Tag: Detroit serif

Girder Poster Font

Girder Poster, also named Spurred Gothic, was inspired by showcard lettering samples featured in the book, Commercial Art Of Show Card Lettering, published in 1945. Although similar to Cooper Bold, Girder Poster’s serifs are spurred and the design’s incepton came

Showcard Collection Font

The Show Card collection of four poster fonts, Boadway Poster, Poster Gothic, Girder Poster, and Cooper Poster were all inspired by showcard lettering samples featured in the book, “Commercial Art of Show Card Lettering” by James Eisenberg, published by D.

Killernuts Font

Killernuts is a woodtype design with a unique twist on its serifs. The small brush-like serifs were intended to resemble aspects of Japanese calligraphy, a sort of east meets west combination. Published by Dharma TypeDownload Killernuts

Cooper Poster Font

Cooper Poster was inspired by showcard lettering samples featured in the book, Commercial Art Of Show Card Lettering, published in 1945. Although named “Western”, the design was modeled after Ozwald Cooper’s 1921 original Cooper Black. Published by FontHausDownload Cooper Poster