Elliptical The squareness of curves. That was the elliptical – in more than one sense – notion being explored in the making of FS Hackney. The squareness of curves and vertical terminals to create a gentle, soft sans serif, with a little bit of magic. A momentary thought – “It doesn’t have to be like this” – provided the spur to explore the verticals and skeletons of letterforms beyond conventional type design limits. A 12-month gestation period gave rise to a font with a larger-than-usual character set, including non-lining figures, small caps and superior and inferior numbers. It’s a collection that speaks confidently for itself. Assertive It was the Hackney carriage – the black London cab – that gave this font its name, not the north London neighbourhood. Solid, dependable, effective and built to last, FS Hackney was honed to perform in all conditions. Cool, compelling lines and a satisfying overall simplicity lend FS Hackney its assertive air. Assured, versatile and effective; just like a black cab (but without the grumbling). Machined Over a string of meetings, Jason Smith and FS Hackney designer Nick Job worked out how to infuse Nick’s sketched letterforms with Fontsmith’s familiar geniality. “Nick is very meticulous and produces very clean design work,” says Jason. “Hackney is ideal for branding as it’s very clear and its quirks are sensible ones, not odd ones, that don’t distract from the message.”

A decorative font design of many borders, ornaments and frame like illustrations.

A monospaced typeface meant to look and feel like an old typewriter.

The letterforms that we now accept as the historical standard for printing latin alphabets were developed in Italy around the end of 1400. Deriving from Roman capitals and from italic handwriting, they soon replaced the blackletter letterforms that were used a few years before by Gutenberg for his first moveable types. Between these two typographical traditions there's an interesting and obscure middle ground of historical oddballs, like the Pannartz-Sweynheym Subiaco types, cut in Italy in 1462. Keratine is the result of Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini's exploration of that territory. Like our Kitsch by Francesco Canovaro it explores the impossible territory between antiqua and blackletter, not as a mere historical research, but rather as a way to re-discover and empower an unexpected and contemporary dynamism. Using contemporary digital aesthetics to combine the proportions of humanistic type with the gestural energy of Fraktur letterforms, Keratine develops a "digitally carved", quasi-pixelated appearance (clearly stressed in Keratine's italics) that allows an unexpected balance between small-size readability and display-size personality. Keratine also relies heavily on a variable identity as the letterforms change dynamically with weight, developing from a contrasted, text-oriented light range to more expressive and darker display range, for a total of 8 weights with italics. Open type features and glyph alternates further enrich the usage possibility of this typeface that embodies our contemporary swap culture by embracing the contradictory complexity at the crossroads between Gothic and Humanist styles, while playfully empathising with a digital, brutalist spirit.

To Rafaella, a menina dos cachos. We, designers, have grown accustomed to seeing that lowercase letters—not only in calligraphy but also in typography (1)—may be very playful and decorative. Almost every part of them can become a potential swash, ligature or decorative accolade (2) if the designer has some expertise regarding this matter. However, since we are living in an era that elevates the status of handcrafts, lettering has gained a lot of ground in different kinds of mediums, and with it there’s a sort of overuse of capitals. This may be due to the reason that lettering pieces need a high impact to convey their messages and many times why big capitals are the only solution. With this in mind, I started Rafaella: A font consisting entirely of capitals which go from unadorned to very decorative. Rafaella has ductus and forms vaguely based on the 1970s Bookman-like styled fonts. The presence and behaviour of serifs and ball terminals in this style were the perfect excuse to make really attractive aternates which the user can choose from the glyphs panel. The result is a font full of life. Able to be both very playful and formal due to its roman style which can be combined with (and between) a wide range of other styles of expressive scripts or geometric fonts with nice results (3). Also try Rafaella Shade Solo combined with Rafaella or Rafaella Bold for a layer effect to emphasize any given word or phrase. NOTES (1) See my fonts Erotica from 2013 or Dream from 2014. (2) Accolades is a wonderful word that refers to the ornaments made around the words in the spencerian style of calligraphy (3) Combinations often seen in different pieces of lettering were usually a contrast of style is wanted.

The x factor How do you make a font like FS Albert unique, distinctive? “When designing a font I try to question every letter,” says Jason Smith, “but all you need is a few that have an x factor. With FS Albert, they’re the lowercase ‘a’ and ‘g’ and the uppercase ‘I’ and ‘J’. “I remember a friend saying, ‘Why on earth have you designed the ‘a’ like that? Isn’t it too friendly for this kind of font?’ And, in a way, that’s what I wanted – honesty and warmth, because a lot of big brands at the time really needed to show a more human side.” Range of weights and styles FS Albert is a charismatic type: a warm, friendly sans serif face with a big personality. Open, strong and amenable, and available in a wide range of weights and styles, FS Albert suits almost every task you put it to. Fontsmith has crafted five finely-tuned upright Roman weights and four italic weights, as well as a special Narrow version to provide the best coverage and give headlines and text an easy-going character. The chunky kid “FS Albert was inspired by – and named after – my son, who was a bit of a chunky kid,” says Jason Smith. “I designed an extra bold weight because I always felt that the really big font heavy weights had the most personality. “I recently told Albert this story. He laughed, and forgave me for thinking he was a fat baby. He liked the big personality bit, though.” 1000s of glyphs Not content with a character set that covered Europe and the whole of the Western world, the studio decided to go further afield. There are now FS Albert character sets that cover western and eastern European languages, including those of Russia, as well as Cyrillic, Arabic and Greek scripts. In fact, the font now covers more than 100 languages, making it ideal for bringing a consistent typographic style to the communications of global brands.

The x factor How do you make a font like FS Albert unique, distinctive? “When designing a font I try to question every letter,” says Jason Smith, “but all you need is a few that have an x factor. With FS Albert, they’re the lowercase ‘a’ and ‘g’ and the uppercase ‘I’ and ‘J’. “I remember a friend saying, ‘Why on earth have you designed the ‘a’ like that? Isn’t it too friendly for this kind of font?’ And, in a way, that’s what I wanted – honesty and warmth, because a lot of big brands at the time really needed to show a more human side.” Range of weights and styles FS Albert is a charismatic type: a warm, friendly sans serif face with a big personality. Open, strong and amenable, and available in a wide range of weights and styles, FS Albert suits almost every task you put it to. Fontsmith has crafted five finely-tuned upright Roman weights and four italic weights, as well as a special Narrow version to provide the best coverage and give headlines and text an easy-going character. The chunky kid “FS Albert was inspired by – and named after – my son, who was a bit of a chunky kid,” says Jason Smith. “I designed an extra bold weight because I always felt that the really big font heavy weights had the most personality. “I recently told Albert this story. He laughed, and forgave me for thinking he was a fat baby. He liked the big personality bit, though.” 1000s of glyphs Not content with a character set that covered Europe and the whole of the Western world, the studio decided to go further afield. There are now FS Albert character sets that cover western and eastern European languages, including those of Russia, as well as Cyrillic, Arabic and Greek scripts. In fact, the font now covers more than 100 languages, making it ideal for bringing a consistent typographic style to the communications of global brands.

Matisse's paper cutouts inspired Gail Blumberg, Adobe art director, to create a typeface of figures. Her biggest challenge: keeping each Cutout design in scale. It's not easy to make a standing figure, like 'Y,' to be the same size as a curled up figure, like 'G,'" Gail says."

I met her in a saloon called Little Texas. I was drinking mescal like it was vodka. She, tossing midgets like they were lawn darts. When the betting was closed, she launched an extra from The Wizard of Oz an impressive five meters, grabbed her margaritta and sat down.

Rabid is an inky, messy, super distressed display font. It's part charcoal, part chalk strokes, add a splash a of red and it starts to look like blood. Why SO Serious? It has about 200 glyphs including all those extra pesky foreign features. O Hope you like it.

Introducing “Haunted Brick” – The Spooky Halloween Decorative Font Dive into the eerie world of “Haunted Brick,” a spellbinding decorative Halloween font that will send shivers down your spine. Perfect for crafting captivating Halloween posters, invitations, and chilling social media posts, this font boasts a unique hand-drawn style adorned with intricate spider webs in every glyph. Key Features: Spine-Chilling Elegance: “Haunted Brick” strikes the perfect balance between elegance and the macabre, adding a spine-chilling touch to your Halloween designs. Creepy Creativity: Whether you’re conjuring up posters, eerie invitations, or haunting social media content, “Haunted Brick” lends an air of mystery and excitement to your projects. Intricate Spider Webs: Every character in “Haunted Brick” is intricately adorned with spider webs, ensuring that your text is truly one-of-a-kind and perfect for all things Halloween. Why Choose “Haunted Brick”: – Elevate your Halloween designs with a font that’s both spooky and stylish. – Craft invitations that send shivers down the spines of your guests. – Create captivating posters that will haunt the memories of those who see them. – Perfect for adding a dose of horror to your social media posts. Embrace the Spookiness – Download “Haunted Brick” Now!

Suprala is a contemporary delicate humanist serif typeface, with beautifully balanced forms, perfect for branding and communications projects. Suprala’s round, elegant, and classically elegant design, supports all major Latin-based languages in twelve styles. True italics advance the aesthetics, bringing energy and making it suitable for modern applications. The Suprala character set incorporates numerous OpenType features - additional symbols, stylistic alternates, and unique ligatures both standard and discretionary.

This font will sparks childish energy which is cheerful and playful, but it still usable to any kind of design because its familiarity. Arcane Land is a neat casual handwritten. Despite its neatness, this font is still looked handmade because the stroke and the asymmetrical shape. Suitable for posters, logos, branding, and all designs that need natural text writing. Go get your ticket to the Arcane Land!

An exuberant typeface named "African Queen", designed by Dave West for Photolettering in the 1960s, provided the inspiration for this exercise in typographic minimalism. The result is stark and somewhat raw, with a unique muscular energy...a natural choice for headlines that will attract attention. Both versions of the font include 1252 Latin and 1250 CE (with localization for Romanian and Moldovan) character sets.

Cuisine originated from a how-to lettering book from the 1950s. It suggests the script style found on food and beverage labels in the early 20th century. This creamy font does for food advertising what Bodoni does for haute couture. Its simmering, hand-scribed charm captures the complexity of wine and the robust energy of coffee. It shines on luxe food packaging or high-end menus

Kickrush is a font with the edgy characters and Positive energy for modern hand-lettered designs. It suitable for poster, logo, branding, t-shirt, packaging, book cover, hipster design, cards, and any brush lettering needs and more. Kickrush also includes full set of uppercase and lowercase letters, multilingual symbols, numerals, punctuation. What Included this font : PUA Encoded Characters Fully accessible without additional design software. Simple installations

Named after the German Renaissance astronomer, Kepler is a contemporary type family designed by Robert Slimbach in the tradition of classic modern 18th century typefaces. Modern typefaces are known for their cool intellectual quality, but Slimbach's Kepler multiple master captures the modern style in a humanistic manner. It is elegant and refined with a hint of Oldstyle proportion and calligraphic detailing that lends it warmth and energy.

With ascenders and descenders gone tall and wind-bent just the right way and capitals of enough weathered artistry to touch off waves of mystique and experience, Almond Script is calligraphy gone rusty and textured like only Angel Koziupa and Alejandro Paul can make it. Scarred and wavy like an exhausted warrior, slim and delicate like a tango dancer, this typeface is a unique convergence of the rough ancient brush and the modern Latin elegance. Nine out of ten packaging design experts agree: Almond Script has nothing to do with whitening your teeth, but it certainly can brand your product like no other script can. Designed by Koziupa and digitized by Ale Paul this font cover all your packaging needs!

Airosol is an edgy and expressive graffiti font that captures the essence of street art with a style that's undeniably urban. It's the perfect choice for designers and artists looking to infuse their projects with a raw and rebellious vibe, complete with striking swashes for added flair. Gritty Street Art Aesthetics: Airosol is a graffiti font that channels the raw energy and aesthetics of street art. Its bold and expressive letterforms showcase the essence of rebellious creativity, making it a standout choice for projects that demand an urban edge. Street Art Style: What sets Airosol apart is its authentic street art style. Every character exudes a sense of authenticity, as if it were lifted directly from a city wall, ready to make a statement. Swashes for Added Impact: Airosol comes with dynamic swashes, allowing you to accentuate your text with unique and artistic flourishes. These swashes are your tool for adding that extra touch of graffiti-inspired artistry to your designs. Versatile Expression: Airosol is more than just a font; it's a versatile form of expression. Whether you're working on urban branding, event posters, or any project that demands a street-smart aesthetic, Airosol will be your creative companion. Unleash Your Inner Rebel: With Airosol, you're not just selecting a font; you're unleashing your inner rebel and embracing the power of street art in your designs. Choose Airosol for Your Urban Adventures: Explore the creative possibilities with Airosol, and experience how its graffiti-inspired aesthetics and swashes breathe life into your projects, from the streets to the screen.

Introducing the Stencil PTx font family. We created two styles, sprayed, to be used in display giving the idea of graffiti on the wall and the clean, to possibly be used in print. This is the idea We have of an old school stenciled typeface/look. This typographic masterpiece brings the raw energy and urban flair of stencil graffiti art to your fingertips. The Stencil PTx font family is tailored for designers seeking to infuse their projects with the rebellious spirit and visual impact of street art. Whether you're designing for urban-themed events, streetwear branding, social media graphics, or edgy advertising campaigns, this font family adds an authentic urban edge to your creations. At Pedro Teixeira Foundry we're passionate about bringing the raw and vibrant energy of street art into the realm of typography. Explore the Stencil PTx font family to unleash the bold, gritty, and dynamic essence of stencil graffiti, elevating your designs with an urban attitude that commands attention and amplifies your message.