It took me a long time, but I think I now understand why people of my generation and older feel the need to frame current events in an historical context or precedents, while most of the young couldn't care less about what happened ten years ago, let alone centuries back. After living for a few decades, you get to a point when time seems to be moving quite fast, and it’s humbling to see that your entire existence so far can be summed up in a paragraph or two which may or may not be useful to whoever ends up reading the stuff anyhow. I suppose one way to cope with the serenity of aging is trying to convince yourself that your life and work are really an extension of millenia of a species striving to accept, adapt to, and improve the human condition through advancing the many facets of civilization -- basically making things more understandable and comfortable for ourselves and each other while we go about doing whatever it is we are trying to do. And when you do finally convince yourself of that, history becomes a source of much solace and even a little premonition, so you end up spending more time there. Going far back into the history of what I do, one can easily see that for the most part it was ruled by the quill. Western civilization’s writing was done with quill pens for more than thirteen centuries and with newer instruments for about two. By the mid-18th century, the height of the quill experience, various calligraphy techniques could be discerned and writing styles were arranged in distinct categories. There are many old books that showcase the history of it all. I recommend looking at some whenever the urge comes calling and you have to get away from backlit worlds. Multiple sources usually help me get a better perspective on the range of a specific script genre, so many books served as reference to this quill font of mine. Late 17th century French and Spanish professional calligraphy guides were great aides in understanding the ornamental scope of what the scribes were doing back then. The French books, with their showings of the Ronde, Bâtarde and Coulée alphabets, were the ones I referenced the most. So I decided to name the font Auberge, a French word for hotel or inn, because I really felt like a guest in different French locales (and times) when I going through all that stuff. Because it is multi-sourced, Auberge does not strictly fit in a distinct quill pen category. Instead, it shows strong hints of both Bâtarde and Coulée alphabets. And like most of my fonts, it is an exercise in going overboard with alternates, swashes, and ornamental devices. Having worked with it for a while, I find it most suitable for display calligraphic setting in general, but it works especially well for things like wine labels and event invitations. It also shines in the original quill pen application purpose, which of course was stationery. Also, as it just occurred to me, if you find yourself in a situation where you have to describe your entire life in 50 words or less, you may as well make it look good and swashy, so Auberge would probably be a good fit there as well. This is one quill script that no large bird had to die for. A few technical notes The Auberge Script Pro version includes 1800 glyphs, everything is included there. Also latin language support. We recommend you to use the latest design application to have full access to alternates, swashes, small caps, ornaments, etc. The images from the gallery uses this version. For better results use the fonts with “liga” feature on. Awards During 2014 the early develop of Auberge Script was chosen to be part of Tipos Latinos, the most important type exhibition in South America.

A set of plastic pin-back letters served as the model for Monthly Meeting JNL. Pin-back letters were primarily used on cork bulletin boards for changeable notices and announcements.

Xandercode is a bold and chunky lettered display font. Add this font to your creative ideas and notice how it will make them stand out! with spalsh vector bonus inside.

Patricia Pothin-Roesch's Tendria typeface bases its letterforms on the logo for the French “Tendriade” mark. Clearly inspired by writing and hand lettering, Patricia Pothin-Roesch began her work on Tendria in Adobe Illustrator. After a few letters, she went back to designing the old-fashioned way: drawing by hand on layers of tracing paper. Tendria is a sturdy upright script face with a warm, childlike feeling. Its letters are like the typefaces often used in primary schools; the counterforms are large and open. The name Tendria is reminiscent of the French word for tender, “tendre.” Designers who set Tendria lovingly will reap rewards; this is an excellent addition to a display heading toolkit.

You think swirls, swashes and curls are kitsch? Wait till you've seen our self-confident set of uncomplicated hand-drawn ornaments. If you're looking for the right flourish to spice up your greeting cards or prettify your wedding invitations, look no further! With LiebeOrnaments your designs will look as accurate as if you had spent three weeks in calligraphy boot camp—while maintaining an aura of softness and loveliness. This single font includes an impressive set of almost 200 variations on classical ornaments (many accessible directly with the keyboard). LiebeOrnaments is the perfect companion for our best-selling typeface LiebeErika, which has a cameo appearance on some of the samples shown above.

The inspiration for this font (as well as the name!) comes from a London cafe I visited years ago. I was fascinated with the handwritten menu - irregular and awkward, yet refreshingly charming. I did my best to recall that particular look by adding 4 slightly different versions of each lowercase letter. The name of the font comes from the speed of the waiter...or the lack of it! But luckily he took his time, otherwise I wouldn't have had the time to really look at the handwritten menu! :)

Mesh Stitch has a hand-stitched look, with the capital letters/numbers being nine cross-stitches tall (+ about 3 stitches for accents). To make the font look authentic, I stitched some characters using wool and took photographs which were turned into glyphs. As a result, none of the cross-stitches are symetrical and some are at a slightly at an angle, because I didn't want the font to feel mechanical. As a result, the font has a cute, homely character to it. It is particularly good for large displays/headlines.

Richy unique chic font with any beauty shape and fancy ligature suitable for brand and logo design. Crafted by graphic designer who works for a lot of companies, we often are requested to design a logo in a unique style but with a classy shape. So, we try to brainstorming and create this font to make the idea is going out. This is perfect for BRANDING and LOGO DESIGN. You will get classy, chic, and certainly unique logos with this font. To make it look more unique, here we prepared some ligatures: ab ah cb ch eb eh ak am ck cm ek em an ap cn cp en ep ar cr er ca ea ss ob oh ub uh ib ih ok om uk um ik im on op un up in ip or ur ir ka at ga Richy-font is also included full set of: uppercase and lowercase letters multilingual support numerals punctuation Wish you enjoy our font. :)

Skjald is a decorative typeface for use on posters and in books where an elaborate face enhances the mood. The Skjald font is an excellent choice for book covers and posters.

The Tes family was designed specially for a limited-edition book about Nikola Tesla and Resonance Waves. It needed to be modern and complete for a multilingual version of the book.

Nicholas is a headline version of Goodchild , Shinntype’s version of Jenson . It has been specially modified with very fine details and an ultra-tight fit for headlines that really get noticed.

It is a new version of Clarence, with very noticeable changes, very funny and informal signs. It also contains different variants like Shine, Extrude and you can combine them enjoy it! :)

Charly Dreams is a sweet, colorful and friendly display font. Add it to your most creative ideas and notice how it makes them stand out! The only limit is your imagination!

Simplo: the ‘Italian Futura’. Simplo is a geometric sans serif typeface, built in sixteen styles. It is a tribute to the 1930s typeface Semplicità, designed by Nebiolo’s Alessandro Butti. Although many details of Simplo differ from Semplicità, it preserves the spirit of the original. Simplo is ideal for use in display sizes. It is also quite legible in text, and is well suited for graphic design and corporate identity design. Simplo has sixteen styles, extensive language support, eight different kinds of figures, sophisticated OpenType features — so it’s ready for advanced typographic projects. The most notable characteristics of this typeface are the ‘t’ and the ‘f’. The ‘t’ is the culmination of simplicity: a vertical line with just a simple right-side crossbar. The ‘f’ also has just a right-side crossbar, and is really tall: it reaches both the highest and lowest vertical position of the typeface. The top of the distinctive ‘s’, is much narrower than its bottom. The ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘d’, ‘g’, ‘p’, ‘q’, and ‘u’ are spurless, and show a family resemblance with Hans Reichel’s 1990s typeface Dax. However, these letters are rounder and more geometric than Dax’s counterparts, because of Dax’s higher x-height and narrower design. In Paul Shaw’s Imprint article about typefaces that have been overlooked and/or underappreciated, “Overlooked Typefaces”, he concluded his discussion of Semplicità as follows: “These idiosyncrasies suggest that Semplicità might find a warm reception today, given the current love affair with Gotham, Neutraface and Proxima—and the resurgence of ITC Avant-Garde Gothic.” Free demo font available. For more information about Simplo, download the PDF Specimen Manual.

Happy Tuesday it's a monoline script font with a signature style look. It's very recommended for you who want to make some designs with natural handwriting with signature style. Happy Tuesday is perfect for any occasion's design such as name card design, invitation design, wedding design, poster, packaging, book cover title, quote, label, landing page, birthday card, logos, social media post, etc. Just open your Opentype features ( Minimum Compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS 6 and Adobe Illustrator CS 6 ) while using the script font to use the ligatures and swashes. As you type, your text will look like a natural signature or handwriting. So, enjoy the Happy Tuesday and the happiness side of this font and make some cool stuff!

Auristela is a new modern script calligraphy font with an irregular baseline. Auristela Script looks lovely on wedding invitations, thank you cards, quotes, greeting cards, logos, business cards and more. Perfect for using in ink or watercolour. Including initial and terminal letters, alternates, ligatures and multiple language support. To enable the OpenType Stylistic alternates, you need a program that supports OpenType features such as Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe Indesign & CorelDraw X6-X7, Microsoft Word 2010 or later versions. There are additional ways to access alternates/swashes, using Character Map (Windows), Nexus Font (Windows), Font Book (Mac) or a software program such as PopChar (for Windows and Mac).Thanks so much for looking and please let me know if you have any questions

Introducing 'Stanford Breath' a vintage decorative font inspired by the western typography and victorian style. this font has strong look with the rounded serif, all-caps, and decorative uppercase. Collected from many references such as vintage signage, logo, badges, and old-fashioned graphics. Stanford Breath is complete with extra ornaments that look great to combine. This font is perfect for many display purposes. You can use this font for posters, labels, logos, signboards, t-shirts, book covers, decorations, merchandise, and more! Multilingual support with a ton of alternate characters! Fonts Featured : Uppercase Smallcaps Numbers & punctuations Stylistic Set 01-14 Custom ligatures Accented characters: ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝÞŒŠŽßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïñòóôõöøùúûüýþÿœšž Stanford Breath font is PUA Encoded which means you don't need any special software to access the OpenType features.

Caitlin is a new modern script font with an irregular baseline. Caitlin Script looks lovely on wedding invitations, thank you cards, quotes, greeting cards, logos, business cards and more. Perfect for using in ink or watercolour. It includes initial and terminal letters, alternates, ligatures and multiple language support. To enable the OpenType Stylistic alternates, you need a program that supports OpenType features such as Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe Indesign & CorelDraw X6-X7, Microsoft Word 2010 or later versions. There are additional ways to access alternates/swashes, using Character Map (Windows), Nexus Font (Windows), Font Book (Mac) or a software program such as PopChar (for Windows and Mac).Thanks so much for looking and please let me know if you have any questions.

Maylafaisha is a new modern script calligraphy font with an irregular baseline. Maylafaisha looks lovely on wedding invitations, thank you cards, quotes, greeting cards, logos, business cards and more. Perfect for using in ink or watercolour. Including initial and terminal letters, alternates, ligatures and multiple language support. To enable the OpenType Stylistic alternates, you need a program that supports OpenType features such as Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe Indesign & CorelDraw X6-X7, Microsoft Word 2010 or later versions. There are additional ways to access alternates/swashes, using Character Map (Windows), Nexus Font (Windows), Font Book (Mac) or a software program such as PopChar (for Windows and Mac).Thanks so much for looking and please let me know if you have any questions

It’s the ultimate way to be you. Elegist is a sans serif font that match your every design projects. Through this font, it creates simple, clean yet versatile looks. It is also cleanly designed font that’s easy to read and will look great in a variety of sizes. Features: Alternates Lower and uppercases Numerals and Punctuations This font is perfectly used for many design projects, such as poster, logo, book cover, branding, heading, printed product, merchandise, quotes, social media campaign, etc. Get more inspiration about how to use it by seeing the font preview. Thank you for purchasing our fonts. Please don’t hesitate to contact us, if you have any further question or issues. We’re happy to help. Happy Designing. Tags

Kristalena Script is a new modern calligraphy font with an irregular baseline. Being trendy and feminine, Kristalena Script will look lovely on wedding invitations, thank you cards, quotes, greeting cards, logos, business cards and more. Perfect for using in ink or watercolor. Including initial and terminal letters, alternates, ligatures and multiple language support. To enable the OpenType Stylistic alternates, you need a program that supports OpenType features such as Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe Indesign & CorelDraw X6-X7, Microsoft Word 2010 or later versions. There are additional ways to access alternates/swashes, using Character Map (Windows), Nexus Font (Windows), Font Book (Mac) or a software program such as PopChar (for Windows and Mac). Thanks so much for looking and please let me know if you have any questions.

Chablis is a serif font with two different design colors including a cyliric typeface. Chablis comes in 2 styles, and each style has 5 weights, Chablis Basic shape with a harmonious and classic look that makes you feel nostalgic for precious memories from the golden years that have passed, Chablis Slow shape with a sharp look at the bottom corner of small letters but very elegant and classy, ​​very suitable for presenting a new atmosphere of corporate identity design, websites, publications, titles, books, magazines, business cards, logos, product labels, packaging or any kind of purpose advertising. Includes: Numbers & punctuation Classic Numbers Ligature Foreign language support I hope you have fun using zt Chablis Thanks for using this font ~ Khaiuns X zelowtype

Banafsha is a new modern script calligraphy font with an irregular baseline. Banafsha looks lovely on wedding invitations, thank you cards, quotes, greeting cards, logos, business cards and more. Perfect for using in ink or watercolour. Including initial and terminal letters, alternates, ligatures and multiple language support. To enable the OpenType Stylistic alternates, you need a program that supports OpenType features such as Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe Indesign & CorelDraw X6-X7, Microsoft Word 2010 or later versions. There are additional ways to access alternates/swashes, using Character Map (Windows), Nexus Font (Windows), Font Book (Mac) or a software program such as PopChar (for Windows and Mac).Thanks so much for looking and please let me know if you have any questions.

Introducing Leathery! It's a modern script font with a signature-style look and ballpoint texture effects. It's very recommended for you who want to make some designs with natural handwriting using a ballpoint. leathery will work for name card design, invitation design, wedding design, posters, packaging, book cover title, quote, social media post, etc. Features: Ligatures Numerals & Punctuation Swashes Accented characters Format File: OTF, Web Multiple Languages Supported How to use this font: Just open your Opentype features ( Minimum Compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS 6 and Adobe Illustrator CS 6 ) in Adobe Photoshop go to Window - Glyphs and all the alternates will appear while using the script font to use the ligatures and swashes. As you type, your text will look like a natural signature or handwriting.

Miskiani is a new modern script calligraphy font with an irregular baseline. Miskiani Script looks lovely on wedding invitations, thank you cards, quotes, greeting cards, logos, business cards and more. Perfect for using in ink or watercolour. Including initial and terminal letters, alternates, ligatures and multiple language support. To enable the OpenType Stylistic alternates, you need a program that supports OpenType features such as Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe Indesign & CorelDraw X6-X7, Microsoft Word 2010 or later versions. There are additional ways to access alternates/swashes, using Character Map (Windows), Nexus Font (Windows), Font Book (Mac) or a software program such as PopChar (for Windows and Mac).Thanks so much for looking and please let me know if you have any questions.

Regulation Signature is a new modern script Handwritten font with an irregular baseline. Trendy and feminine style.Regulation Signature Script looks lovely on wedding invitations, thank you cards, quotes, greeting cards, logos, business cards and more. Perfect for using in ink or watercolour. Including initial and terminal letters, alternates, ligatures and multiple language support. To enable the OpenType Stylistic alternates, you need a program that supports OpenType features such as Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe Indesign & CorelDraw X6-X7, Microsoft Word 2010 or later versions. There are additional ways to access alternates/swashes, using Character Map (Windows), Nexus Font (Windows), Font Book (Mac) or a software program such as PopChar (for Windows and Mac).Thanks so much for looking and please let me know if you have any questions

Villages is a combination of serif and sans serif that produces a sans serif font with an elegant and modern look, comes in 3 weights with an italic style for each weight, and several alternative characters that you can use to suit your design needs. Use this font for craft projects, logos, posters, books, promotions, and any of your design needs that require a clean and elegant look! Opentype features : Stylistic Alternates Contextual Alternates Standart Ligatures Contextual Ligatures Discretionary Ligatures Small Capitals Ordinals Stylistic Set 1 Fraction Oldstyle Figures Superscript Subscript Multi Language Support Win and Max OS System We hope you enjoy this font, and don’t hesitate to leave a comment or message if you have problems or questions.