Max Joseph Gradl designed Art Nouveau jewelry in Germany. At least some of his designs were produced by Theodor Fahrner of Pforzheim, Germany -- one of the leading manufacturers of fine art jewelry on the Continent from 1855 to 1979. I don't know if he designed for Fahrner exclusively, but every example I found was produced by that firm. I assume it was also the same M.J, who edited a book, Authentic Art Nouveau Stained Glass which was reissued by Dover and is still available. For an artist as accomplished as Gradl was, he is very tough to research. There just does not seem to have been much written about him. The jeweler is visible in most of his typeface designs. They exhibit a sculptural quality as if they were modeled in clay (or gold) rather than drawn on paper. His monograms, especially, reflect that quality. Those shown in plates 112 through 116 in Petzendorfer actually appear to have been designed specifically for fabricating in the form of gold or silver pendents. Of the initial letters that came out of Germany during this period, these by Gradl seem unusually open and lyrical. They seem to be dancing on the page, rather than sitting. Please note that Gradl designed only the decorated initials. All other characters supplied were extrapolated by HiH, including the accented initials. Orn.1 (unicode E004) is based on a jeweled gold clasp designed by Gradl (please check out Gallery Image on Myfonts.com). Also included are an art nouveau girl’s face, a swan and the face from Munch’s “Scream”, from scans of old printer’s ornaments. Gradl Initialen M represents a major extension of the original release, with the following changes: 1. Added glyphs for the 1250 Central Europe, the 1252 Turkish and the 1257 Baltic Code Pages. Added glyphs to complete standard 1252 Western Europe Code Page. Special glyphs relocated and assigned Unicode codepoints, some in Private Use area. Total of 341 glyphs. Both upper & lower case provided with appropriate accents. 2. 558 Kerning Pairs. 3. Added OpenType GSUB layout features: salt, dlig, ornm and kern. 4. Revised vertical metrics for improved cross-platform line spacing. 5. Refined various glyph outlines. 6. Alternative characters: 16 upper case letters (with gaps in surrounding decorations for accents above letter). 8. Four Ornaments: face1, face2, swan and orn1 (silhouette of Gradl clasp) The zip package includes two versions of the font at no extra charge. There is an OTF version which is in Open PS (Post Script Type 1) format and a TTF version which is in Open TT (True Type)format. Use whichever works best for your applications.

Shout is a “Hey, Look at ME” font. It is an attention-getting font for posters, flyers and ads. Its lineage includes the Haas Type Foundry’s 19th century advertising font, Kompakte Grotesk, which Jan Tschichold (1902-1974) dryly described as “extended sans serif” and which graphic designer Roland Holst (1868-1938) would have disapprovingly referred to as a “shout,” as opposed to the quiet presentation of information that he believed was the proper function of advertising. In 1963 Letraset released what appears to be an updated variation in multiple weights designed by Frederick Lambert called Compacta. Shout draws heavily on Compacta, as well as other similar fonts of the 50s and 60s like Eurostile Bold Condensed and Permanent Headline. In weight, it falls about halfway between Compacta Bold and Compacta Black, but with a relatively heavier lower case that is not so easily pushed around by the upper case. After all, one can shout while sitting down. Shout is the first font released with our new encoding, as noted in the All_customer_readme.txt. The Euro symbol has been moved to position 128 and the Zcaron/zcaron have been added at positions 142/158 respectively. Otherwise, Shout has our usual idiosyncratic glyph selection, with the German ch/ck instead of braces, a long s instead of the Greek mu and our usual Hand-in-Hand symbol. There are also left and right glyphs of a big mouth ]ing (135/137) and left and right glyphs of an angry man shouting (172/177). Please use Shout with discretion. Folks get tired of being yelled out. After awhile, they stop listening. Shout ML represents a major extension of the original release, with the following changes: 1. Added glyphs for the 1250 Central Europe, the 1252 Turkish and the 1257 Baltic Code Pages. Add glyphs to complete standard 1252 Western Europe Code Page. Special glyphs relocated and assigned Unicode codepoints, some in Private Use area. Total of 355 glyphs. 2. Added OpenType GSUB layout features: pnum, ornm, liga, hist & salt. 3. Added 266 kerning pairs. 4. Revised vertical metrics for improved cross-platform line spacing. 5. Revised hyphen, dashes & math operators. 6. Minor refinements to various glyph outlines. 7. Inclusion of both tabular & proportional numbers. Please note that some older applications may only be able to access the Western Europe character set (approximately 221 glyphs). The zip package includes two versions of the font at no extra charge. There is an OTF version which is in Open PS (Post Script Type 1) format and a TTF version which is in Open TT (True Type)format. Use whichever works best for your applications.

Early in the 19th century, foundries began releasing a variety of decorated ornamental letters based on the Tuscan letterform. Fancy Tuscan letters quickly became so popular, they eventually came to represent the cluttered extremes of Victorian design. Foundries competed with each other to produce most extravagantly decorated letterforms. As often happens, success turned to excess. What is often overlooked is the long history of the Tuscan style. Early examples have been traced back to ancient Rome. Indeed, the characteristic bifurcation may have represented a fishtail to the early Christians, thus sharing in the roll of symbolic identification played by the simple drawing of a fish as a whole. Later. trifurcation was developed as an alternate termination, followed by loops, full fishtails, curls, hooks and other fancy variations. Nicolete Gray provides an extensive history in her Appendix One of NINETEENTH CENTURY ORNAMENTED TYPEFACES. According to Gray, the first metal typeface based on the Tuscan form was the Ornamented of 1817 by Vincent Figgins of London. Thorowgood followed suit in 1821, Fry in 1824 and Caslon in 1830. Each was to re-visit the form many times during the Victorian era. Here we present our interpretation of what Figgins might have produced in a basic, plain Tuscan form - free of the decorative additions. We are pretty safe here because Figgins was very creative. He explored many of the terminal variations listed above and combined them with different decorative devices to produce a constant stream of new faces to meet the demands of the marketplace. Figgins Tuscan ML represents a major extension of the original release, with the following changes: 1. Added glyphs for the 1250 Central Europe, the 1252 Turkish and the 1257 Baltic Code Pages. There are also a few glyphs for Anglo-Saxon, Gaelic and Old Gaelic. Total of 355 glyphs. 2. Added OpenType GSUB layout features: aalt, ornm and liga ˜ with total 34 lookups. 3. Added 351 kerning pairs. 4. Redesigned several glyphs: the comma, quotes, brackets, braces, acute accent, and grave accent. 5. Revised vertical metrics for improved cross-platform line spacing. Please note that some older applications may only be able to access the Western Europe character set (approximately 221 glyphs). The zip package includes two versions of the font at no extra charge. There is an OTF version which is in Open PS (Post Script Type 1) format and a TTF version which is in Open TT (True Type)format. Use whichever works best for your applications.

Round Rope - Playful Display Font Round Rope - Playful Display Font is a fun and colorful typeface that is perfect for adding a playful touch to any design. This font was inspired by the idea of creating a font that is both playful and whimsical, perfect for children's books, branding, packaging, posters, and any design that requires a fun and lighthearted touch. The font is designed with a playful, rounded appearance and features a hand-drawn feel that adds to its charm. Round Rope is a versatile typeface that can be used for a variety of design projects. Its playful and whimsical appearance makes it perfect for use in children's books, cartoons, and other designs that require a fun and lighthearted touch. It's also great for branding, packaging, and posters, where its unique style can help your designs stand out. This font comes with a range of features that make it a versatile and functional typeface. It includes uppercase and lowercase letters, as well as Opentype features such as alternates and ligatures, which allow you to create unique designs and add even more character to your text. It also includes support for multilingual characters, making it easy to use in designs that require different languages. In the font package, you will receive three file formats: Round Rope otf, Round Rope ttf, and Round Rope woff. These formats make it easy to use the font across different platforms and devices, ensuring that your designs look great no matter where they are viewed. Round Rope is a fun and playful font that is sure to bring a smile to your face. Its unique style and playful appearance make it a great choice for a wide range of design projects. Whether you're designing for children or adults, this font is sure to add a touch of whimsy and playfulness to your work. In summary, Round Rope - Playful Display Font is a fun and colorful typeface that is perfect for adding a playful touch to any design. Its unique style and playful appearance make it a great choice for a wide range of design projects, including branding, packaging, posters, and children's books. With its range of features and file formats, it's also a versatile and functional typeface that can be used across different platforms and devices.

James Paul is a versatile display font based on the designer's handwriting. The letterforms are legible even at small sizes. When set bigger, this bold script reveals hairline ink trails that add rhythm to its lively forms. James Paul contains alternate glyphs and ligatures.

A monoline handwritten script gives a clean and modern look with a natural & stylish flow. an incredible addition to your font library. This font is perfect for creating branding logos, typography quotes, greeting cards, wedding invitations, and more. Thanks and have a wonderful day.

Honey badeta font duo Script is a modern calligraphy design, including Regular. This font is casual and beautiful with swash. Can be used for various purposes. such as logos, product packaging, wedding invitations, branding, headlines, signage, labels, signatures, book covers, posters, quotes, and more.

Mayestica is a luxurious script font with a sophisticated style. Use it to turn any design project into a true standout! The Mayestica font is a great choice to increase the prominence in your project. Although the typography is traditional, the basic elements are great.

Introducing by Timur type Proudly Present, Hidden Beauty Hidden Beauty A Modern Script Font Hidden Beauty is perfect for product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background. Hidden Beauty also multilingual support. Enjoy the font.Thank you!

Shepila is a beautiful, modern and elegant calligraphy script. And is perfect for weddings, fashion, brands, blogs, boutiques or any business that wants to appear upscale and pretty. Features: Uppercase & Lowercase Standard Ligatures Contextual Alternates Numerals & Punctuations (OpenType Standard) Multilingual characters (AÀÁÂÃÄÅÇEÈÉÊËIÌÍÎÏNÑOØÒÓÔÕÖUÙÜÚÛÝŸÆŒß) PUA Encoded

AS Nerd is a contemporary brush script. AS Nerd is a beautiful typeface that mimics true handwriting closely. Use AS Nerd, and your documents will look stunningly beautiful from now on. Perfect for printing your personal thoughts be they silly, pensive or absolutely nonsense!

Introducing the latest styles Brittensy script is a modern calligraphy design, including Regular. This font is enough with a sweep. Can be used for various purposes. such as logos, product packaging, wedding invitations, brand imagery, titles, signs, labels, signatures, book covers, posters, quotes, and more.

Wonder Stark, a script typeface that has strong and bold characteristic. This font is perfect to use in logotypes, badges, sign boards, posters, headline texts, apparel, wedding invitations, and more. It has many OpenType features like ligature, stylistic alternate, contextual alternate, swash, and support multilingual.

This font duo with modern handwritten look design styles, available on regular and script typeface. Great Banana is perfect for branding projects, logos, wedding designs, social media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, label, photography, watermark, invitation, stationery, and any projects that need handwriting taste.

Marceta is based upon the uncial & half-uncial scripts of the fourth to eighth centuries. The font has been designed with different capital and lowercase characters which can be intermixed to give variation to the text and to enable pleasing word patterns to be created.

Mrs Berry is a hand drawn typeface designed for one of our books. You can use it as a regular monochrome typeface or layer different styles to achieve colorful combinations. Mrs Berry has upper and lowercase characters and supports both Latin and Cyrillic scripts.

Bright Love is a modern script font created especially for Valentine’s Day. Also, with this font you can make your writing and branding look elegant and beautiful. This font is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the glyphs and swashes with ease!

Animal Chariot A Handwritten Script Font Animal Chariot is perfect for product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background. Animal Chariot also multilingual support. Embelish your designs with our original fonts.Enjoy the font,Thank you!

Bow Tie, a slight textured, organic and elegant signature. This modern, stylish but legible script is handy for logo, poster, headlines, invitations, cards and all display needs. The OpenType Features are: stylistic alternates that cover all latin language and cyrillic, ligatures and discretionary ligatures.

Veronica is a fun and playful script font with matching caps. Perfect for headlines, logos or display purposes; Veronica is sure to put a smile on the face of everyone who sees it. Veronica comes with opentype features like oldstyle figures, ligatures and stylistic alternates.

Swiftel is a Layered Script font. Brings an unusual Modern feeling. You can play the Base layer as a Regular then you can add depth font by using Shine, fill and outline layers and shadow solo. Of course the fonts is Equipped with opentype features.

Alisson is a stylish script font. It has a modern and classy look which can be used to add an amazing personal touch to your designs. Alisson can be used for logos, branding, invitations, stationary, wedding designs, social media, advertisements, labels, watermarks, and much more!

Going South is a modern and attractive script font! Featuring clean lines and a contemporary feel, each letter is carefully crafted with a bold yet graceful stroke. Perfect for adding a touch of sophistication to any project, from logos and branding to invitations and more.

Beristan is a thin lettered and graceful script font. Fall for its ravishing style and use it to create gorgeous wedding invitations, beautiful stationary art, eye-catching social media posts, and much more! What's Included? Uppercase & Lowercase, Numbers, Punctuation Ligatures & Swashes Multilingual support PUA Encoded

ITC Kick is the work of California designer Patty King, a bold and energetic brush script. The marked contrast of stroke weight lends the forms dynamism. ITC Kick is a stylish, graceful calligraphy font which will lend headlines a sense of modernity and sophistication.

This simple, charming script is based on the handlettering of Carl Holmes, from Walter T. Foster art book entitled ABC of Lettering. Elementary! Both versions of this font include the complete Latin 1252 and CE 1250 character sets, with localization for Romanian and Moldovan.

This childish script by Monotype designer Steve Matteson strikes a great balance between informality and legibility. The TrueType versions have been extensively tuned (hinted) for high legibility at small sizes on screen at a quality level termed ESQ (enhanced screen quality) by the foundry.

Introducing Zalcony, a captivating handmade font exuding a simple yet alluringly distorted brush aesthetic. Every letter and character carries its own unique size, beautifully showcasing the authentic, natural flow of handwritten script. With Zalcony, add a touch of genuine, personalized charm to your designs.

Pacifica – hand lettered elegant bold script for decorative typography inspired by American branding typography from end of XX century. Comes with different variates – filled, highlighted or pressed. Perfectly for headers, signs, logos, prints, etc. Comes with ending and some middle alternates and some standard ligatures.

Austhind is a script font with stylish hand brush style. The Austhind font made with digital brush pen strokes that making this font look authentic and unique concept. This font is perfect for fashion brand, wedding invitation, business card, logo brand, signature, and then calligraphy.

Lake Informal was designed by Rudolf Ruzicka in 1935. It is a handwriting font which imitates the result of a feather script on paper. A dynamic, individual font, it is also very legible even in smaller point sizes and is perfect for personal correspondence.

Gustav it is a Calligraphy chick font with exquisite accents. It is perfect for branding, wedding invitations and invitation cards and many more What's inside: Gustav Script Multilingual support Cricut support If you have any questions, please contact me directly or in instagram @supfonts

Ayulinda is a luxurious wedding script typeface with its own beautiful alternate glyphs that you can experiment with. Ayulinda is perfect for branding projects, wedding invitation, branding, logo, social media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, label,poster, and any projects that you work on.

Indy is the work of Chicago-based lettering designer Charles Hughes. The lowercase letters link together to evoke the look of true handwriting and complement a generous and graceful capital alphabet. Indy is a refined handwriting script ideal for anything needing a touch of elegance.

Introducing by Essentials Studio Proudly Present, Magnolina Magnolina Is a Lovely Script Font With Swash and Ligature More Than 50 Stylish love Alternate Magnolina is perfect for product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background.

Freshtea Healthy feels equally charming and elegant. This stunning script font is a stylish homage to classic calligraphy. It will elevate a wide range of design projects to the highest level, be it branding, headings, wedding designs, invitations, signatures, logos, labels, and much more!

Morning Georgina is a modern yet timeless script font. Morning Georgina is fun and quirky with some charming flourishes. Morning Georgina is perfect for many design needs such as merch, T-shirts, signature logo, wedding, book covers, social media posts, websites, events, and many more.

Great Meadow is a fun and cute script font. A new fresh handmade font with smooth edges. This font is support multi language. This font will perfect for many different project ex: quotes, logo, blog header, poster, branding, fashion, apparel, letter, invitation, stationery, etc….

Aligatos is a fresh and lovely script font suitable for branding, logo, poster, wedding invitation and more. Fall for its ravishing style and use it to create gorgeous designs. This font is PUA encoded which means you can access all glyphs and swashes with ease!

Presenting an elegant calligraphic script font named "Cidrella". It's a cider brew themed typeface, perfectly suited for label design and stuff. This font has a lot of ligatures and multilingual support (check out the screenshots with available characters). Thank you and have a nice day!