“Hey, look at me!” cried the new advertising typefaces. With the nineteenth century and the industrial revolution came an esthetic revolution in type design. Brash, loud, fat display faces elbowed their way into the crowd of book faces, demanding attention. Those who admired traditional book types harumphed and complained. Robert Thorne had fired the opening round with his Fatface. With the cutting of Figgins Antique, the battle was well and truly joined. Job printing came into its own and it seemed like everything changed. The world of printing had been turned upside down and the gentile book-type aficionados recoiled in horror much as the rural landed gentry recoiled at the upstart middle class shopkeepers and manufacturers. William Savage, approvingly quoted by Daniel Berkeley Updike over a hundred years later, described the new display faces as “a barbarous extreme.” These were exciting times. According to Geoffrey Dowding in his An Introduction To The History Of Printing Types, “The types which we know by the name of Egyptian were first shown by Vincent Figgins in his specimen book of 1815, under the name Antique.” Of course, dating the design is not quite as simple as that. Nicolete Gray points out that Figgins used the same “1815” title page on his specimen books from 1815 to 1821, adding pages as needed without regard to archival issues. As a result, there are different versions of the 1815 specimen book. In those copies that include the new Antique, that specific specimen is printed on paper with an 1817 watermark. The design is dated by the 1817 watermark rather than the 1815 title page. Figgins Antique ML is an all-cap font. This typeface is for bold statements. Don't waste it on wimpy whispers of hesitant whimsies. And please don't use it for extended text -- it will only give someone a headache. Think boldly. Use it boldly. Set it tight. Go ahead and run the serifs together. Solid and stolid, this face is very, very English. FIGGINS ANTIQIE ML represents a major extension of the original release, with the following changes: 1. Added glyphs for the 1250 Central Europe, the 1252 Turkish and the 1257 Baltic Code Pages. Added glyphs to complete standard 1252 Western Europe Code Page. Special glyphs relocated and assigned Unicode codepoints, some in Private Use area. Total of 331 glyphs. 2. Added OpenType GSUB layout features: liga and pnum. 3. Added 86 kerning pairs. 4. Revised vertical metrics for improved cross-platform line spacing. 5. Redesigned mathamatical operators. 6. Included of both tabular (standard) & proportional numbers (optional). 7. Refined various glyph outlines.

From the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, by way of Toronto, comes Martie's handwriting. Martie Byrd is a school teacher in Roanoke, Virginia, and a friend of Canada Type's Rebecca Alaccari. After years of admiring the cheer and clarity of Martie's handwriting, we asked her to write out full alphabets for some cool font treatment. The intent was to do three different versions of her writing in two different pens, then use the auto-magic of OpenType to determine letter sequences and rotate character sets on the fly when the fonts are in use. A successful endeavor it was. Take a look at the images in the MyFonts gallery to see the character rotation in action, along with a visual explanation of why Martie is not just another handwriting font. Unlike other available felt tip and ballpoint handwriting fonts, the regular and bold variations are style-based, not weight-based. They are the handwritten expressions of two different Sharpie pens: The fine point one (Martie Bold), and the ultrafine one (Martie Regular). The style-based variation considerably helps the realism needed in design pieces that take advantage of the contrast of two different handwriting fonts. Weight thickening in handwriting is an obvious mechanical effect that only happens with computers. Weight changing by replacing pens is what happens in the real world. Martie Pro and Martie Pro Bold each contain three different character sets in a single font. Language support includes Western, Central and Eastern European languages for all three sets. This translates into each Pro font containing over 750 characters. Add OpenType code and stir, and you have true handwriting fonts with versatility unavailable out there in anything else of the genre. A software program that supports OpenType features is needed to use the randomization coded in Martie Pro and Martie Pro Bold. Current versions of QuarkXpress and Adobe applications (Photoshop, Illlustrator, InDesign) do contain support for the randomization feature. But if you don't have one of these apps, you can still use the interchangeable Type 1 or True Type fonts and change the characters manually to achieve the appearance of true handwriting. The Martie fonts come in a variety of price packages, from the affordable single fonts to value-laden complete sets. All the proceeds from these fonts received by Canada Type will be donated 50/50 to two primary schools: One in Roanoke (where Martie teaches), and one in Toronto (where the 10-year old, real Canada Type boss goes). So next time a design project needs a handwriting font, do the write thing and use Martie to keep it real.

Underground Pro expands on the historical design by Edward Johnston, licensed exclusively to P22 from the London Transport Museum. The overall design of Underground Pro is kept as intended by Johnston and remains within his system of proportions. Additional OpenType features, such as Small Caps and Petite Caps, are included in all 6 weights. A Titling option that mimics London Transport signage is offered in the medium weight. The addition of many Unicode ranges for unprecedented language support makes this the most expansive P22 font family ever. Each Pro font weight collectively contains over 5000 glyphs, covering most Latin based languages, with separate Greek (polytonic) and Cyrillic versions. The outlines of the original Regular and Bold have been subtly redrawn and expanded, they are now available as Medium and Heavy respectively.

Panforte Pro is the basic ingredient for any tasty visual feast: a prime-cut font family, deliciously readable online and offline, space-saving and organic, appealing to hipster consumers and seasoned gluttons. Hand drawn in easy big strokes, its a very condensed typeface that allows you to typeset easily long texts. Lovers of world cuisine will be delighted to discover that it supports over forty languages using the latin alphabet, spiced with hand-picked diacritics and comes also with a tasty side dish of greek and cyrillic characters. For all the nouvelle cuisine open type chefs, it features a set of proper small case character set and alternate oldstyle numerals, as well as a set of repeating letter ligatures to avoid that metallic taste of repeating double characters.

Jano Round™ is a sans serif type family with a friendly and synergetic profile. Designed with rounded forms, low contrast and a somewhat techie feel, Jano Round™ is a highly legible typeface suited for any text application and typographic reproduction. Jano Round™ has 18 styles and its a workhorse type system. It covers 290+ languages, including extended latin, cyrillic and greek writing systems. With over 1800 glyphs per style, its Opentype features include alternative shapes, small caps, standard and discretionary ligatures, localized forms in latin and cyrillic, case sensitive forms, numerators and denominators, proportional and tabular figures, slashed zero, fractions and more. The engaging personality and the huge set of features and glyphs makes Jano Round™ an excellent choice for branding, editorial, web and broadcast.

A unique kind of type by Michael Herold: The 14 cuts of Corner are equally distributed to the two style variants A and B. From Thin to Extra Bold, variant A comes with technical and pure forms while B appears with a soft, more personal character. In combination, the two variants add up to a highly versatile family which is very well suited for branding purposes, thanks to its diverse forms of expression. Eine besondere Schriftfamilie von Michael Herold: Die 14 Schnitte der Corner sind auf die beiden Stilvarianten A und B verteilt. Von Thin bis Extra Bold kommt die Corner im Stil A mit technischen, reinen Formen und im Stil B mit weichem, persönlicherem Charakter. Als Kombination ergibt sich eine sehr vielfältige Familie, die sich mit ihren verschiedenen Ausdrucksformen besonders fürs Branding eignet.

Typoskript AR is based on a metal type which was produced in 1968 by VEB Typoart, Dresden, from a design of the German calligrapher and lettering artist Hildegard Korger. It bears all the qualities of the artist’s inimitable style which will be immediately recognizable to anyone who’s familiar with her Handbook of Type and Lettering (Lund Humphries, 1992) (Schrift und Schreiben, Leipzig, Fachbuchverlag, 1971). The ARTypes transcription retains the roughness of the artist’s pen on paper as it was featured in the original type, as well as the letterfit, ch, ck and f-ligatures. ARTypes have supplied the font with all the standard accents, monetary signs, etc. The original qu logotype is provided as an alternative letter. A printable .pdf specimen of the type can be downloaded from the gallery.

Pinfong Typeface is a Decorative display font with ligatures also complete multilingual glyphs. Pinfong come with Regular style, it will make this typeface can be used in all design projects and works perfectly for pairing with script typeface or handmade fonts, Headlines, Posters, Packaging, T-shirts, Postcards, Invitation, Wedding Sign, Sign Painting, Signboard, and much more. Try Pinfong, enjoy the richness of OpenType features and let her fun and elegant excitement make you happy and enhance your creativity! You can use this font very easily. •Multilingual Support And Special Ligatures Your download will include OTF format files. If you do not have programs that support OpenType features like Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw X Versions, you can access all alternative flying machines using Font Book (Mac) or Character Map (Windows)

Dofta is a serif Decorative typeface with ligatures also complete multilingual glyphs. Dofta come with Regular style, it will make this typeface can be used in all design projects and works perfectly for pairing with script typeface or handmade fonts, Headlines, Posters, Packaging, T-shirts, Postcards, Invitation, Wedding Sign, Sign Painting, Signboard, and much more. Try Dofta, enjoy the richness of OpenType features and let her fun and elegant excitement make you happy and enhance your creativity! You can use this font very easily. •Multilingual Support And Special Ligatures Your download will include OTF format files. If you do not have programs that support OpenType features like Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw X Versions, you can access all alternative flying machines using Font Book (Mac) or Character Map (Windows)

Matilost Wikly is an elegant handwitten fontinspired by natural brush typography. Written in rapid motion using a slightly dry brush pen. This will give you a fresh and elegant design. Matilost Wikly comes with uppercase and lowercase letters, large sets and small sets, numbers, alternative styles for several lowercase characters are also available that make your text and design more attractive. Try Matilost Wikly, enjoy the richness of OpenType features and let her fun and elegant excitement make you happy and enhance your creativity! You can use this font very easily. - Included multilingual support and special ligatures If you do not have programs that support OpenType features like Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw X Versions, you can access all alternative flying machines using Font Book (Mac) or Character Map (Windows):

Another 48-cut family from a typeface system which originally arose from the need to simply explain to some publishers what it is “serif, sans-serif, egyptian”, etc. including their style variations. Over time, the Trivia became quite popular, which was her goal. Now is the opportunity to explain what it is “grotesque.” Grotesque in art is generally synonymous with bizarre, repulsive impropriety, but also surreal abomination exciting an empathic pity. These are qualities that undoubtedly attract the viewer’s attention since the days of Gothic gargoyles, stone gorgons and chimeras. Grotesque font is unlike the cold sans-serif much warmer, more appealing for the title, poster or advertisement, and is usually given in a variety of widths and weights. With our Trivia it shares basic proportions and OpenType features.

Quiroh is a functional typeface that expresses both artistic life and emotion. Taking its inspiration from the industrial revolution of the 19th Century where romance and science coincided. With a cushioned finish and designed according to traditional conventions, the sentiment is equally as important as the reason, resulting in a very pleasurable read. Quiroh includes both heavy display weights and lighter weights for small copy, it's a perfect tool for communicating to the masses. Tall ascenders and descenders give the typeface a distinctive look with an elegant feel, and while these expressive forms invite the reader to observe its visible shape and appearance, its rhythm and function invites the reader to peruse at their leisure. Full details include 7 weights from thin to heavy with over 470 characters, manually edited kerning and OpenType features.

Piguet Script is an elegant handwitten fontinspired by natural brush typography. Written in rapid motion using a slightly dry brush pen. This will give you a fresh and elegant design. Piguet Script comes with uppercase and lowercase letters, large sets and small sets, numbers, alternative styles for several lowercase characters are also available that make your text and design more attractive. Try Piguet Sript, enjoy the richness of OpenType features and let her fun and elegant excitement make you happy and enhance your creativity! You can use this font very easily. - Included multilingual support and special ligatures If you do not have programs that support OpenType features like Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw X Versions, you can access all alternative flying machines using Font Book (Mac) or Character Map (Windows)

Elioth is a humanist font with angled terminals as a identity of this product. Comes with a modern look, this font suitable for display and body text. Elioth is perfect for advertising, packaging, logo, editorial and publishing, branding and other creative industries. This family of 9 weights from Thin to Heavy along with italics contain several OpenType features: Stylistic Alternates and Figures Variation (circled number, fraction, tabular lining, numerator, denominator). With over 752 glyphs per style, Elioth supports around 150+ languages in Latin and Cyrillic script. Family overview: 9 weights (from Thin to Heavy) + italics Extended Latin Cyrillic 752 glyphs Variable Font 150+ languages OpenType Features: Localized Forms Subscript and scientific inferiors Superscript (Superiors) Numerators and Denominators Fractions Lining Figures Tabular Figures Oldstyle Figures Circled Number Case-Sensitive Forms Standard and Discretionary Ligatures Stylistic Alternates

Bolgifam Family is a luxury and elegant font pair that will bring a unique style and a trendy look to your designs. Comes with two style font sans modern regular - italic and one Classic Calligraphy Typeface with trending ligatures and special character, this will make Bolgifam family usable in all design projects and work perfectly to pair with any other font. With this family elegant styles you can create design such as wedding media, book covers, greeting cards, logos, branding, business cards and certificates, even for any design work that requires a classic, formal or luxurious look. Try Bolgifam Family, Enjoy the richness of OpenType features and let her fun and elegant excitement make you happy and enhance your creativity! You can use this font very easily. • Multilingual Support

Lile Dahliya is a classic font, I built it with my relaxed hands. Designed as a classic font but having a modern element in it makes it particularly suitable for wedding media, book covers, greeting cards, logos, branding, business cards and certificates, in fact for any design work that requires a classic, formal or luxury look. Try Lile Dayliya, enjoy the richness of OpenType features and let her fun and elegant excitement make you happy and enhance your creativity! You can use this font very easily. There are many features in it. Contains the full set of lowercase and capital letters, punctuation, numbers, and multilingual support. This font also includes some ligatures and alternative styles Stylistic Set For those of you who have software that is able to work OpenType (Corel Draw / Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign).

This beautiful font explores 3 very individual styles of one typeface. Each style pays homage to classic sans serif typefaces while adding contemporary flair to its characteristics. With both formal and informal styles, Aestetico explores how the shapes and curves of letters change their perception and focus. The informal letters are rounder and more quirky while the formal style utilizes more traditional sans serif letterforms. The whole set (54 styles) consists of 3 sister families, each in 9 weights with matching italics. The 3 variants ensure every design project is covered by Aestetico; its versatile nature is perfect for a huge variety of applications from editorial design to branding, advertising, publications and digital. As you would expect from Latinotype, this font comes with a standard character set (395 glyphs) and supports over 200 languages.