondo News modern interpretation of tradition performs excellent both on screen and on paper, satisfy the most demanding editorial needs and will nourish your pages with a convincing and reliable atmosphere. Mondo News is part of the Untype Mondo family typographic system.
  16. Darkmire by ryan creative, $12.00
    Darkmire Blackletter is a writing style created with the pentool. Attractive hand strokes give this font a strong look. It can be used for various purposes. such as, business design, product design, quotation etc. FEATURES; -Uppercase, Lowercase, Foreign Support, Numbers and Punctuation. -Regular & italic -Works on PC. -Simple installation. -Accessible in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop. Adobe InDesign, it even works in Microsoft Word. -Fully accessible without additional design software. Darkmire is coded with Unicode PUA, which allows full access to all additional characters without having to design any special software. Mac users can use the Font book, and Windows users can use the Character map to view and copy any extra characters to paste into your favorite text editor/app.
  17. Longshanks by Mysterylab, $21.00
    Longshanks is a condensed serif display font with a low waist, blade-like strokes, and other unusual detailing. This font features a medium-low x-height and works very well at larger display sizes. It's an excellent choice for any headline, banner, or title that would benefit from an old-world, historical, fantasy, magic, or sword & sorcery vibe. It also harks back to the metallic foil stamped type treatments from 1980s – 1990s romance novel book cover design. The offbeat features are subtle enough to leave this font with a very high degree of legibility in spite of its strong and dynamic treatment of certain serifs and finials. The namesake for this typeface is King Edward I of England, whose nickname was Edward the Longshanks.
  18. BoiTu by Vei Vei, $16.00
    BoiTu is a typeface in the BoiTu project designed by Vei Vei. BoiTu has a strong contrast between bold bars and long sharp hook strokes inspired by pheasant feathers on the hat in Hat Boi costume. "Tuong or Hat Boi is a form of Vietnamese classic opera, combining various elements of arts such as stage, music, fine art, literature, dancing, and martial arts. Older Tuong plays are usually about historical events or tales. Allegories, melodramas, soliloquies, modes of expression, forms of performance, repartee singing and recitative conventions, etc., are constantly updated and elevated, and are quintessential elements in the art of Tuong." Boi Tu is a classic design to bring traditional art and culture closer to everyone. Boi Tu is a Vietnamese font that supports multiple languages.
  19. Sagona by René Bieder, $39.00
    Sagona is a contemporary slab serif building on the clarendon/ionic model dating back to the 19th century. Like its most famous representative Clarendon, Sagona features strong serifs and a variable stroke contrast resulting in a versatile typeface working great in headlines and small text sizes. Where great typefaces like Sentinel, Belizio or FF Hertz are staying close to the industrial and strict appearance, Sagona is focusing on a warm and welcoming approach, emphasizing a subtle elegance especially in the mid weights. The family comes in nine weights with matching true italics. It is equipped with a large set of alternative glyphs, ligatures, old style numbers, initials and finitials, two sets of arrows and many more opentype features making it a perfect choice for professional type setting.
  20. WTF Bokytime by Wasabib Type Foundry, $17.00
    Bokytime is a display script font is a typeface that exudes elegance and sophistication with its flowing, timeless, minimalistic yet impactful sweeping letterforms. It captures attention and adds a touch of artistic flair to any design project. The ornate and decorative nature of display script fonts makes them ideal for creating a memorable impact in logos, headlines, invitations, and other creative applications. Bokytime is also bold and commanding, with thick, substantial letterforms. It conveys a strong presence and demands attention. Thick fonts are commonly used in headlines, posters, and other design projects where the goal is to make a bold statement. The weightiness of the strokes adds a sense of strength and solidity to the typography, creating visual impact and enhancing readability.
  21. Altissimo by Soneri Type, $32.00
    Altissimo is a display type family, derived from the Ample typeface, it has large x-height, optical mono linear and a bit squarish in nature. It has a smooth curve instead of sharp angles formed by the junction of two strokes, which is a prominent feature of its design. It is designed to be a little eye-catching yet legible. It has clear and distinguishable letterforms, which helps to elaborate and emphasise the message. It is graphically strong and commands viewer's attention. The overall appearance of this type is suitable in setting it as heading, title, headline, etc. The type family consists of seven weights viz. Thin, ExLight, Light, Regular, Medium, Bold and ExBold. Altissimo is designed by Aakash Soneri in a period between 2017 and 2018.
  22. Grafex by Mysterylab, $22.00
    Grafek is a unique reverse-contrast font with tapered vertical strokes and heavier horizontals on the top and bottom. This typeface is loaded with individual character, bolstering its excellent legibility with a moderately extended width. It’s a strong choice for large headlines, web banner graphics, and branding/logo usages. It’s got a high-end and elegant flair on shorter words, especially when choosing an all lowercase lettering design, for example on a logo treatment. It has a whiff of a nautical, antique map vibe, and even conjures up a hint of Oceania and Tiki-style graphics. Grafek will prove to be a great choice on book and magazine titles, and its width lends itself easily to wide mega-scaled outdoor marquee graphics and billboards.
  23. Festival Script Pro by Sudtipos, $69.00
    Festival Script is a logical evolution within the deco script territory previously explored by Koziupa and Paul in efforts like Aranjuez, Bellas Artes, Heraldica and Tanguera. In Festival Script, strong bilinear contrast and ornamental swashes combine to convey a sense of modern luxury. This combination echoes the current trend in consumer goods of elevating simple, everyday products to objects of desire. Festival’s basic structure is the familiar Koziupa aesthetic of tapering stems and sharp endings, but this time informed by a more geometric sensibility. A wide variety of thin, ribbonlike strokes add a beautifully ornamental feel, evoking Argentine “filete” motifs. Almost every letterform includes multiple alternates, providing design possibilities from minimal to exuberant. Festival Script Pro is loaded with alternates, swashes, endings and Latin-based language support.
  24. Dottingham by Sharkshock, $115.00
    Dottingham is a vintage style display font with a look that will take you back to the Victorian era. Inspiration for this 2 member family came from signage, publications, and old advertisements that appeared not only in Europe, but North America as well during the 19th century. Exaggerated serifs, wispy strokes, and high contrast dominate the character set. For those looking for a bit more authenticity, a distressed version is available for a straight-out-of-the-box eroded look. This unique styling makes it a strong choice when attention is paramount to your project. Dottingham is equipped with Basic Latin, Extended Latin/diacritics, kerning, ligatures, fractions, and some alternates. Use it for a Pub logo, book cover, or restaurant menu.
  25. Vinque by Typodermic, $-
    Vinque is an interpretation of a nineteenth century Arts & Crafts revival of medieval lettering. British type designer William Morris completed Troy in 1891—a splendid blackletter typeface in the medieval style. It’s beautiful but some modern uses like UI and video game text require a less ornate gothic appearance. Vinque is simple. It avoids strong vertical blackletter strokes which can present problems for contemporary readers. The end result is an uncomplicated, crisp typeface that successfully conveys medievalness to the reader. Vinque was released in 2002 in one style: Regular. In 2019, Vinque was expanded to seven weights and italics. Language support was bolstered to support most current Latin based languages as well as Greek and Cyrillic. OpenType fractions, f-ligatures and old-style numerals are supported.
  26. Voggiet by Mordex Studio, $20.00
    Voggiet is a beautiful, high-contrast serif font with a distinctive look. the Voggiet font also combines organic details with strong geometric shapes. Voggiet font has a unique and organic character. With a range of different styles, you can change the feel of your designs from more organic to more standard. The typeface also offers many options, such as modern (fancy) Alternates and Ligatures. This elegant font is a must have in your collection and is perfect for your fancy design projects. Examples include fashion, logo design, branding design, wedding design, product packaging design, advertising, products, labels, photography, social media, and other products. This font is also PUA encoded, which means you can easily access all the glyphs and strokes.
  27. Ample by Soneri Type, $50.00
    Ample is a display type family, optical mono linear and a bit squarish in nature. It has a smooth curve instead of sharp angles formed by the junction of two strokes, which is a prominent feature of its design. It is designed to be a little eye-catching yet legible. It has clear and distinguishable letterforms, which helps to elaborate and emphasise the message. It is graphically strong and commands viewer’s attention. The overall appearance of type is suitable in setting it as heading, title, headline, etc. The type family consists of six weights viz. Thin, ExLight, Light, Regular, Medium and Bold. Considering the nature of this type family, italics have been excluded. Ample is designed by Aakash Soneri in a period between 2013 and 2014.
  28. Deberny by Typorium, $15.00
    The Deberny typeface is an interpretation–carrying a contemporary imprint–of a typographic style which appeared and spread at the end of the 19th century until the begining of the 20th. These typefaces were named Italian, Venetian, Veronese and were classified in the Hellenic category, a spontaneous typographic movement caracterized by triangular and heavy serifs. They found their inspiration among numerous references, from incised to slab serif typefaces and their extreme expressions in wood type letterforms. The Deberny font family is made of 26 styles in 3 complementary sets of style, offering a wide palette of visual resonance: • Deberny Line is ideally suited for editorial, branding, posters and billboards. It has sharp contrast between thick and thin strokes. Heavy horizontal strokes are not frequent in roman letters, but here they fit naturally with the italic letters. • Deberny Open is a stylish outline declination of Deberny Line Medium and Medium Italic. • Deberny Text is an adaptation of Deberny Line made for broader use. Its shapes are less contrasted, which makes it perfectly legible for print or screen reading in small size text. Old style figures and small caps complete Deberny Text in all its 8 styles. The Deberny typeface family supports Latin-based languages and will be available soon in Cyrillic and Greek. Deberny Narrow will be released this year in all its 26 styles.
  29. Zart by DSType, $40.00
    Zart is a heavy yet delicately sensitive display typeface filled with character, a free interpretation of the classical French styles from the late eighteenth century, reimagined for modern use. While it’s vertical strokes carry the typical weight of this style, the thinness of the horizontal strokes is further extended into the characters with the introduction of large vertical ink traps. This allowed us to design slightly narrower letters which, coupled with shorter serifs, result in a overall darker expression, creating really impactful headlines. Zart is available in three versions: Regular, Italic and Script.
  30. Al Mangsi by Aluyeah Studio, $120.00
    Mangsi in Javanese means ink. We want to create a modern display typeface with an inked-like feel by combining clean modern serif strokes, brush strokes and the curved line made by the ink tank. Mangsi is a modern inked display typeface that unites the beauty of the old lines with the clean modern lines. A simple, yet distinctive, elegant font that can be applied to many areas of design. Coming with 170+ stunning and super easy to use alternates and ligatures. To get results like the preview just type M.3A.NGS.3I
  31. Foundry Context by The Foundry, $90.00
    Foundry Context is a sans serif family designed to be universal in many contexts – hence the name. A ‘no-nonsense’ typeface, reminiscent of 19th century sans serif faces, Foundry Context has very round, pure letterforms, crafted without being over refined, and having minimal stroke contrast in the neo-grotesque style. A hint of personality has emerged from the very drawing of the proportions, strokes, and terminals, yet Foundry Context is still neutral enough to compete in the grotesk arena, and at the same time has something new to say.
  32. Magallanes Condensed by Latinotype, $29.00
    Say hello to the new Magallanes Condensed Family, a contemporary neo-humanist sans serif font designed by Daniel Hernández. Its strokes and terminals are related to the calligraphic strokes from humanist typefaces. It comes with 8 styles, from Ultra Light to Black, each with its true italics. Every weight comes with alternative glyphs for a more dynamic use. Magallanes is the perfect titling font to complement text faces in magazines, logotypes, etc. Languages supported include Basic Latin, Western European, Euro, Catalan, Baltic, Turkish, Central European, Romanian, Pan African Latin.
  33. Decize by Eurotypo, $36.00
    Decize font is a classic “Didona”, characterized by extreme contrast in thick strokes and thin strokes, by the use of very short serifs, and by the vertical stress of the letters. This version, designed by Carine de Wandeleer, is slightly condensed and is also enriched by a full set of OpenType features of tails, ligatures, alternates and swashes. Decize Italica is a true "italic" This font was designed and carefully drawn to combine with Decize Regular, it has 652 glyphs and the same OpenType features than the regular version.
  34. Magallanes by Latinotype, $29.00
    Say hello to the new Magallanes Family, a contemporary neo-humanist sans serif font designed by Daniel Hernández. Its strokes and terminals are related to the calligraphic strokes from humanist typefaces. It comes with 8 styles, from Ultra Light to Black, each with its true italics. Every weight comes with alternative glyphs for a more dynamic use. Magallanes is the perfect titling font to complement text faces in magazines, logotypes, etc. Languages supported include Basic Latin, Western European, Euro, Catalan, Baltic, Turkish, Central European, Romanian, Pan African Latin.
  35. AM Sans One by URW Type Foundry, $39.99
    When designing AM Sans One, it was a great challenge for me to develop a modern sans serif, which despite the large number of existing fonts in this sector has its own unique character. Starting point for the design concept was the cap O, designed as a rectangle with rounded corners, and not as usual as a circle or oval. The O should form the basis for the whole alphabet. Another feature are the characters with oblique starting and end strokes such as "A, V, W". These have not exactly straight, diagonal lines, but have a slight curvature. Thus, these letters do not look too geometric. Also the cap K deviates slightly from the usual shape which makes AM Sans One different from other already existing fonts. I could well imagine applying this font for areas such as engineering or architecture.
  36. Stellar by Monotype, $29.99
    Robert Hunter Middleton drew the original design of Stellar for the Ludlow Typograph Company in Chicago. Work began in the late 1920s, when Middleton was asked to create a sans serif type family to compete with European imports of Futura and Kabel. Stellar was Middleton's attempt to raise the ante. Where Futura and Kabel were geometric in design and monotone in weight, Stellar was based on roman character proportions and stroke weighs were stressed. In the late 1990s, Dave Farey took on the task of reviving the Stellar design. While Ludlow cut Stellar in a full range of point sizes, the family was limited to just a roman and bold design. Farey's revival is twice as large a family. It ranges from a very light called Stellar Nova to a very bold called Zeta In between are Lyra and Epsilon.
  37. Sellia by Scoothtype, $9.00
    "Sellia," a delightful handwritten font meticulously crafted with love and attention to detail. This font encapsulates the essence of joy and brings a touch of whimsy to your design projects. "Sellia" embodies the playful nature of handwritten script, with its charming curves and natural stroke variations. Every letter reflects the genuine warmth and sincerity of my handwriting, infusing your designs with a sense of individuality and happiness. With its elegant yet cheerful style, "Sellia" is versatile and perfect for a wide range of creative applications. Whether you're designing logos, branding materials, invitations, greeting cards, or any project that calls for a lighthearted touch, this font will add a touch of enchantment. The meticulously designed letterforms of "Sellia" ensure both legibility and artistic appeal. Its balanced proportions and thoughtfully crafted characters make it a pleasure to work with, whether on digital or printed mediums.
  38. LFT Etica by TypeTogether, $35.00
    LFT Etica, the-moralist-typefamily-project, was born at the end of 2000, but its development is ongoing, overcoming many hurdles and diversions. The starting point for the designers at Leftloft were the common "cold" grotesk sans serifs, ubiquitous and often badly applied in their everyday visual environment. The challenge was to obtain the same force, versatility and color, but with a much warmer feel. The resulting design has soft strokes, open counters and terminals; aesthetically resting somewhere between a grotesque and humanist sans serif. It successfully combines masculine force with female delicacy. LFT Etica’s wide range of styles, together with a large character set and OpenType features, such as 4 sets of numerals, fractions, several stylistic alternates and a set of arrows and dingbats, allows for a vast variety of applications, be they editorial or corporate.
  39. MooLahLah by TypeSETit, $14.95
    A cow-print style.
  40. Maestro by Canada Type, $24.95
    Out of a lifelong inner struggle, Philip Bouwsma unleashes a masterpiece that reconciles classic calligraphy with type in a way never before attempted. Maestro takes its cue from the Italian chancery cursive of the early sixteenth century. By this time type ruled the publishing world, but official court documents were still presented in calligraphy, in a new formal style of the high Renaissance that was integrated with Roman letters and matched the refined order of type. The copybooks of Arrighi and others, printed from engraved wood blocks, spread the Italian cancellaresca across Europe, but the medium was too clumsy and the size too small to show what was really happening in the stroke. Arrighi and others also made metal fonts that pushed type in the direction of calligraphy, but again the medium did not support the superb artistry of these masters or sustain the vitality in their work. As the elegant sensitive moving stroke of the broad pen was reduced to a static outline, the human quality, the variety and the excitement of a living act were lost. Because the high level of skill could not be reproduced, the broad pen was largely replaced by the pointed tool. The modern italic handwriting revival is based on a simplified model and does not approach the level of this formal calligraphy with its relationship to the Roman forms. Maestro is the font that Arrighi and his colleagues would have made if they had had digital technology. Like the calligraphic system of the papal chancery on which it is modelled, it was not drawn as a single finished alphabet, but evolved from a confluence of script and Roman; the script is formalized by the Roman to stand proudly in a world of type. Maestro came together on screen over the course of several years, through many versions ranging widely in style, formality, width, slant, weight and other parameters. On one end of the spectrum, looking back to tradition it embodies the formal harmony of the Roman capitals and the minuscule which became the lower case. On the other it is a flowing script letter drawing on the spirit of later pointed pen and engravers scripts. As its original designers intended, it works with simple Roman capitals and serifs or swash capitals and baroque flourishes. The broad pen supplies weight and substance to the stroke which carries energy through tension in balanced s-curves. Above all it is meant to convey the life and motion of formal calligraphy as a worthy counterbalance to the stolid gravity of metal type. The Maestro family consists of forty fonts distributed over two weights. The OpenType version compresses the family considerably down to two fonts, regular and bold, each containing the entire character set of twenty fonts, for a total of more than 3350 characters per font. These include a wide variety of stylistic alternates, ligatures, beginning and ending letters, flourishes, borders, rules, and other extras. The Pro version also includes extended linguistic support for Latin-based scripts (Western, Central and Eastern European, Baltic, Turkish, Welsh/Celtic, Maltese) as well as Greek. For more thoughts on Maestro, its background and character sets, please read the PDF accompanying the family.
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