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.

Exit is my first typeface (designed in 1988). The relationship to Neville Brody's work is evident but with personal touch

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.

What if blackletter wasn’t just for graduations and gravestones? Elfreth is a “casual blackletter” that works when traditional blackletter doesn’t.

A great look for formal announcements, book work, business, high-end ads and terrific for text as well as headlines.

Flow is a relaxed font family that finds a happy balance between work and play. Its a Caps Only Fonts.

Godiva is vintage font family inspired by vintage lettering. It works perfectly for achieving that vintage aesthetic with your designs.

A casual gothic easy-to-read font. Relaxed Fit works for so many applications: text, Headlines and anything in between.

A font completely made of nature elements. Pieces of wood, branches and leaves. Do not go limp, use Wald instead!

Caramel Pro combines the entire Caramel Family into one OpenType font. Use alternates and style sets to customize your work.

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

Introducing Bordemile, a luxury script with unique swashes! It works perfectly for headline, logotype, apparel, invitation, branding, packaging, advertising etc.

Frugality Pro is a font for various uses. Text works very well for Web as well for ads and magazines.

Shabwa is An Arabic typeface for Print And screen. this font family is from Kufi style and contains 3 weights: Regular, Medium and bold. Shabwa is simple and a little detailed font and its three weights are fully harmonized, one letter with one length on the line, and words with a uniform length on the line, gives a comfortable reading look.

Introducing by Timur type Proudly Present, Simplesky Simplesky A Handwritten Script Font, which was created with great care and specially created for you ✨ Simplesky is perfect for product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background. Simplesky also multilingual support. Embelish your designs with our original fonts. Enjoy the font 😉 Thank you!

Created for Jim Lee's Wildstorm books, WildWords has proved to be one of our most popular fonts and has been featured in TIME magazine and the LEGO catalog, as well as used to letter thousands of Manga pages. Comicraft fonts are created BY comic book letterers FOR lettering comic books. Accept no substitutes! See this family related to WildWords: Wild Words Lower

Introducing by Timur type Proudly Present, Requista Requista A Handwritten Script Font Requista is perfect for product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background. This Claritty font includes: -Full Set of standard alphabet and punctuation & symbol -Extra set Ligature -multilingual support. Embelish your designs with our original fonts.Enjoy the font,Thank you!

Garris is a monoline script font with awesome opentype features such as ligatures, stylistic alternates, swashes, stylistic set, initial and terminal form as well as multilingual support with 360+ glyphs. This monoline script font comes with multiple alternates that will make your words look like a custom lettering. Available in light and regular versions as an option for your typographic design creations.

Proudly Presenting, Xwisth a Gothic Handwritten Font that will bring an a classical type. Xwisth is perfect for any titles, logo, product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background. Xwisth also come with Multi-Lingual Support. Enjoy the font, feel free to comment or feedback, send me PM or email. Thank You!

Ethique is a minimalist, luxury and gorgeous font that is both classically elegant and inherently modern. Create unique word mark logos, beautiful wedding invitations, use it as an elegant solution for your next magazine layout, or choose Ethique for any graphic design that require a sleek look with an elegant flair. Ethique features a unique style of design and contains multi-lingual support.

Zipline is a geometric sans built from a folded line or ribbon. Contemporary and stylish, with a certain decorative flair. There are three variants that can can be freely mixed for effect - a solid version, a decorative lined version, and a half-solid version. Most effective used in short words or phrases at larger sizes, where the details can be appreciated.

Bethanien is beautiful sweet calligraphy font. It is fresh, modern, and maintaining its elegance. This font is so perfect for many designs, from wedding invation, greeting card, social media quotes, branding, logo, and many more. Features: +Tons of Glyphs, including beautiful alternate glyphs. +Can be used in any software, like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, even Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and others. +Multilingual glyphs.

Authentic Sheldon is beautiful and lovely script font with many alternative styles, ligatures, swash and multilingual glyphs. Authentic Sheldon can be used for wide ranges of application, such as wedding design, logo, poster, name card, invitations, social media posts, and others. Files include: + PUA-Encoded + Can be used in any software, like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, even Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and others. + Multilingual glyphs.

Proudly Presenting, The Goblick a Handdrawn Signature Font. The Goblick is perfect for any titles, logo, product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background. The Goblick also come with initial swash and Multi-Lingual Support. Enjoy the font, feel free to comment or feedback, send me PM or email. Thank You!

Put the needle in the groove and jive baby! Discolicious brings back the golden age of moustaches and sideburns, psychedelic tie-dyes and bell bottoms. Use this ‘bubblegum’ disco font for your product packaging, magazines and party posters and they’ll look off the hook! Comes with a primo amount of diacritics, so you can let it all hang out! Word!

Designed with visual novels and romantic text in mind, Doki Doki Tokimeki (taken from the Japanese sound for a heartbeat and the word heartbeat itself) is a romantically-inclined sans serif. From playful, yet friendly letters to a range of dingbats and a series of alternate heart-shaped glyphs, it’s sure to make your heart go pitter-patter as well!

Proudly Presenting, Quarts Pachino a Bold Marker Font. Quarts Pachino is perfect for any tittles, logo, product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background. Quarts Pachino come with many ligatures, ending swash and come with Multi-Lingual Support. Enjoy the font, feel free to comment or feedback, send me PM or email. Thank You!

Martin Kamila is a lovely script hand drawn font. Martin Kamila is perfect for product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background. Martin Kamila has also multilingual support. Lowercase font Stylistic Alternates Ligatures Symbols & Punctuation OpenType Features. Enjoy the font, feel free to comment or feedback, send me PM or email. Thank you!

Selyna Avelyn is a Lovely Handwritten Font. Selyna Avelyn is perfect for product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background. Selyna Avelyn also multilingual support. Uppercase & Lowercase font Stylistic Alternates Ligatures Symbols & Punctuation OpenType Features. Enjoy the font, feel free to comment or feedback, send me PM or email. Thank you!

Bellinzo sans serif font is a set of 3 weights and it is good for making creative displays and it has urban / street wear touch. It’s a lovely and unique sans serif font, allowing you to make each word look completely stylish! Bellinzo is the unique typeface for creating elegant headlines, fashion magazine covers, book covers, templates and creative displays and logo designs.

Proudly Presenting, Jimmy Collins a Monoline Tagging Font. Jimmy Collins is perfect for any tittles, logo, product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background. Jimmy Collins come with lowercase ending swash and Multi-Lingual Support. Enjoy the font, feel free to comment or feedback, send me PM or email. Thank You!

Introducing Roundwell by Javanice Studio Roundwell is A Moniline Handwritten Font Roundwell is perfect for branding project, apparel, labels, magazines, books, greeting / wedding cards, packaging, fashion, make up, stationery, and any type of advertising purpose or just used to express words above the background. This font includes multilingual support. Enjoy the font, feel free to comment or feedback, send me PM or email.

Proudly Presenting, Cayed a Uncial Handwritten Font that will bring an classic feel for your need. Cayed is perfect for any titles, logo, product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background. Cayed also come with Multi-Lingual Support. Enjoy the font, feel free to comment or feedback, send me PM or email. Thank You!

Some words from the foundry: The Pristine Light fonts are clean and crisp, sans serif, uppercase only. They were designed specifically for those applications where uppercase text is appropriate, such as display, headline, logotype, branding, and similar applications. There are numbers, punctuation, accented characters, symbols, and miscellaneous characters. For convenience the uppercase alphabet is repeated under their respective lowercase keys.