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Stanhope Font

Designed by Les Usherwood. Digitally engineered by Paul Hickson. Les based the design on a turn-of-the-century typeface of the same name. The foundry is believed to be Soldans & Payvers, circa 1904. Published by Red RoosterDownload Stanhope

Administer Font

Designed by Les Usherwood. Digitally engineered by Steve Jackaman. A few weights were originally released by another foundry; but this complete version of the family is a better match to Les original drawings! Published by Red RoosterDownload Administer

Veronese Font

Designed by Steve Jackaman, Veronese is based on the early original Monotype design, you can definitely see the influence of Italian Old Style, Jenson and Morris Golden Type. Published by Red RoosterDownload Veronese

Leighton Font

Designed by Paul Hickson, Leighton is a clean serif based on Lectura, a design by Dick Dooijes of the Amsterdam Foundry (1966). Published by Red RoosterDownload Leighton

Copacabana Font

Copacabana is heavily based on one of my favourite typefaces Goudy Old Style Italic. It is sharper and more clearly defined than Goudy yet still retains it old style characteristics. The face is slightly angled so is basically upright whilst

Brigade Font

In searching for a Roman to use there were bits of Bembo,Times,Garamond etc., that I liked and bits that I did not. So I set out to take the best bits of all my favourite Romans and tried to create

Claremont Font

Designed by Les Usherwood. Digitally engineered by Paul Hickson. Les never released this completed typeface before his untimely death in 1983. Published by Red RoosterDownload Claremont

Didot Headline Font

In spite of its name, this font family embodies the ultimate classic modern advertising typeface, rather than concern itself with revivalism or Didone authenticity. Naturally the spirit of the original Didot faces still exists in this family, but over twelve

Erasmus Font

Designed by A. Pat Hickson, Erasmus is a serif font based on the S. H. de Roos typeface design, originally by Amsterdam Foundry in 1923. Published by Red RoosterDownload Erasmus