The lifetime of Lorenzo de Medici (1449-1492) coincides with the rise of metal type as it displaced broad pen calligraphy for the production of books. This revolution marked the end of formal Western calligraphy, as the industry employed metalworkers who designed type according to geometric measurement while calligraphers were forced to become secretaries who practiced handwriting systems. Renaissance Florence should have witnessed the marriage of calligraphy and typography, just as all the other arts and sciences flourished as classical learning was applied to technical advances; but the metalworkers and geometricians measured, dissected and recast the calligraphic letters by crude indirect methods, and in the end took all the life out of them. Here they languished until digital type has made it possible to render the precise motion of the broad pen stroke into type. Lorenzo is a confluence of many strains from the Middle Ages, brought together within the classical harmony of the capitals. It attempts to bypass metal type, using calligraphic means to achieve the precision of type while retaining the life of the stroke: a classical font that would be familiar to Lorenzo himself as well as to the modern eye. The Lorenzo family comes in four weights, ranging from light to bold. Two sets of italics, one with swashed caps and ascenders, complement each weight. The family boasts extensive language support and an offering of over fifty calligraphic ornaments/flourishes included within the character set.

Sales Book JNL was recreated from sample letters found in the wood type section of an old printer's supply catalog.

Sidewinder JNL is based on ultra-compressed serif wood type and is perfect for fitting long copy into limited space.

Tall, condensed and square in shape... Slim James JNL balances well against bolder Deco-style sans or novelty type faces.

Bruce 1065 is a digitization of the Bruce's Typefoundry font n. 1065 in your classical catalogue of types from 1886

Comicbook letters with a laid back slightly wobbly look! 4 different lowercase letters, which automatically cycle as you type! Wow!

Based on a revival of one of the popular type fonts of the 19th century, suitable for display, or text.

The matrix screen types from the movie War Games stuck in my mind, so I decided to make few versions.

An original design, based on a very early turn-of-the-century typeface from the defunct Keystone Type Foundry, Philadelphia.

A revival of one of the popular wooden type fonts of the 19th century, a very useful design for display.

A revival of one of the popular wooden type fonts of the 19th century. Suitable for posters and display applications.

Rolling Ball Cursive simulates a handwritten style executed with one of the many types of rolling ball pens now available.

A revival of one of the popular wooden type fonts of the 19th century; a very useful design for display.

See also other font families inspired by Gans' original typefaces: Gans Tipo Adorno , Gans Lath Modern and Gans Titular Adornada .

Notification JNL is another condensed sanserif design loosely based on one of the many variations of wood type headline fonts.

A creative dot matrix font with more likeable and funny types of dots. Also contains an extended set of characters.

The famous favorite of the sign makers. Great for display type as well as headlines for fashion, theater TV etc.