In researching historic decorative material offered by Lanston Monotype as well as other metal foundries such as Barnhart Brothers and Spindler, there were occasionally ornaments that defied description. Perhaps it was a Victorian sense of humor or someone really thought these were a good idea or perhaps popular taste has just changed so much over the last hundred years, or our forbearers were completely insane. In any case, LTC is somewhat proud to present a collection of the most bizarre, disturbing and baffling printers ornaments we could find. Along with mutant fowl-children and frolicsome amphibians, there are also Masonic and other secret fraternal symbols that may not be creepy to everyone, but just enough to be moderately disturbing.

In a specimen book from Stevens, Shanks & Sons, Ltd. of London (circa1930s) “Royal Gothic” was their version of a classic grotesk sans that had been in use as far back as 1899 when the Keystone Foundry called it “Charter Oak”. The terms "gothic" and "grotesk" were equally applied to early sans serif typefaces – at first not well embraced by printers as being too ugly (grotesque) for use. One familiar characteristic of early grotesk fonts (such as this one) is the numerous variations of character widths and shapes. By combining those two terms into a font name, the digital version of this design is called Gothic Grotesk JNL, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.

First place in a spelling-bee competition, a Harvard University diploma or the Nobel Peace Prize? You can't go wrong with this classic Swedish calligraphy font, created by veteran designer Bo Berndal. He named Gertrud after his better half, but was also inspired by old handwritten documents: "Gertrud is a calligraphic letter design from the 16th century. I used it when I engrossed diplomas with a flat-nibbed pen in the 1980's. When I got my Mac I generated the typeface in Fontographer." Gertrud (the typeface) comes in three weights, with roman and italic. It is an OpenType creation, for both PC and Mac. Swedish type foundry T4 premieres new fonts every month. Gertrud is our sixth introduction.

Fellbaum Grotesk is a condensed typeface with both grotesque and cursive/humanist attributes. Fellbaum Grotesk Regular presents a clean, “grotesk” exterior, while the Italic version features faint slab-style flourishes. These characteristics, combined with a subtle stroke contrast and slightly extended x-height make for a distinct, and artisanal appearance. The family was inspired by the condensed & sterile, yet quirky, sans serifs found on a lot of vintage apothecary labels & municipal street signage. Both styles in the family are modest enough to work as secondary fonts, but also sport enough character to work as a primary sans face for wordmarks, logos, headers, etc. Fellbaum Grotesk Features: • 14 Fonts, 7 Weights, 2 Styles • OpenType Support • Adobe CE Language Support • Dingbats

Aldo New Roman (1000+ glyphs, incl. medieval Latin, Cyrillic, some Greek, ornaments, small capitals, nut fractions...) Renaissance antiqua · Venetian types · Venetian serif · Humanist serif · Old style antiqua A modern version of the typeface cut by Francesco Griffo for Venetian printer Aldus Manutius around 1490 AD. Intentionally not the original Griffo / Aldus / Bembo — but the part of the large project on revival and further development (by drawing many additional glyphs, sometimes over 1000) of the 20th century's typewriters’ fonts. Triple pun here :: :: #1 Aldine Roman type; #2 Since it is equalized, modernized version — the parallel to the Times New Roman; #3 He called himself Aldus Pius Manutius Romanus — he was a new Roman during his Renaissance times.

"Soup Du Jour" is French and simply means "Soup Of the Day" - may not sound interesting, but I can tell you that I have had several tasty soup of the day served. I wanted to make a font that resembles that feeling of not really knowing what you get served, but you got a feeling that it is something good! The font has got 6 different versions of each letter, and they automatically changes as you type - it makes your text organic and lively, and probably quite tasty too! :) "Soup Du Jour" is also a well-known quote from one of my favourite movies: "Dumb and dumber"

Ravenstonedale is a village in Cumbria, England. There’s not much to see in this quaint village, but the landscape surrounding it is beautiful. This font was sort of based on a number of handwritten letters by English author D.H. Lawrence. It is not a true reflection of the man’s handwriting, though, as I had to design a lot of missing glyphs myself; it was merely an inspiration. Ravenstonedale comes in a slightly slanted ‘regular’ version and a more slanted ‘Italic’ version. In order to stay true to the handwritten nature of this script, I have added a lot of ligatures, plus all the diacritics you could hope for.

When you need a handpainted sign, this is the one to use. Manual Marquee is inspired by handpainted signs, retro ticket stubs, coffee shop menu boards, and flea market price tags. The font has multilingual support, including not just basic letters and punctuation but also a whole slew of accented glyphs to accommodate all languages. It’s a clean handwritten sans serif that teeters the line between clean technical digital and rough handpainted letterforms. Whether you want a more rough and authentic look, or a cleaner and more polished one, Manual Marquee has got you covered. Plus, it’s easy to use in any design software, making it the perfect choice for both professional designers and hobbyists alike. So why settle for a plain and generic font when you can add a touch of personality and vintage charm to your designs with Manual Marquee. Get your hands on this one-of-a-kind font today and elevate your designs to the next level! Manual Marquee includes the following characters: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 !@#$%^&*()`~♥✿•· ÷×+−±≈=≠≥≤[]<>:;'”,.\|/?{}“”‘’-–—_ ‚„©®™‹›«»°¹²³¡¿₱¢€£¥¶§†´`ˆˇ˜¨˙˚˘¯˝˛¸- ÁÀÂÄȦÃÅĂĀĄÆĆĈČĊÇÐĐÉÈÊËĖĒĘḞǴĜǦḠĠĤȞḦḢIÍÌÎÏĪĮĴḰǨŁḾṀŃÑŇ ÓÒÔÖÕŌŐØŒṔṖŔŘṘŚŜŠŞȘŤṪȚÚÙÛÜŨŮŬŪŰŲẂẀŴẄẆÝŶŸŹẐŽŻƵ áàâäȧãåăāąæćĉčċçðđéèêëėēęḟǵĝǧḡġĥȟḧḣıíìîïīįĵḱǩłḿṁńñň óòôöõōőøœṕṗŕřṙśŝšşșťṫțúùûüũůŭūűųẃẁŵẅẇýŷÿźẑžżƶ

Supermarket was inspired by a particular naïf Brazilian hand-lettering alphabet used in commercial advertising posters (promotions, offers, discount price, etc) used in some supermarkets at Recife, Brazil.

ROHS Simplicity is a handwritten font. It's perfect for , branding, stationery design, social media, packaging, magazine layout, prints, and more.

Camerota is a relaxed handwritten font. It’s perfect for branding, stationery design, social media, packaging, magazine layout, prints, and more.

During the investigation of the infamous murders in Whitechapel, police received several letters allegedly from Jack the Ripper. Of the hundreds received, the so-called, “Dear Boss” letter actually included some details of a crime that had yet to be committed. Soon after, the information in this letter would be corroborated at a crime scene. This font was inspired by the handwriting in that letter. It includes dozens of European characters…and just might be the writing of Jack himself!

A FEW THOUGHTS Indie is a trendy script, result of the wide range of possibilities that can be achieved using a pointed brush. (1) “You Only Live Once” say The Strokes, (to me, symbols of indie music) so, what would represent that sensation of volatility better than a brush? As you may already know, this time inspiration came from hipsters and indies around us: We may sometimes criticise them, we may sometimes want to be like them, but the truth is that the universo gráfico they generated these past years is gigantic, full of colour and variations. (2) Brush lettering and Sign painting are fields I've been fond of since I started as a designer. Nowadays, these styles are getting a lot of attention and maybe it’s due to the undeniable mark of life that is materialised when using a brush. This tool is so expressive that shows the passions and fears of the artist, and materialises that idea of “living the present”, so popular in this era. When you see Indie, you think of skaters, rollers, surfers, hiphop dancers, street artists, summer, and why not? California beaches. So if you feel life is only one, it’s high time you got Indie into your fonts' collection! STYLES Indie comes in 4 styles plus another one which consists only in capitals. Indie; Indie Shade; Indie Shade Solo; Indie Inline are all open-type programmed and have exactly the same glyphs and metrics, so you can combine them without probem. (I.E. You may use Indie Inline, then write the same word using Indie Shade Solo, and finally put them together). In applications such as Adobe Illustrator, the font has nice results when fi ligatures is activated. However, if you want a more casual look, activate the contextual and the decorative ligatures. NOTES 1. After several years of practicing calligraphy I can say that to me, there’s nothing more satisfying than being able to create fonts out of your own handlettering. I owe a lot of this brush-style to Carl Rohrs. He was the very first calligrapher who taught it to me. His style is unique and what he can do with a brush is truly marvelous. I'm serious. 2. In spite of some particular cases, I can say I'm happy to live in a present in which Typography is living a kind of Renaissance along with Lettering. Like it happened with W. Morris a hundred years ago, handcrafts are being revalued/reborn, and some of this may be happening thanks to these indie designers that, trying to be unique, gave new/fresh air to different areas of graphic design.

Hi...Thank for your visit :) Fake Boss Modern Fonts are font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding invitations, blogs, online shops, social media, while printing can be used in the field of product clothing, accessories, bags, pins, logos, business cards, watermarks and many others ... so it can make your product look elegant and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...

Linsingen is a font family inspired by Brazilian tea barrel labels printed with lithography in the beginning of the 20th century. The family consists of three styles - Linsingen Vintage, which preserves the shapes found in the original prints; Linsingen Moderna, a contemporary interpretation of the original shapes, with increased contrast and sharper lines; and Linsingen Stencil. All of the three styles are suited for titles and headlines.

Hi...Thank for your visit :) Albertho A Bold Fonts are font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding invitations, blogs, online shops, social media, while printing can be used in the field of product clothing, accessories, bags, pins, logos, business cards, watermarks and many others ... so it can make your product look elegant and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...

Quick Meal JNL is a ‘hand lettered’ interpretation of Morris Fuller Benton’s 1905 design “Miehle Extra Condensed Title”, no doubt named for [or on behalf of] the manufacturer of printing and die cutting presses that were used for years within the printing industry. The type face is available in both regular and oblique versions. Quick Meal JNL is a pun on the pronunciation of ‘Miehle’.

The Olaus Magnus and Olaus Bandus alphabets are inspired by the letterforms cut in the pictures and wood-cuts of Olaus Magnus great book Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus. This great history of the Nordic Peoples was printed in Rome in 1555 in his own printing shop there. Olaus Magnus, Catholic priest and appointed archbishop by the Pope, never returned to the now Lutheran Sweden.

Hi...Thank for your visit :) Toddler a handmade fonts are font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding invitations, blogs, online shops, social media, while printing can be used in the field of product clothing, accessories, bags, pins, logos, business cards, watermarks and many others ... so it can make your product look elegant and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...

Created from real hand-painted letters, this font is designed to look like a painted sign.

In Vasetters the letters are cut from the shape of a tessellating vase. To get the tessellating effect, the two sets of letters (and numbers and some symbols) must alternate, and this is done automatically in applications that support the OpenType feature of Contextual Alternatives (calt). Vasetters is monospaced and comes in two weights. The regular weight is tightly spaced, which should not be a problem at large point sizes. At small point sizes adjacent letters can be colored differently or the character spacing can be increased. The lighter weight can be used alone or layered above the regular weight to create the effect of hollow lettering. Vasetters is is fun, bizarre, weird, and obviously a decorative display font.

ZF Ydor font family has been created to give a crafty, hand drawn look to your project. Its characters have been drawn by hand to give them a warm and authentic look. It was designed as a generic handwritten font; almost a mild handwritten font. The creation of ZF Ydor started for a specific work of our design firm, for which we needed a font that was handwritten, easy to read, and did not seem to be childish or comic, as several handwritten fonts do. ZF Ydor comes in five basic weights, is intended to work best in print materials as well as websites and digital apps, for small family companies, organic products and others. It also feels comfortable with short or large texts, in small and large sizes, due to clear and rounded characters. It supports all Latin language and the Greek too.

The Sun and Flower is a precise display font yet a good looking crafting font. It is created by precise and combined building blocks that form a unique shape for each characters. The font is suitable for Crafting of course but as well for widely creative ideas. Add this beautiful display font to each of your creative ideas and notice how it makes them stand out! Whether it’s for web, print, moving images or anything else – The Sun and Flower will give a spectacular look to your design. Below what’s included in this product: The Sun and Flower • A unique crafting font. It contains upper & lowercase characters, all punctuation and numerals. Language Support; It does support basic International Characters That's a wrap! I do really hope you like this font, and please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Also, drop by to our instagram! Tigadestd | Doli Harahap

Introducing Groovy of Love, Thanks for checking out Groovy of Love! A very fun yet elegant script font with lots of energy, it lets you create beautiful handcrafted typography in an instant. With extra curves & twists, Groovy of Love is guaranteed to make your text stand out - perfect for logos, printed quotes, invitations, cards, product packaging, headers, weddings and anything else you can imagine. What's really awesome is that Groovy of Love comes with a full set of lowercase alternatives, which allow you to create more authentic custom-feel text. This type has become the work of true love, making it as easy and fun as possible. I can't wait to see what you do with Groovy of Love! Feel free to use the #Black Studio tag and the #Groovy of Love font to show what you've been up to, I really hope you enjoy it! Thank you!

The product of 5 months of work. This unicode font supports 1 latin and 16 ancient languages. When you install this font, the latin alphabet will appear if you do not have the appropriate software. Although there are other unicode fonts that print these ancient texts, this font has the design I use in all my fonts. That's the difference. You can easily use this font with related software. https://www.babelstone.co.uk/Software/BabelPad.html you can choose my font with babelstone babelpad software at this address and write it here and then copy and paste it to the relevant place. This font includes the following languages. Latin, Old Hungarian, Old Turkic, Old Italic, Runic, Tifinagh, Lycian, Lydian, Carian ,Phoenician, Cypriot, Ogham, Old South Arabian, Old North Arabian, Includes, Old Percian, and Ugaritic. This is a unicode font. Please learn how to use it and buy it.

Migueto is a serif typeface with ligatures also complete multilingual glyphs. Migueto come with Regular style, it will make this typeface can be used in all design projects and works perfectly for pairing with script typeface or handmade fonts, Headlines, Posters, Packaging, T-shirts, Postcards, Invitation, Wedding Sign, Sign Painting, Signboard, and much more. Try Migueto, enjoy the richness of OpenType features and let her fun and elegant excitement make you happy and enhance your creativity! You can use this font very easily. • Multilingual Support And Special Ligatures If you do not have programs that support OpenType features like Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw X Versions, you can access all alternative flying machines using Font Book (Mac) or Character Map (Windows)

A script font set based on the writings and sketches of Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin. This naturalistic writing font was based on Gauguin's notebooks from his travels to Tahiti and the South Seas. This set presents two styles of script fonts (Regular & Brush) and a set of decorative extras featuring Gauguin woodcuts, sketches and imagery from his paintings. P22 Gauguin Pro incorporates the font P22 Gauguin Regular plus over 350 additional characters including: Stylistic alternates for all characters (a-z, A-Z), Central European and Cyrillic character sets, ligatures, swash characters and many OpenType features. Gauguin Pro is an OpenType font but is bundled with Gauguin Regular and Gauguin Alternate for use in applications that do not take full advantage of OpenType fonts.

Machin is a French word meaning 'thing'. Apparently, it is also a species of macaque from the Philippines, but I named this font after the French word! Machin is based on a really old font I made back in the day. It was called Whynot and (because I didn't know a thing about making fonts at the time) I could not get it to work properly, so it had its 15 minutes of fame before it was pulled off of the internet. Machin was made using the recycled glyphs from Whynot and it does work. It comes with extensive language support (yes, Vietnamese and Sami too), some handy ligatures and a lot of scribbly panache.

Minor is contemporary simple equable text grotesk in 6 weights with italics. It combines the best features of neo- and humanist sans types for legibility and easy reading. Clean design and balanced white spaces enables using Minor for long texts. Or in any other work as secondary invisible type in pair with display face. Using as primary type in large sizes it, static and non-emotional, will focus attention to text content. Minor family supports Latin Extended-A (Western, Central Europe, Baltic, Turkish) and Cyrillic Extended encoding languages. All styles contain basic OT-features and numeric forms for text typography.

In the wake of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution there was a desire for a clear classical blackletter font without frills. That is why in 1793 the famous printer and editor Johann Friedrich Unger and his partner Johann Christian Gubitz accomplished their own fraktur. Now you will be able to use both regular and bold styles of this highly readable blackletter font. It is recommended to activate both OT features Standard and Discretionary Ligatures to access all ligatures in both these fonts. Typing N-o-period and activating the ordinal feature gives you the numero sign.

Centar Sans is a simple, modern, universal, powerful, invisible but not characterless, sans serif family. The family is designed for identities & corporate projects. Its wide range of styles covers lots of possibilities of use, from headlines to texts. It supports a lot of languages including cyrillic and comes along with 19 OpenType features - Small Caps, ligatures, alternates and many more. Regular styles are FREE! Extended detail here. or here.

Kira is a modern hand-painted script with an irregular baseline. Rough edges and imperfect lines give to this brush font a unique and trendy look. All glyphs have been carefully painted giving your words a wonderful flow. Fat and thin stroke in this font impresses the harmony. Want to give your projects an organic, hand-painted look? Kira font contains 717 glyphs, with inky lines, and “perfect or imperfect” painted edges, including a few extra character alternates, stylistics and contextual alternates, swashes, stylistics sets, ligatures for a genuine hand-lettered effect. This font includes OpenType features that may only be accessible via OpenType-aware applications, a Central European language support. To activate the optional glyphs you may click on Swash, Contextual, Standard Ligatures and Discretionary, Titling, or Stylistic sets buttons in any OpenType savvy program or manually choose the characters from Glyph Palette. Bonus: 40 useful ornaments and a lot of catchwords that you use for the most demanding design project! Kira looks lovely on wedding invitations, greeting cards, logos, business cards and is perfect for using in ink or watercolour based designs, fashion, magazines, food packaging and menus, book covers and more!