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  1. Dragon Fruit by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) dragon fruit a handwritten script font. It features beginning swash and ending swash characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs and swashes that are full of swash! It also features many special features including glyphs. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 cute and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  2. Goodwater by Fenotype, $19.00
    Goodwater is an original collection of a Brush, three weights of a monoline Script and four weights of condensed Sans typeface. Goodwater also has a “Print” version with rugged outline and worn-out texture of each font. Goodwater is a great pack for any display use from online to logo and from headline to packaging. All the styles are designed using the same proportions and soft corners so that they’ll place nice together. All Print versions have the same texture style and size too so that they’ll fit smooth together. Goodwater Script and Brush fonts are equipped with automatic Standard Ligatures and Contextual Alternates to keep the flow smooth and it’s best to keep those features on.
  3. Christian Signature by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Christian Signature a stylish signature font with 51 ligatures, 26 swash and ending swash. It features ligatures characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs that are full of swash! It also features many special features including glyphs. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 swash and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  4. Darcy by Atlantic Fonts, $26.00
    Darcy is bold and exuberant. As an all-cap family (exception “i”), every letter has an artsy, handmade alternate. For the most joyful bounce, choose all lower or mix up the cases. For a more even baseline, go with all uppercase. Darcy Prints has gestural, organic motifs and patterns, including leaves, grasses, flowers and abstract shapes. Each playful letter has two options with different looks easily available in upper/lower places. Darcy Designs is a cheerful picture font adapted from 26 of the hand-drawings in Darcy Prints. Darcy family is based on hand-lettered cards the designer makes for friends. Darcy family lends itself to products that celebrate warmth, creativity, and a zest for humor and fun!
  5. Loventine by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Loventine a modern calligraphy font with alternates, love swash, beginning swash and ending swash. It features ligatures characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs that are full of natural! It also features many special features including glyphs. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 natural and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  6. Monkey by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Monkey a script font. It features 2 beginning swash, 2ending swash and 7 stylishtic set alternate characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs and swashes that are full of swash! It also features many special features including glyphs. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 cute and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  7. Daddy Day by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Daddy Day a beautyful calligraphy font with beginning and ending swash. It features ligatures characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs and swash that are full of beautyful! It also features many special features including glyphs. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 beautyful and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  8. Hello Mermaid by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Hello Mermaid a cute script font with beginning and ending swash. It features ligatures characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs that are full of natural! It also features many special features including glyphs. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 natural and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  9. Burdigala Sans by Asgeir Pedersen, $19.99
    Burdigala is a clean-cut, modern yet classic typeface inspired by Didones and Aicher’s Rotis family. Burdigala Sans is especially well suited for on-screen usage such as in apps and pdf documents. It is also ideal for larger amounts of (printed) texts in brochures, magazines and books. It is slighty narrow in order to conserve space, but spacious enough to faciliate reading and overall clarity. Check out its sibling, the Burdigala Semi Serif version. The expanded versions, being wider and more open, works equally well in media intended both for print and on-screen reading, e.g. in Pdf-documents etc. Burdigala is the ancient Roman name of the city of Bordeaux France.
  10. Daddy dear by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Daddy dear a modern script font is a elegant script font. It features elegant characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs and swashes that are full of unique! It also features many special features including glyphs and alternate ligatures. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 cute and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  11. Sasa by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Sasa a modern script font with beginning and ending swash. It features ligatures characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs and swash that are full of authentic! It also features many special features including glyphs. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 authentic and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  12. Sweet Song by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Sweet song a handwritten script font. It features beginning swash and ending swash characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs and swashes that are full of swash! It also features many special features including glyphs. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 cute and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  13. CA Postal by Cape Arcona Type Foundry, $39.00
    CA Postal is a cute and clever little stamp-font. It was originally intended for a record-cover only, but when the artist wanted all lyrics printed in the booklet, it was time for a font. The initial inspiration was a moveable-stamp printing-set, which had a nice Futura-like style, being very pleasant to read, especially in small sizes. But of course it’s the loose and irregular outlines that give the font its special charms. CA Postal features two sets of characters and the "Contextual Alternates" feature will make sure that never two identical characters will stand next to each other, so that the stamp-look becomes even more authentic.
  14. Frenchute by Tipo Pèpel, $22.00
    France 1727, the book Le chemin Royal de la Croix is published. Centuries later the historical publication comes into the hands of Josep Patau, who uses its printed pages as a reference for a new digital typeface. Previously created for printing, those shapes adapt now to the screen and show the sophistication and authenticity of true Garalde types. Frenchute is a multipurpose typeface with 3 optical sizes. All the shapes were modified to cover different typographic needs. The diagonal axis and the moderate stroke contrast are taken further in the italics letterforms, where the design is far more expressive. The character set includes decorative forms and italic capitals with swashes, so the text looks prettier.
  15. Lampard Signature by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Lampard Signature a stylish signature font 9 swash and ending swash. It features ligatures characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs that are full of swash! It also features many special features including glyphs. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 swash and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  16. Dairy day by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) dairy day a modern calligraphy font with beginning and ending swash. It features ligatures characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs that are full of natural! It also features many special features including glyphs. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 natural and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  17. Black Script by Fenotype, $35.00
    Black Script is a bold connected script family with plenty of weights: Regular, Bold, Inline versions, Caps, Ornaments and Printed versions of all those. For the best price purchase either Black Script Family or Black Script Printed Family or Black Script Complete Pack which contains all versions of the font. Black Script is equipped with automatic OpenType Ligatures, Swash and Stylistic Alternates to let you customise your designs. Find even more alternates from Glyph Palette. Black Script Caps is a block letter font designed to work alone or to support the script. Caps is equipped with Swash alternates. Black Script is a great font family for creating ambitious headlines, logos & posters with a custom-made feeling.
  18. Annotate by Ignace De Keyser, $9.95
    Annotate is a handwritten, monospace blockletter font complete with letters, numbers, & extended punctuation. The font is based on the handwritten annotation architects and engineer make on plans and sketches. By using a gridbased spacing and blocklettering, engineers can rely on an easily-readable and copy 'n print friendly annotations on techninical drawings to prevent any possible mistakes in the production process that are a consequence of misreading text. The clarity and uniformity allow to add a hand-written touch to any project without having to make concessions on the readability. Annotate will distinguish your text from the rest, ideal in logos, printed quotes, product packaging design, headers and many more usecases. Designer: Ignace De Keyser
  19. Make Cake by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Make cake a script font. It features beginning swash and ending swash characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs and swashes that are full of swash! It also features many special features including glyphs. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 cute and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  20. King Melody by Say Studio, $15.00
    King Melody is a vintage blackletter font that gives focus on contemporary display type. This vintage-made new typeface is unmistakably blackletter, However, it is accessible enough to be used across many projects, and stylistic alternates to make you design looks more attractives and italic version included King Melody Font is ideal for headings , flyers, greeting cards, product packaging, book covers, printed quotes, logotype, apparel design, and album covers, branding, Instagram, print posters, magazines, Fashion, whatever. FEATURES : - Uppercase and Lowercase letters - Numbering and Punctuations - Multilingual Support - Works on PC or Mac - Simple Installation - Support Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, also - works on Microsoft Word Hope you Like it. Thanks. Say Studio
  21. Handy Shark by Mightyfire, $15.00
    Meet Handy Shark, a handwritten font that can embrace your design. Handy Shark is a meticulously crafted handwritten font that effortlessly captures the essence of timeless elegance. Perfectly suited for a myriad of creative projects, this font brings a touch of authenticity and warmth to your designs. Whether you're designing a modern logo, creating a sleek website, or enhancing your print materials, this font effortlessly elevates your content with a touch of understated charm. Its versatility knows no bounds, seamlessly adapting to both digital and print mediums, making it an ideal choice for various design applications. We're proud and honored if Handy Shark can be the part of your special projects. Thank you! :)
  22. Present Snow by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Present Snow a script font is a beautiful script font with snow effect. It features Snow-themed characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs and alternates that are full of love! It also features many special features including glyphs and alternate. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 cute and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  23. Pink blossom by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) pink blossom a handdwritten script font is a unique script font. It features bouncy characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs and swashes that are full of unique! It also features many special features including glyphs and alternate ligatures. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 cute and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  24. Wood Bonnet Antique No.7 by astype, $41.00
    Wood Bonnet Antique No.7 is based on real vintage wood type blocks from Switzerland. The very distressed letters give a warm analogue vintage charm on printing. These kind of wood type letters were very common and often named by generic names like Roman, French or Antique followed by a catalog number. But these letters have some very quirky details hard to find else were. » pdf specimen « The font offers up to five glyph variations of all the Latin base letters, figures and some additional letters. An OpenType glyph-rotator is programmed to emulate the randomness of old school printing on live typing. All dingbats of the specimen file are included in the font data too.
  25. Fresh Press by Fenotype, $30.00
    Fresh Press is a pack of handmade goodness - a visual delight in the form of a beautiful and strong script family. Fress Press consists of Regular, Bold, Caps and Ornaments that all play smoothly together. If Fresh Press feels too clean, there’s a Printed version of the whole family with a rough outline and texture. Fresh Press is equipped with Standard Ligatures and Contextual Alternates that maintain a smooth text flow. If that isn’t enough, try Swash, Stylistic or Titling Alternates in any OpenType-savvy program, or manually look for alternates from character map. Fresh Press is a clear and strong choice for any display use from branding to packaging and online to print.
  26. Holla bella by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Holla bella a lovely script font family is a beautiful script font. It features love-themed characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs and swashes that are full of love! It also features many special features including glyphs and alternate ligatures. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 cute and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  27. Wood Heinz No. 2 by astype, $50.00
    Wood Heinz No.2 - the close friend of Wood Heinz No.4 The Regular font style offers up to four »printed look« variations of all the Latin base letters and figures. An OpenType letter rotator is build into the font to emulate the randomness of wood type printing. You can switch manually to the alternate letters by using the Stylistic Sets 1–4. Stylistic Set 5 will activate the more common look of the capital letter R with a straight leg. The New font style has clean outlines and of course the alternate letter R. Wood Heinz No.2 and No.4 working seamlessly with each other. You can both mix them easily. PDF Specimen
  28. Morganhand by Morganismi, $9.00
    Morganhand is a very individual typeface based on the handwriting of Finnish outsider artist Heikki Morgan Hämäläinen. Its economical lines make it very serviceable for numerous uses like cards, notes, prints, comics and so on. Morganhand Outline is based on Morganhand Regular, a handwritten font imitating the writing of Finnish outsider artist Heikki Morgan Hämäläinen. Every drawn line of each glyph is outlined giving a fun expression. The two fonts can be used separately or mixed together. Mightly usable in cards, notes, prints, comics etc. Morganhand Outline supports many European languages. Morganhand supports many European languages. The font works fine with its sister Morganhand Outline which is kind of a modification of it.
  29. Andreae by Proportional Lime, $9.99
    Hieronymus Andreae or latter in life Hieronymus Formenschneider as he proudly took a new surname to proclaim his success in the printing industry as the man who introduced the Fraktur script to the world of print. This project was undertaken at the orders of Emperor Maximilian I. One of Fraktur’s first appearances was in a joint venture with the great Albrecht Dürer. This font was based on a later work, Andreae’s magnus opus in the music field, the Coralis Constantini by Henry Isaac. Andreae worked as woodblock cutter and then became a publisher in the city of Nuremberg until his death in 1565. We at PLTF are proud to revive this enormously influential typeface.
  30. Masterbaker by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Masterbaker a modern script font is a unique script font. It features bread-themed characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs and swashes that are full of unique! It also features many special features including glyphs and alternate ligatures. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 cute and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  31. Cosmopolitan by Fenotype, $35.00
    Cosmopolitan is a monoline font family with script and sans versions that both work great together or alone. It comes with five weights and “printed” versions. For extra swashes, swirls and pictograms there is Cosmopolitan Extras. Cosmopolitan Script is packed with OpenType alternates: turn on Swash, Stylistic or Titling Alternates in any OpenType savvy program or find even more alternates from the Glyph Palette. Cosmopolitan Sans has different Swash Alternates for both upper and lowercase characters. Cosmopolitan Family gives an elegant look for any project from print to digital. 
For the very best price purchase the whole family! Cosmopolitan Family is inspired by two other great monoline font families: Selfie and Beloved.
  32. Augsburger2009 by Proportional Lime, $24.95
    This typeface was inspired strongly by one of Ernhardt Ratdolt’s (1442-1528?) many beautiful typefaces. Mr. Ratdolt was a printer from the city of Augsburg, who had also worked for several years as a printer in Venice. He made many advances in printing technique and technology, including the decorated title page. Early books have a mysterious rhythm to the appearance of the text, due to small variances in letters caused by casting irregularities and ink transfer from the press. This supposed defect, which is present in this typeface, gives a pleasing effect when compared to the sterile regularity of modern printing technology. This font has been released as version 2.0 with over two hundred additional characters and improved metrics.
  33. Jaroslaw by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Jaroslaw a monoline bold script font is a unique script font with many swash. It features swash characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs and swashes that are full of unique! It also features many special features including glyphs. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 cute and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  34. Get Married by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Get Married a modern calligraphy font with 192 alternate, swash and ligature. It features ligatures characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs that are full of natural! It also features many special features including glyphs. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 natural and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  35. Rich and Famous by NJ Studio, $19.00
    Hi...Thank for your visit :) Rich and Famous a modern script font with beginning and ending swash. It features ligatures characters that will take your projects to the next level! This font is PUA code which means you can easily access all the glyphs and swash that are full of authentic! It also features many special features including glyphs. font designs that are made for various vector designs, printing such as digital wedding 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 authentic and attractive, and also Multilingual support!!! Happy design ...
  36. Khalid by Flawlessandco, $9.00
    Khalid is a modern Arabic font that combines traditional elements with a fresh, contemporary aesthetic. This versatile font is perfect for creating eye-catching designs for both digital and print projects. With its unique alternates and ligatures, Khalid offers a level of customization that sets it apart from other Arabic fonts. There's some connected letters and some alternates that suitable for any graphic designs such as branding materials, t-shirt, print, business cards, logo, poster, t-shirt, photography, quotes .etc This font support for some multilingual. Also contains uppercase A-Z and lowercase a-z, alternate character, numbers 0-9, and some punctuation. If you need help, just write me! Thanks so much for checking out my shop!
  37. Aeronic by Hanoded, $15.00
    Aeronic is a work of love. I stumbled upon a fantastic Japanese poster for Nikke Coat by Gihachiro Okuyama (1907 - 1981). Gihachiro Okuyama (also: Okayama) was a very prolific Japanese print artist who started his career making woodblock prints, but later moved on to posters and advertisements. I tried to recreate the hand lettering in the original 1937 Nikke Coat poster, but since I had to work with a few glyphs only, I designed the remaining ones myself. The outline of Aeronic is rather thin, with thicker bits in some glyphs. It is quite rough in places, but it all adds to its unique look. Aeronic comes with a bonanza of diacritics.
  38. Pacific Northwest Letters by Cultivated Mind, $29.00
    Pacific Northwest Letters is a fun, handwritten font by Cultivated Mind. Pacific Northwest has been carefully hand painted and comes in two styles (Regular/Rough). This font includes a set of lower case letters and Pacific Northwest hand painted Labels B.
  39. Wanderlust Letters by Cultivated Mind, $29.00
    Wanderlust letters is a beautiful hand painted script that comes with a set of extras. All letters have been carefully painted giving your words a wonderful flow. Wanderlust can be used for fashion, apparel, stationery, magazines, film, books and marketing.
  40. Antique by Storm Type Foundry, $26.00
    The concept of the Baroque Roman type face is something which is remote from us. Ungrateful theorists gave Baroque type faces the ill-sounding attribute "Transitional", as if the Baroque Roman type face wilfully diverted from the tradition and at the same time did not manage to mature. This "transition" was originally meant as an intermediate stage between the Aldine/Garamond Roman face of the Renaissance, and its modern counterpart, as represented by Bodoni or Didot. Otherwise there was also a "transition" from a slanted axis of the shadow to a perpendicular one. What a petty detail led to the pejorative designation of Baroque type faces! If a bookseller were to tell his customers that they are about to choose a book which is set in some sort of transitional type face, he would probably go bust. After all, a reader, for his money, would not put up with some typographical experimentation. He wants to read a book without losing his eyesight while doing so. Nevertheless, it was Baroque typography which gave the world the most legible type faces. In those days the craft of punch-cutting was gradually separating itself from that of book-printing, but also from publishing and bookselling. Previously all these activities could be performed by a single person. The punch-cutter, who at that time was already fully occupied with the production of letters, achieved better results than he would have achieved if his creative talents were to be diffused in a printing office or a bookseller's shop. Thus it was possible that for example the printer John Baskerville did not cut a single letter in his entire lifetime, for he used the services of the accomplished punch-cutter John Handy. It became the custom that one type founder supplied type to multiple printing offices, so that the same type faces appeared in various parts of the world. The type face was losing its national character. In the Renaissance period it is still quite easy to distinguish for example a French Roman type face from a Venetian one; in the Baroque period this could be achieved only with great difficulties. Imagination and variety of shapes, which so far have been reserved only to the fine arts, now come into play. Thanks to technological progress, book printers are now able to reproduce hairstrokes and imitate calligraphic type faces. Scripts and elaborate ornaments are no longer the privilege of copper-engravers. Also the appearance of the basic, body design is slowly undergoing a change. The Renaissance canonical stiffness is now replaced with colour and contrast. The page of the book is suddenly darker, its lay-out more varied and its lines more compact. For Baroque type designers made a simple, yet ingenious discovery - they enlarged the x-height and reduced the ascenders to the cap-height. The type face thus became seemingly larger, and hence more legible, but at the same time more economical in composition; the type area was increasing to the detriment of the margins. Paper was expensive, and the aim of all the publishers was, therefore, to sell as many ideas in as small a book block as possible. A narrowed, bold majuscule, designed for use on the title page, appeared for the first time in the Late Baroque period. Also the title page was laid out with the highest possible economy. It comprised as a rule the brief contents of the book and the address of the bookseller, i.e. roughly that which is now placed on the flaps and in the imprint lines. Bold upper-case letters in the first line dramatically give way to the more subtle italics, the third line is highlighted with vermilion; a few words set in lower-case letters are scattered in-between, and then vermilion appears again. Somewhere in the middle there is an ornament, a monogram or an engraving as a kind of climax of the drama, while at the foot of the title-page all this din is quietened by a line with the name of the printer and the year expressed in Roman numerals, set in 8-point body size. Every Baroque title-page could well pass muster as a striking poster. The pride of every book printer was the publication of a type specimen book - a typographical manual. Among these manuals the one published by Fournier stands out - also as regards the selection of the texts for the specimen type matter. It reveals the scope of knowledge and education of the master typographers of that period. The same Fournier established a system of typographical measurement which, revised by Didot, is still used today. Baskerville introduced the smoothing of paper by a hot steel roller, in order that he could print astonishingly sharp letters, etc. ... In other words - Baroque typography deserves anything else but the attribute "transitional". In the first half of the 18th century, besides persons whose names are prominent and well-known up to the present, as was Caslon, there were many type founders who did not manage to publish their manuals or forgot to become famous in some other way. They often imitated the type faces of their more experienced contemporaries, but many of them arrived at a quite strange, even weird originality, which ran completely outside the mainstream of typographical art. The prints from which we have drawn inspiration for these six digital designs come from Paris, Vienna and Prague, from the period around 1750. The transcription of letters in their intact form is our firm principle. Does it mean, therefore, that the task of the digital restorer is to copy meticulously the outline of the letter with all inadequacies of the particular imprint? No. The type face should not to evoke the rustic atmosphere of letterpress after printing, but to analyze the appearance of the punches before they are imprinted. It is also necessary to take account of the size of the type face and to avoid excessive enlargement or reduction. Let us keep in mind that every size requires its own design. The longer we work on the computer where a change in size is child's play, the more we are convinced that the appearance of a letter is tied to its proportions, and therefore, to a fixed size. We are also aware of the fact that the computer is a straightjacket of the type face and that the dictate of mathematical vectors effectively kills any hint of naturalness. That is why we strive to preserve in these six alphabets the numerous anomalies to which later no type designer ever returned due to their obvious eccentricity. Please accept this PostScript study as an attempt (possibly futile, possibly inspirational) to brush up the warm magic of Baroque prints. Hopefully it will give pleasure in today's modern type designer's nihilism.
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