Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813) was called the King of Printers; he was a prolific type designer, a masterful engraver of punches and the most widely admired printer of his time. His books and typefaces were created during the 45 years he was the director of the fine press and publishing house of the Duke of Parma in Italy. He produced the best of what are known as "modern" style types, basing them on the finest writing of his time. Modern types represented the ultimate typographic development of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. They have characteristics quite different from the types that preceded them; such as extreme vertical stress, fine hairlines contrasted by bold main strokes, and very subtle, almost non-existent bracketing of sharply defined hairline serifs. Bodoni saw this style as beautiful and harmonious-the natural result of writing done with a well-cut pen, and the look was fashionable and admired. Other punchcutters, such as the Didot family (1689-1853) in France, and J. E. Walbaum (1768-1839) in Germany made their own versions of the modern faces. Even though some nineteenth century critics turned up their noses and called such types shattering and chilly, today the Bodoni moderns are seen in much the same light as they were in his own time. When used with care, the Bodoni types are both romantic and elegant, with a presence that adds tasteful sparkle to headlines and advertising. The Bauer Bodoni was done by Heinrich Jost for Bauer Typefoundry in 1927. This version has finer details of the original Bodoni types. It works well for headlines, logos, advertising.

Cove is a very modern wide type design sure to jazz up what ever you use it on.

a free digitization of ancient types of Ottaviano Scotus, from incunabula times, printed in Germany by Anton Koberger

A revival of an unusual wooden type font of the 19th century, a sans serif, suitable for display.

A revival of one of the popular wooden type fonts of the 19th century, extra bold, slab Antique.

A compressed wood poster type from the mid-1800s. Certainly handy for excessive copy on a single line.

Adelon Serial is a classic flare serif typeface. Use it for titling, packaging, and other types of headlines.

A unique semi geometric type that is inspired by natural round forms that flow in a sweet harmony.

a classical wood type era box ornament using blackletter... a beautiful arrangement for publishing edition and other jobs

A revival design by Malcolm Wooden of DTP Types Limited with associated Small Capitals and Old Style Figures.

BillieBob was made by cramping straight shapes into squares. Somewhat reminds me of pre cold-war Russian type.

Champina is handwritten font, Recommended uses for simple write, wall type, decoration, and poster. Free for personal use.

One of the classic display types of the 19th century, a slab font, suitable for text and display.

Evil Type in its purest form Multiple Weights, Alternates, Ready for t-shirt production non-readable NORD weight

Advertising Script is a brush script typeface inspired by a handmade sample drawn by the calligrapher Ross Frederic George and depicted in Speedball 1947 Textbook Manual. Advertising Script has a vintage brush script look, perfect for food packaging, display and logo design and period advertising. The original design has been completely reworked and extended by the Zetafonts Masterclass 2016 Team to provide three lighter weights, a rough and a monoline variant, and to produce an extended character set with open type support for ligatures, alternates, European languages and ending swashes. Advertising Script covers over 40 languages that use the Latin alphabet, with a full range of accents and diacritics. It comes in four weights plus a special monoline weight. Advertising Script makes full use of Open Type ligatures to provide swashes, alternates and a wide array of ligature characters for a more handmade, natural look. Swashes can be accessed through glyph palette or by typing one to six underscores after the letter. Take care: open type features are developed using open type technology, fully compatible with Adobe software and major design softwares and OS, but not supported by every software. Check before buying!