The rasterized square (clear, therefore 4 as part of the font name) was the constructive basis. The intention was to put all characters within this grid and produce a highly structured, yet lively, resting in itself, display font. Relaxed but exciting, just. An absolutely noteworthy detail are the classical construction principles (based on a typography book from the 50's for poster designers), the so-called optical weighting, derived and slightly exaggerated character elements: The characters are not purely symmetrical and the curve shapes do not close justified with the surrounding square. Loops and tongues slightly hang over; the upper bows are slightly less protruding than lower ones, etc. The kerning is tuned to fit these design details: the white space between the characters match the same filling space.

Wasabi is one of the key ingredients in the Japanese kitchen. Also known as japanese horseradish, it is an extremely spicy condiment made out of the graded root of the Wasabi plant. Its spiciness is different than that of a chili pepper though, more like a hot mustard. The spicy taste shoots right through your nose, but does not last for long. Wasabi is traditionally used in sushi and sashimi dishes, soba noodles, and in a number of Japanese snack foods. Equally sharp and stingy, VLNL Wasabi Turbo was designed by Donald Roos. Despite its japanese outward appearance, the font has its origin in lettering found on a German book. It is hot, and edgy like a samurai sword. Wasabi Turbo will stand out as headline and logo!

Now here's a font that is named Like Butterflies, but has got nothing to do with butterflies! What? Why? Well, I recently heard the song "Even flow" by Pearl Jam and took a trip down memory lane - back to my early twenties. I remember how the lyrics affected me, and had an impact on how my life changed the years to follow. Maybe the style of the font does not reflect the inner meaning of the song, but it does reflect a look back in time for me - and the change that took place. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy the somewhat simple, handmade style of Like Butterflies and the 4 versions that works very well together! Please notice that each letter has got 5 slightly different versions to choose from!

Experience the precision, elegance and history of the Chalet font family. This collection of ten typefaces in three unique styles is the creative genius of acclaimed clothing designer René Albert Chalet. Originally used in his early advertising campaigns, Chalet appropriately echoes the attitude of its creator: function with flair. Modest and unpretentious yet bold and daring, Chalet’s distinctive air allows for a variety of uses ranging from text to display applications. Add modern panache to any design with the Chalet font family. CHALET CREDITS: Typeface Design: Ken Barber, René Albert Chalet Typeface Production: Rich Roat Typeface Direction: Ken Barber, Andy Cruz Like all good subversives, House Industries hides in plain sight while amplifying the look, feel and style of the world’s most interesting brands, products and people. Based in Delaware, visually influencing the world.

Description: Step into the hauntingly nostalgic world of 80s horror films with 'Witch Whirlwind' a meticulously handcrafted font that channels the chilling essence of vintage movie posters. This font will infuse your designs with the eerie charm and crafty appeal you've been seeking. What Awaits You: Unique Font: 'Witch Whirlwind' boasts meticulously designed letters, numbers, and additional characters inspired by the spine-tingling aesthetics of the 80s. Multilingual Mastery: Your audience knows no bounds with our font, offering complete multilingual support. Why 'Witch Whirlwind' is the Choice for You: Recreate the authentic atmosphere of vintage horror films with this unique font. Elevate your poster designs, t-shirt graphics, and logos with an unmistakable crafty touch. Seamlessly adapt to different projects with multilingual support and versatile font formats. Seize this opportunity to infuse your designs with the spirit of the 80s. Download 'Witch Whirlwind' now and start creating captivating visuals.

Description: Step into the hauntingly nostalgic world of 80s horror films with 'Coffin Stories,' a meticulously handcrafted font that channels the chilling essence of vintage movie posters. This font will infuse your designs with the eerie charm and crafty appeal you've been seeking. What Awaits You: Unique Font: 'Coffin Stories' boasts meticulously designed letters, numbers, and additional characters inspired by the spine-tingling aesthetics of the 80s. Multilingual Mastery: Your audience knows no bounds with our font, offering complete multilingual support. Why 'Coffin Stories' is the Choice for You: Recreate the authentic atmosphere of vintage horror films with this unique font. Elevate your poster designs, t-shirt graphics, and logos with an unmistakable crafty touch. Seamlessly adapt to different projects with multilingual support and versatile font formats. Seize this opportunity to infuse your designs with the spirit of the 80s. Download 'Coffin Stories' now and start creating captivating visuals.

Description: Step into the hauntingly nostalgic world of 80s horror films with 'Burnt Dreams,' a meticulously handcrafted font that channels the chilling essence of vintage movie posters. This font will infuse your designs with the eerie charm and crafty appeal you've been seeking. What Awaits You: Unique Font: 'Burnt Dreams' boasts meticulously designed letters, numbers, and additional characters inspired by the spine-tingling aesthetics of the 80s. Multilingual Mastery: Your audience knows no bounds with our font, offering complete multilingual support. Why 'Burnt Dreams' is the Choice for You: Recreate the authentic atmosphere of vintage horror films with this unique font. Elevate your poster designs, t-shirt graphics, and logos with an unmistakable crafty touch. Seamlessly adapt to different projects with multilingual support and versatile font formats. Seize this opportunity to infuse your designs with the spirit of the 80s. Download 'Burnt Dreams' now and start creating captivating visuals.

Description: Step into the hauntingly nostalgic world of 80s horror films with 'Graveyard Wind' a meticulously handcrafted font that channels the chilling essence of vintage movie posters. This font will infuse your designs with the eerie charm and crafty appeal you've been seeking. What Awaits You: Unique Font: 'Graveyard Wind' boasts meticulously designed letters, numbers, and additional characters inspired by the spine-tingling aesthetics of the 80s. Multilingual Mastery: Your audience knows no bounds with our font, offering complete multilingual support. Why 'Graveyard Wind' is the Choice for You: Recreate the authentic atmosphere of vintage horror films with this unique font. Elevate your poster designs, t-shirt graphics, and logos with an unmistakable crafty touch. Seamlessly adapt to different projects with multilingual support and versatile font formats. Seize this opportunity to infuse your designs with the spirit of the 80s. Download 'Graveyard Wind' now and start creating captivating visuals.

Forte e gentile, “strong and kind” is the motto of Abruzzo region located in central Italy on the Adriatic coast. As the region it’s named after, Abruzzo typeface is strong yet inviting with its sharp angular serifs and smooth transitions. Abruzzo is a display typeface with high contrast, large x-height and plenty of character. Abruzzo is equipped several OpenType features: Standard ligatures that take care of the collisions between f and other tall lowercase characters, and for more fun there is over 40 Discretionary ligatures including st, ch and plenty of more unconventional character combinations, such as fy, fr, rw, vi, and so on. See the full range in the specimen poster. On top of that Abruzzo has over 70 variants for the standard characters set in Swash, Stylistic and Titling Alternates. Abruzzo best used in stylish headlines, advertising, packages or as a logotype.

Closing Time - Display Retro Font takes you on a nostalgic journey to the charming days of classic design. This font is the epitome of retro and classic aesthetics, with its distinctive features and timeless appeal. The font boasts a perfect blend of retro and classic elements, achieved by slightly curving the font's edges inward. It offers two distinct versions: a clean variant for a polished look and a textured one for added character. Moreover, it provides alternative characters to infuse a touch of uniqueness and creativity into your designs. Closing Time - Display Retro Font is the ideal choice for logos, invitations, packaging, posters, titles, businesses, greeting cards, magazines, and any design projects that seek to capture the essence of retro and classic themes. Embrace the nostalgia and timeless charm of Closing Time - Display Retro Font, and let your designs tell a story of a bygone era.

The building of the Northern Bank of St. Petersburg's Baku branch was built in 1903-1905. It was the first Art Nouveau-style building in Baku, Azerbaijan. Later the bank was transformed into the Russian-Asian Bank. After the oil boom in Baku in the 19th century, branches of many banks and new banks were opened in the city. The branch of the Northern Bank of St. Petersburg was among the first banks that was opened in Baku. N.Bayev was the architect of the building for the branch of the Northern Bank of St. Petersburg located at Gorchakovskaya 3 in 1903-1905. The building currently houses the Central Branch of the International Bank of Azerbaijan. My purpose in writing this is not to copy and paste the information from Wikipedia. What attracted me to the building was the word "Банкъ" (Bank) written in Cyrillic letters, which was also used in Azerbaijan during the Soviet era. The exact date of the writing is not known. Every time I pass by this building, I always thought of creating a font of this writing someday. I had taken a photo of the building and saved it on my phone. I did a lot of research on the font and asked a lot of people. However, some did not provide information at all and some said they did not have any information. I was interested in the history of this font but I do not know if this font really existed or it was created by the architect out of nowhere. If there was such a history of this font, I wanted to recreate this font and make it available. If not, I had to create it from scratch in the same way, using only existing letters on the building. Finally, I made up my mind and decided to develop the font with all letters I have got. It was difficult to create a font based on the word, Банкъ. Because in the appearance of the letters, the midline of the letters on A, H, K was very distinct, both in the form of inclination and in more precise degrees. The serif part of the letters, the height of the upper and lower sides, differed from each other. I don't know whether it was done this way when the building was constructed or it happened over time. I prepared and kept the initial version of the font. I took a break for a while. I started digging on the story of the font again. Meanwhile, I was researching and got inspired by similar fonts. Unfortunately, my research on the font's history did not yield any results. I decided to continue finishing up the font. After developing the demo, I created the font by keeping certain parts of these differences in the letters. In addition, I had to consider the development of letters in the Cyrillic, as well as the Latin alphabet, over the past period. Thus, I began to look at the appearance of slab-serif or serif fonts of that time. In general, as I gain more experience in developing fonts, I try to focus on the precision of the design for each font. In recent years, I specifically paid attention to this matter. YouTube channel and articles by Alexandra K.'s of ParaType, as well as, information and samples from TypeType and Fontfabric studios on the Cyrillic alphabet were quite useful. I gathered data regarding the Latin alphabet from various credible sources. I do not know if I could accomplish what I aimed at but I know one thing that I could develop the font. Maybe someday I'll have to revise this font. For now, I share it with you. I created the font in 10 styles. 7 weight from Thin to Extra Black, an Outline, Shadow, and Art Nouveau. The Art Nouveau style was inspired by the texture in the background used for the text on the building. The texture I applied to capital letters adds beauty to the font. If you like the font feel free to use it or simply let me know if your current alphabet doesn't support this font.

TA Bankslab graphic presentation at Behance The building of the Northern Bank of St. Petersburg's Baku branch was built in 1903-1905. It was the first Art Nouveau-style building in Baku, Azerbaijan. Later the bank was transformed into the Russian-Asian Bank. After the oil boom in Baku in the 19th century, branches of many banks and new banks were opened in the city. The branch of the Northern Bank of St. Petersburg was among the first banks that was opened in Baku. N.Bayev was the architect of the building for the branch of the Northern Bank of St. Petersburg located at Gorchakovskaya 3 in 1903-1905. The building currently houses the Central Branch of the International Bank of Azerbaijan. My purpose in writing this is not to copy and paste the information from Wikipedia. What attracted me to the building was the word "Банкъ" (Bank) written in Cyrillic letters, which was also used in Azerbaijan during the Soviet era. The exact date of the writing is not known. Every time I pass by this building, I always thought of creating a font of this writing someday. I had taken a photo of the building and saved it on my phone. I did a lot of research on the font and asked a lot of people. However, some did not provide information at all and some said they did not have any information. I was interested in the history of this font but I do not know if this font really existed or it was created by the architect out of nowhere. If there was such a history of this font, I wanted to recreate this font and make it available. If not, I had to create it from scratch in the same way, using only existing letters on the building. Finally, I made up my mind and decided to develop the font with all letters I have got. It was difficult to create a font based on the word, Банкъ. Because in the appearance of the letters, the midline of the letters on A, H, K was very distinct, both in the form of inclination and in more precise degrees. The serif part of the letters, the height of the upper and lower sides, differed from each other. I don't know whether it was done this way when the building was constructed or it happened over time. I prepared and kept the initial version of the font. I took a break for a while. I started digging on the story of the font again. Meanwhile, I was researching and got inspired by similar fonts. Unfortunately, my research on the font's history did not yield any results. I decided to continue finishing up the font. After developing the demo, I created the font by keeping certain parts of these differences in the letters. In addition, I had to consider the development of letters in the Cyrillic, as well as the Latin alphabet, over the past period. Thus, I began to look at the appearance of slab-serif or serif fonts of that time. In general, as I gain more experience in developing fonts, I try to focus on the precision of the design for each font. In recent years, I specifically paid attention to this matter. YouTube channel and articles by Alexandra K.'s of ParaType, as well as, information and samples from TypeType and Fontfabric studios on the Cyrillic alphabet were quite useful. I gathered data regarding the Latin alphabet from various credible sources. I do not know if I could accomplish what I aimed at but I know one thing that I could develop the font. Maybe someday I'll have to revise this font. For now, I share it with you. I created the font in 10 styles. 7 weight from Thin to Extra Black, an Outline, Shadow, and Art Nouveau. The Art Nouveau style was inspired by the texture in the background used for the text on the building. The texture I applied to capital letters adds beauty to the font. If you like the font feel free to use it or simply let me know if your current alphabet doesn't support this font.

Felousia – This font have more than 30 unique alternate and ligature that to give your logo, business card and another project to a unique vintage look. Felousia – this style works well for branding projects, logo, wedding designs, social media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, label, photography, watermark, invitation, or whatever project you’re working on. WHAT’S INCLUDED? Uppercase & lowercase letters. numbers. punctuation Ligature & Huge Stylistic alternate. Multilingual support. Still got a question? Send me a message and I’ll be happy to answer! qura.yahya@gmail.com

Introducing Quinn Display new generation Typeface created for building brand identity. Quinn Typeface created with the vision of to attract the audience to your brand . The finest details of this typeface are methodically and mathematically created. Quinn is created with all the tasks of a corporate font and also for the usage in a variety of projects, including branding, logos, titles, headlines, servers, posters, screens, display, digital ads, and everything else. We are putting a lot of effort on this font as a long-term project.

Belkin Display new generation Typeface. Belkin Dispaly Typeface created with the vision of attract the audience to your brand . The finest details of this typeface are methodically and mathematically created. Belkin is created with all the tasks of a corporate font and also for the usage in a variety of projects, including branding product, logos, titles, headlines, servers, posters, screens, display, digital ads, and everything else. We are putting a lot of effort on this font as a long-term project. 6 Weights Included.

Introducing Avoqado - All Caps Sans Serif Typeface Avoqado is retro, bold typeface loaded with 5 different styles.Very versatile font that works great in large and small sizes. Avoqado is perfect for branding projects, home-ware designs, product packaging, magazine headers - or simply as a stylish text overlay to any background image. Uppercase, numeral, punctuation & Symbol Regular Outline Outline 2.0 Dots Lines Multilingual support Feel free to contact me if you have any questions! Mock ups and backgrounds used are not included! Thank you! Enjoy!

Smoke Signals is a calligraphy font handmade using a real dip pen and ink with lots of bonus goodies. Smoke Signals includes: tons of ligatures for a smother text small caps that act as an all caps font a bonus set of ornaments a bonus set of grunge elements, such as splatters, ink blots, scratches Smoke Signals is perfect for any design that needs a vintage calligraphy look. Use it in signatures and logos, notes and quotes, social media posts, and branding and packaging.

Put on your top hat, tie up your white tie, brush off your tails and surrender your serifs at the door! We've popped open a bottle of French Champagne for you, but don't worry, because our latest stylishly handsome, devilishly clever offering doesn't just offer thrills and chills, it’s also Spillproof! So step out and breathe an atmosphere that simply reeks with class and distinction, What a swell font for party invitations, soirees, nightclubs and weddings this is! See the families related to SpillProof: Spills.

Loppemarked is Flea market in danish, and that’s where I got the inspiration to do these fonts from! Headline - chunky serifs here and there, and some are missing! No attempt to get it right…anywhere! Text - The letters are scribbled quickly, leaving not much attention to accuracy. Sans - With this font, there has been some effort to hit the same width of strokes, but it is still off here and there. All in all, the sweet innocence in these letters…I love it! <3</p>

Tosca is a very elegant and decorative typeface with 730 glyphs. I put a second set of capital letters in the places of the smallcaps. So just type the word in lowercase, then select the first letter and convert it to smallcap in the OpenType menu. I also give you a ton of ligatures that can be accessed via OpenType. I am slowly learning to use these OpenType features, it is fun, but it is a lot of work. Your forever learning type-designer Gert Wiescher

Almanach is a multifunctional, sans-serif font, suitable for a wide range of applications. The universality is it’s strength, but it is not impersonal. It’s character can be felt in the delicately softened endings of letters and in the dancing numbers. The italics is designed in compliance with the rules adequate to the italian sherif typefaces. This is particularly evident in the Cyrillic script, where a lot of characters have a different form than their upright counterparts. Almanach looks familiar. You will surely hit it off.

Rilke, is the lettering used by Gustav Klimt on the 1st Vienna Secession poster in 1898 and is named for Klimt’s contemporary the poet Rainer Maria Rilke. The Vienna Secession was a group of artists whose motto was "to every age its art and to art its freedom." Their goal was to create a new style not based upon any historical influence. Its subtle curving strokes and the idiosyncratic set of the various characters create an elegant lightness which lends itself well to poetry, inscription

The Delivery Matrix typestyle is inspired by the high bleed stamp printing on some shipped packages I've received over the years. An extended techno dot matrix style, good for so many uses at a wide variety of sizes, even with the tight "e" and "s" characters. Do you send out packages to friends...? Do you make techno style art/flyers...? Here is a typestyle for you. Put the power of the Digital and Postal systems in your computer and at your fingertips, get Delivery Matrix today!

Cevilla Grotesk is a thick and quirky sans serif that is loaded with personality. Handcrafted for branding and logo projects, Cevilla Grotesk brings a unique aesthetic to any design thanks to its distinct embellishments and unique stylized cutouts found throughout the letterforms. Put those Google and Adobe Fonts away for your next branding project! With a striking bold appearance, Cevilla Grotesk is sure to bring a totally new look to anything from logos, websites, magazines and posters, to emails, social media posts and so much more!

Compacta is the work of Fred Lambert and is reminiscent of the extremely narrow, sans serif stencilled fonts of the 1920s, then intended as titles or headlines for magazines and posters. The characters of all cuts are narrow and the space between letters is very small. The white spaces between strokes are perceived almost as only small white stripes and dots which stand out from the black bands of the lines of text. Compacta is not meant for longer texts but is impressive in titles and headlines.

Rose river – This font has more than 70 unique alternate and ligature to give your logo, business card, and another project a unique vintage look. Rose river – this style works well for branding projects, logo, wedding designs, social media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, label, photography, watermark, invitation, or whatever project you’re working on. WHAT’S INCLUDED? Uppercase & lowercase letters. numbers. punctuation Ligature & Huge Stylistic alternate. Multilingual support. Still got a question? Send me a message and I’ll be happy to answer! qura.yahya@gmail.com

Much Ado is a quirky-yet-practical all-caps handwritten font family with just enough subtle variation between uppercase and lowercase letters to keep things interesting. It's pretty great on: Informative infographics Clever indie comics K-Pop cover band posters (and other types of posters) Invitations to cool parties for cool people Eye-catching Instagram posts Sliced bread ...or anything that needs a pinch of fun and a double dose of legibility. Whimsical but supremely readable, Much Ado is imperfectly perfect for both body and headers.

Compacta is the work of Fred Lambert and is reminiscent of the extremely narrow, sans serif stencilled fonts of the 1920s, then intended as titles or headlines for magazines and posters. The characters of all cuts are narrow and the space between letters is very small. The white spaces between strokes are perceived almost as only small white stripes and dots which stand out from the black bands of the lines of text. Compacta is not meant for longer texts but is impressive in titles and headlines.

If you ever dream about light vibe, playful, easy going, cute, has some nature touch in it and still has a good read-ability font: it's time to wake up. Florentina is here. The "ink bleed", irregular line, it looks like you write it by yourself. Not mentioning that dreamy hand-drawn bonus... LOTS OF THEM. And it is support 22 languages as well. I hope it support yours. Happy designing! BONUS vector can be downloaded from https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fwgkzcecjy8tqsu/AADi06i-Hf0R49mtT8_DPMw8a?dl=0

Introducing Moraco Display new generation Typeface created for building brand identity. Moraco Typeface created with the vision of to attract the audience to your brand. The finest details of this typeface are methodically and mathematically created. Moraco is created with all the tasks of a corporate font and also for the usage in a variety of projects, including branding, logos, titles, headlines, posters, screens, display, digital ads, and everything else. We are putting a lot of effort on this font as a long-term project.

The sheet music for the 1934 tune "Two in A Dream" had the title hand lettered in a bold type style that utilized some stencil and some solid lettering. Following through on the stencil portion of the design, Tuxedo Stencil JNL was created in both regular and oblique versions. The 1930s were the era of elegant supper clubs and night spots, and it was not unusual to find gentlemen all decked out in formal wear for an evening on the town, hence the font's name.

Dream Within a Dream was the title of exhibition of Czech art inspired by the work of Edgar Allan Poe curated by Otto M Urban and Veronika Hulíková. Three dozens of artists exhibited their works in the Czech National Gallery in 2020. The cataloguje was printed with the use of the present typeface. Artists took significant interest in Poe's literary oeuvre only after the writer's untimely death. This was mainly thanks to the poet Charles Baudelaire who translated Poe's works to French. As early as in the second half of the 19th century, prominent artists such as Edouard Manet, Odilon Redon, James Ensor and Gustave Doré created remarkable artworks inspired by Poe. Although the first Czech translations of Poe's woks date to the 1850s, artworks inspired by them only appeared several decades later, at the turn on the 20th century. Poe's poems and short stories inspired František Kupka and soon after him, Josef Váchal, Jan Konůpek and František Kobliha. Alfred Kubin, a German artist born in Bohemia, made illustrations for the German translation of Poe's collected stories. Later on, Alén Diviš and František Tichý created further Poe-inspired artworks. Poe was a source of inspiration for Jan Švankmajer and more recently, František Štorm and Jaroslav Róna.

KnockType is based on the concept of braille notation in Japanese. It does not support braille notation in other languages. KnockType is not necessarily aimed at facilitating “braille transcription”. It is designed so that someone who understands the grammar of “braille transcription” can instantly transliterate into braille text that was previously transcribed to kana characters, etc. In addition, it allows ink characters to be converted to braille using OpenType features. It is recommended for use in applications that are compatible with OpenType features. If they are not compatible, KnockType is “simply a kana font”. To be a little more specific, it is assumed that KnockType will be used in Adobe’s InDesign and Illustrator applications. If you don't have them, you will not get satisfactory results. Four types of font are available. There are “hasBox&Line”, “hasnotBox&Line”, and the reversed font of each. When displayed on a convex surface, the assumption is that they will be used mainly for printing applications. When displayed on a concave surface, the assumption is that they will be used mainly for writing on braille boards, etc. By printing, you can get a rough idea of the dot positions. It is more effective to match them to the grid size of the braille board.

Polydot is an experimental Font, built following its own rules. It has interesting letter shapes, making it a perfect choice for creative packaging and magazine design. At the same time it makes a beautiful, neat but vivid text pattern when used in smaller sizes: Use it for children’s books, food and beverage, cosmetics or health topics. Each Glyph is based on at least one dot on the body line, and has up to two more on the lower case level and the ascender level. Since they have the same size and are on the same height on all letters, no matter what weight and shape, these dots give a strong structure to the typeface, allowing for dynamic and easy letter shapes, inspired by brush strokes. It’s not a hand font but it has the dynamics of one. It has no serifs but provides the structure and readability of a roman type. It has an extensive choice of weights, but it’s characteristic dots have the same size and it has the same tracking through all weights. Try it, it’s special.

An isolated letters typeface design with a comic feel. All letters start with a prominent circular dot. All final shape letters end with a smaller dot, in addition. The Nuqat (Arabic for dots) font family has four members which include two weights, normal and bold, and comes in regular and left-slanted italic styles. This font family design follows the guidelines of Mutamathil Taqlidi type style with one glyph for every basic Arabic Unicode character or letter, as defined in the latest Unicode Standards, and one additional final form glyph, for the freely-connecting letters in traditional Arabic cursive text. The Nuqat font family employs variable x-height values. Nuqat includes only Lam-Alif ligatures. Soft-vowel diacritic marks, harakat, are selectively positioned. Most of them appear by default on the same level, following a letter, to ensure that they would not interfere visually with letters. Tatweel is a zero-width glyph. Keying the tatweel key before Alif-Lam-Lam-Ha will display the Allah ligature. Nuqat includes both Arabic and Arabic-Indic numerals, in addition to standard punctuations.

ITC Johnston is the result of the combined talents of Dave Farey and Richard Dawson, based on the work of Edward Johnston. In developing ITC Johnston, says London type designer Dave Farey, he did “lots of research on not only the face but the man.” Edward Johnston was something of an eccentric, “famous for sitting in a deck chair and carrying toast in his pockets.” (The deck chair was his preferred furniture in his own living room; the toast was so that he’d always have sustenance near at hand.) Johnston was also almost single-handedly responsible, early in this century, for the revival in Britain of the Renaissance calligraphic tradition of the chancery italic. His book Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering (with its peculiar extraneous comma in the title) is a classic on its subject, and his influence on his contemporaries was tremendous. He is perhaps best remembered, however, for the alphabet that he designed in 1916 for the London Underground Railway (now London Transport), which was based on his original “block letter” model. Johnston’s letters were constructed very carefully, based on his study of historical writing techniques at the British Museum. His capital letters took their form from the best classical Roman inscriptions. “He had serious rules for his sans serif style,” says Farey, “particularly the height-to-weight ratio of 1:7 for the construction of line weight, and therefore horizontals and verticals were to be the same thickness. Johnston’s O’s and C’s and G’s and even his S’s were constructions of perfect circles. This was a bit of a problem as far as text sizes were concerned, or in reality sizes smaller than half an inch. It also precluded any other weight but medium ‘ any weight lighter or heavier than his 1:7 relationship.” Johnston was famously slow at any project he undertook, says Farey. “He did eventually, under protest, create a bolder weight, in capitals only ‘ which took twenty years to complete.” Farey and his colleague Richard Dawson have based ITC Johnston on Edward Johnston’s original block letters, expanding them into a three-weight type family. Johnston himself never called his Underground lettering a typeface, according to Farey. It was an alphabet meant for signage and other display purposes, designed to be legible at a glance rather than readable in passages of text. Farey and Dawson’s adaptation retains the sparkling starkness of Johnston’s letters while combining comfortably into text. Johnston’s block letter bears an obvious resemblance to Gill Sans, the highly successful type family developed by Monotype in the 1920s. The young Eric Gill had studied under Johnston at the London College of Printing, worked on the Underground project with him, and followed many of the same principles in developing his own sans serif typeface. The Johnston letters gave a characteristic look to London’s transport system after the First World War, but it was Gill Sans that became the emblematic letter form of British graphic design for decades. (Johnston’s sans serif continued in use in the Underground until the early ‘80s, when a revised and modernized version, with a tighter fit and a larger x-height, was designed by the London design firm Banks and Miles.) Farey and Dawson, working from their studio in London’s Clerkenwell, wanted to create a type family that was neither a museum piece nor a bastardization, and that would “provide an alternative of the same school” to the omnipresent Gill Sans. “These alphabets,” says Farey, referring to the Johnston letters, “have never been developed as contemporary styles.” He and Dawson not only devised three weights of ITC Johnston but gave it a full set of small capitals in each weight ‘ something that neither the original Johnston face nor the Gill faces have ‘ as well as old-style figures and several alternate characters.

Comenia Sans was designed in the framework of a unique typographic project for all types of schools. It is a complementary face for Comenia Serif, released by our friends at Storm Type Foundry. Comenia Sans has a lot in common with its serif sister: the height of both upper and lower case, the length of ascenders and descenders, and the general weight. This makes the two perfect partners which work well even when set side by side in a single line of text. Comenia Sans does, however, lack all serifs, ornamental elements and stroke stress variation. All these elements freshen up the feel of long texts, but for shorter texts use, they are not necessary. Despite that, Comenia Sans retains the soft, friendly character of its big sister, as well as a few tiny details which lend it its unique character without compromising legibility or utility. Open counters give all letters an airy feel and permit enough variation in construction. This is why the face works well even in multiple-page texts. All its letters are easily distinguished from each other, so the reader's eyes are not strained. Diacritics and punctuation harmonize with both upper and lower case. As usually, all diacritical marks fully respect conventional shapes of accents and they are perfectly suitable for Czech, Slovak, Polish and other Central European languages, where a lot of diacritics abounds. Similarly to the renaissance italics which refers to the cursive forms, Comenia Sans introduces novel shapes of some characters drawing from the hand-written heritage. This is most apparent in the single-bellied a, the simplified g, and the stem of f which crosses the baseline and ends with a distinct terminal. In the text, emphasized words are thus distinguished not only by the slant of letters, but also by the shapes of the letters themselves. All twelve styles contain set of small caps, suitable for the names, in the indexes or the headlines in longer texts. Legibility in small sizes under 10 points was at the center of designers' attention, too. This is why the counters of a, e and g are large enough to prevent ink spread in small sizes, both on-screen and in print. After all, the font was specifically optimized for screen use: its sober, simple forms are perfectly fit to be displayed on the computer screen and in other low-resolution devices. When used in the context of architecture, the smoothness of all contours stands out, permitting to enlarge the letters almost without limit. A standard at the Suitcase Type Foundry, each style of Comenia Sans boasts a number of ligatures, an automatic replacement of small caps and caps punctuation, a collection of mathematical symbols, and several types of numerals which make it easy to set academic and other texts in an organised, well-arranged way. For the same purpose, fractions may come in handy, too. Apart from the standard emphasis styles, the family also contains six condensed cuts (each set has the same number of characters), designated for situations where space is limited or the need for striking, poster-like effect arises. Comenia Sans is the ideal choice for the setting of magazines, picture books, and navigation systems alike. Its excellent legibility and soft, fine details will be appreciated both in micro-typography and in poster sizes. Although it was designed as a member of a compact system, it will work equally well on its own or in combination with other high-quality typefaces.

Get ready to chill and thrill with Chillink Font! With its bold and playful style, this font is sure to make your text pop and stand out from the crowd. Plus, its unparalleled readability and versatility make it the perfect choice for any project, whether it's a social media post, website design, or even a logo. The best thing about Chillink Font is that it's so easy to use! Just copy and paste it into any project, and you'll be ready to go in no time at all.

An early drawing tablet was largely responsible for the LeakorLeach typefaces. They resemble hand lettering using cake icing or done with an ink pen that leaves lots of ink blobs or ink blots. The family has two widths, plain and condensed, and in addition to each having an oblique style, each also has a leftward-inclined style. There may not be many uses for a leftward-inclined typeface, but for those needing one, the LeakorLeach family offers two. The LeakorLeach typefaces are unlike any other faces from IngrimayneType.