Tag: Initials

Ornate Initials Font

Ornate Initials Style One is composed of a floral ornament rotated and reflected at 90 degree increments combined with a letter or number to form each ornate initial. The initials are A through Z and 1 through 0 for a

P22 Ridley Font

Ridley is a calligraphic-influenced, decorative, medieval font combining Roman and Gothic forms. It is named for Nicholas Ridley and similar to the P22 Latimer font. Ridley and Latimer were protestants burned together at the stake in 1555 during the reign

P22 Basel Roman Font

In mid 2001, P22 was approached by a Daniel Garrison, a Classics scholar at Northwestern University about possibly digitizing a long lost “Garamond” typeface. This font was used by Johannes Herbst (a.k.a. Ioannes Oporinus) in 1543 to publish Andreas Vesalius’

1509 Leyden Font

This blackletter font was created inspired from the set who was used in Leyden by Jan Seversz to print “Breviores elegantioresque epistolae […]”, by author Francesco Filfelo, circa 1509. The original font contains all lower case characters, excepted w, eth,

Venice Initials Font

“Venice Initials” are my redesign of a 15th century venetian original by an unknown calligrapher. Unfortunately only parts of the letters existed, so I had to design about half of them myself. Of course I enjoyed doing that. Published by

Kate Greenaway Alphabet Font

Some time ago I bought my smallest book ever “Kate Greenaway’s Alphabet” 57 x 72 mm. I thought it was the sweetest little book I had ever seen. Not knowing about the fame of the designer »Kate Greenaway« (1846-1901) I

FatFritz Font

FatFritz is a rounded blackletter typeface for those of you who do not like the martial side of blackletter typefaces. Being a German, I always had this love-hate relation to Fraktur as we call it. That is why my blackletter

Fengo Font

Fengo is a beautiful handlettering font inspired by Sino-Japanese and traditional Chinese hieroglyphic characters. As a result the font looks authentic and very friendly. It contains a wide range of features such as initials, finals, swashes, arrows, circled numerals. Fengo

1864 GLC Monogram Font

This family of two characters monograms and initial letters was inspired from a French portfolio containing about two hundred examples of ” Chiffres à deux lettres ” destined to engravers and jewelers, published in Paris in 1864, drawn by French

Savage Initials Font

“Savage Initials” are just that, wild, spontaneous capital letters that are meant to be extraordinary embellishments. Published by Wiescher DesignDownload Savage Initials

1529 Champ Fleury Pro Font

In 1529, Geofroy Tory, French scholar, engraver, printer, publisher and poet, was publishing the well known so called “Champ Fleury”, printed by Gilles de Gourmond, in Paris. It is a fully illustrated handbook where the author explain how to drawn

1525 Durer Initials Font

In 1525, Albrecht Dürer, the well known German great artist, was publishing the so called “Underweysung der Messung mit dem Zirckel und Richtscheyt”, printed in Nuremberg. This handbook explain with numeral figures how to drawn with compasses and ruler. A

Erler Titling Font

Herbert Thannhaeuser’s 1953 titling font Erler Versalien which was distributed by Typoart in hot-metal times, was carefully redrawn and redesigned. Published by RMU TypedesignDownload Erler Titling

Sante Pro Font

Our Sante Pro is a script of vintage origins with modern flair. This script embodies holiday and special event celebrations in its styling while exuding a confidence and carefree attitude. It makes a bold statement in any design. This script

Noel Font

Noel is a font design published by Fonthead. Published by Fonthead Design Inc.Download Noel

SteamCourt Font

A bit of background if you will: In early 2014, some friends from my college days banded together to form their own game company. Their first launch? A current Kickstarter they named SteamCourt. I love Kickstarter. It’s a fantastic platform,

P22 Morris Golden Font

William Morris (1834-1896) was probably the most influential figure in the decorative arts and private press movements of the late 19th and early 20th century. In reaction to the increasing lack of quality that the industrial revolution brought on, Morris