Silly Girls is a Monoline font. This font describes about girly, feminist, dynamic, easy to use and easy to use and will bring a good harmony when the letters are connected and paired each other. FEATURES - Support Opentype Features - Support Ligatures bb dd ee ff gg kk ll mm nn oo pp rr ss tt st at att et ett it itt ot ott ut utt yt gt lt rt The - Uppercase - Lowercase - Numbering and Punctuations - Multilingual Support - Works on PC or Mac USE Silly Girls works great in any branding, logos, magazines, wedding designs, social media posts, quotes, invitation, stationery, craft and any projects that need monoline handwriting taste. Enjoy using! Thanks. HIRO.std

Andit is an unique calligraphy font. Carefully designed to work together in harmony that makes it perfect for wedding media, book covers, greeting cards, logos, branding, business cards and certificates, even for any design work that requires classics, formal or luxury. Try Andit, 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 multiligual 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)

Gilman Sans is the family member of Gilman, the serif that it was derived from. The idea for Gilman started simple enough, a serif typeface that works well for large amounts of text. However, after many struggles creating a quality typeface digitally, I decided to first draw the complete alphabet by hand on paper, and then trace that digitally. The result is a unique workhorse typeface with a subtle “human touch” that is very rare in this modern technological age. Gilman Sans has extensive language support and comes with many opentype features like true small caps, tabular lining figures, stylistic alternates, ligatures and more. Gilman Sans and Gilman are excellent compliments and work together harmoniously on the page.

Calisga - Glamour Serif Display Font Calisga is a Serif Display Font with a modern, classy, fun, unique and versatile style. It looks amazing at display size and is easy to read in text size. This font also has lots of unique alternatives and binders that will make for stunning design projects. Calisga - Glamor Serif Display Font works well for branding projects, logos, wedding designs, social media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, labels, photography, watermarks, invitations, or any project you are working on. Feature · All Uppercase and Lowercase · Numbers & Symbols · Supported Languages · Substitutes and Binders · PUA Encoded I really hope you enjoy it! Thank you so much for checking out my shop!

This font is a collection of ornaments and drawings suitable for Halloween themed materials. There are bats, singly and in swarms, owls, dead trees, spiders and webs, as well as calligraphic ornaments with a decidedly creepy bent. Most of the characters in this font were drawn on a napkin with a felt marker, and the resulting ragged texture was very suitable to the Halloween subject matter. Where the same stroke is repeated in one glyph, the contours have been edited to minimize obvious repetition. Use it for your Halloween party invitations and posters. Combines well with: PR Bramble Wood 1, PR Bramble Wood 2, PR Hallow Doodles 02, PR Cauldron, PR Swirlies 01, PR Swirlies 05.

Introducing Monatomia, a new display font by Omar Sacca a.k.a. ortho*. Monatomia is a font that is sure to make a statement in any design project. With stencil shapes designed to mimic the look of neon signs, Monatomia has a retro-futuristic twist that is truly unique. Featuring 191 glyphs in two styles, Monatomia is the perfect font for creating quick and effective logotypes or titles. Whether you're working on a poster, a website, or a packaging design, Monatomia will bring a fresh and eye-catching look to your work. So don't wait any longer! Add Monatomia to your design toolkit and start creating bold, neon-inspired designs that will grab attention and make an impact.

Rich Dingbats & Bursts was created with graphic designers in mind. I worked for a weekly newspaper, and finding different bursts was a challenge. You either had to draw your own (and who has time for that under tight deadlines) or use the same dull bursts over and over. I wanted to give the people I worked with at the newspaper choices, and Rich Dingbats & Bursts was born. There are several uses for this font. It's great for adding graphic elements to your Photoshop artwork. In FreeHand, users can convert the burst and paste a photo inside the burst for an interesting effect. QuarkXPress users don't have to import or draw bursts, just type the appropriate character!

TT Moons update 1.1 What’s new. • Case Sensitive Forms • Tabular Figures • Fractions • Numerators • Denominators • Superiors • Scientific Inferiors TT Moons is a slim, high-contrast serif. This font family works especially smart in classic design themes. TT Moons is a typeface of the glyptal modern font family. The ideal application range for this typeface is magazines, books and newspapers layout. Thanks to its narrow proportions and 5 weights (Thin, Light, Regular, Bold, Black), TT Moons perfectly fits into any contemporary digital design, such as interactive and product design, editorial and corporate web design. This font family is the real work helper and your joker when you need to combine contemporary and classic styles.

We think of Cherritt as a 'bullnosed' serif face, because of its rounded off serifs. What that phrase may not convey is the friendly, approachable nature of this large family of faces. The design was originally inspired by traditional draftsmens' hand-drawn serif lettering, but has been given a precise geometric flavor that suits it for work owing its inspiration to any era, from Victorian times through to the purely modern. They are ideal for headings and poster work, but also for setting small volumes of text. Four weights are included in the family, as well as wide, expanded and condensed forms, true small capitals and openface forms. All family members embody extensive OpenType features.

Pill Gothic walks the tightrope between a heads down, hard working, utilitarian sans and something that stands out, saying, "Look at me!" Designers looking for a type that will work in blocks of text for callouts, captions and headlines will find that unique balance with Pill. Pill Gothic asks the question: what is the effect of a few truly unique characters on the meaning of a type? In particular, the 'a' and the 'g', while relating strongly to the forms of the other characters, stand out from the traditional milieu of sans serif types. The name Pill Gothic came from early studies of the condensed weight where the lower case characters had the shape of a pill capsule.

Meet Buyan, a unique typeface family that draws inspiration from the iconic Mongolian film title "Nugel Buyan" 1963. Buyan is your go-to All Caps and Sans-Serif typeface, crafted with a sleek Condensed design that effortlessly blends style with readability. Elevate your projects with this versatile display font, adding a cool and contemporary touch to your text. This font family boasts a comprehensive range with 6 distinct weight styles and italics, allowing you to play with contrast and customize your text to suit your creative vision. Whether you're working on branding, headlines, or any display application, Buyan is the perfect choice to bring a modern and impactful aesthetic to your work. Elevate your design game with Buyan!

Introducing “Rapido Racers” - a Quirky Display Speed Font that encapsulates the essence of speed, agility, and dynamism. Crafted meticulously to resonate with the fast-paced world of racing and e-sports, this font is a harmonious blend of pixel perfection and artistic craftsmanship. With 13 unique variations, each tailored to fit the theme of speed and sportiness, Rapido Racers is versatile yet specific in its application. Whether you’re designing logos that stand testament to the electrifying world of racing or branding materials that echo the swift movements of e-sports athletes, this font is your companion. Its strong display characteristics make it ideal for crafting eye-catching titles on posters or headings on web pages.

Mideo is a Handwritten Script font that will make your designs look classic, Farmhouse, Boho, and Feminine. It is a great font for events, Wedding Project, fashion, apparel projects, signature, album covers, logos, branding, magazines, social media posts, advertisements, but it also works great for other projects. Add it to your fonts’ library, and it will enhance your creativity! Mideo is best for: - logos, branding, & Signatures. - Flyers, Album cover, Magazine, & Advertisements. - Website design , design blogs, & fashion. - Quote graphics for social media. - and also it works great for other projects. Whats included : - Character Set - Numerals and Punctuation (OpenType Standard) - Accents (Multilingual characters) If you have any questions, before or after purchase, please feel free to get in touch.

This Kaonug display font will make your work stand out. It brings just the right amount of uniqueness and style to whatever project you’re working on, the anatomical shape of the letters makes it unique and artistic. This is a great font to use when creating logos, posters, advertisements, and all your projects or anything else that needs to stand out in a variety of media. What’s Included : Standard glyphs Iso Latin 1 Simple installations We highly recommend using a program that supports OpenType features and Glyphs panels like many Adobe apps and Corel Draw, so you can see and access all Glyph variations. PUA Encoded Characters – Fully accessible without additional design software. Fonts include Multilingual support

A bit of happenstance and accident are always full of possibility — Richard Lipton’s Dunhill Script is based on observations of the work of his left-handed calligraphy students and then from a small detail generated by his own freehand sketching. Like his other script typefaces, Dunhill was born from the desire to achieve a certain visual drama. Many details show the pen at work, like the terminal shapes and the caps and ascenders. Dunhill also has a range of alternate stylistic glyphs and contextual features that can transform it into a connected script. It’s a great choice for editorial display or advertising and branding settings on its own or paired with a Roman sans or serif.

Poole Standard is the "flagship" typeface from former wine label designer, Wesley Poole. It's a versatile friendly face, antique but not antiquated, elegant yet inviting. "I first used a hand lettered version of this look on the Carmenet label. I've had this alphabet designed in my head for some time. It's perfect for upscale work. Like wine, this font is well rooted in the past, but meant to be appreciated and used in the here and now. Poole Standard is a stylish headline face, yet works well as a text face because of its readability at smaller point sizes. (Other styles and weights are coming soon!) If you're looking for understated elegance, Poole Standard does the job.

Lemonilla | Quirky Display Font Lemonilla a bold, quirky display font with a fun, trendy street style vibe. From posters designs to t-shirts and packaging, Lemonilla will give your designs that alternative minimal look and make your creative work look supercharged. Lemonilla was hand-drawn, making its outlines somewhat irregular and quirky. It has an almost hand-lettered look; the characters jump around the baseline giving it a charming but urban look and feel. The modern bold sans serif typeface has a host of alternatives and ligatures included. Combine its bold shapes to give your work a more unique, hipster attitude. Easily create professional cool type lockups that look like hand lettering.

Megabyte is a modern sans serif typeface built with minimal tapering and a geometric foundation in mind. The family contains 10 weights from light to black with matching italics that slant at 9°. Working on Megabyte, we’ve aimed to create a reliable workhorse typeface with the widest possible range of implementation. With its quirky curves and sharp edges Megabyte functions equally well in bulk text and in headings. Designed with an extensive collection of OpenType features and alternative forms, each weight includes extended language support + Cyrillic, ligatures, arrows, symbols and much more. Megabyte is ready to be put to work. Designed by Thomas Gillett, metrics and engineering with the help of Erin McLaughlin (Hindi Rinny).

Scillienta is a considered and exacting handwriting font that includes unique ligatures, characters for multiple languages, and a range of mathematical symbols. Inspired by the condensed, small, skinny handwriting traits I have consistently seen in scientists' handwriting, it exemplifies the effort of trying to write neatly when appearance is not the first priority. Scillienta is well-suited to handwritten notes and labels, school work and professional scribbles. It also works well as handwriting on electronic devices such as iPads and other cases in which handwriting might appear less fluid than usual. Scillienta includes 287 glyphs and 17 ligatures to ensure that common double- and triple-letter combinations retain the true-to-life inconsistencies of real handwriting.

Introducing Creative Vintage - a modern serif with vintage charm, fashion look and retro yet modern style. Work fast using integrated features. Just add PLUS (+) after any letter and get alternate instantly. This feature works on most applications (Canva, Templett, Corjl and others) Creative Vintage Regular: Opentype Serif font with clean shapes and accurate kerning. It includes ligatures and alternates with total amount 669 PUA encoded glyphs. Creative Vintage Draft: Modern Serif with chunky imperfect edges and shabby appearance. This font is a strict copy of everything from regular version including glyphs names, kerning and ligatures, so you are worry-free to change style on the go. Alternates appears automatically when you type plus after any letter or even ligature.

Font designed from work by an anonymous printer in Lyon (France) to print the French popular novel Les Grandes et inestimables Chroniques du grand et enorme geant Gargantua [...] in 1532. The original font has a relatively small number of characters. This font include a “long s”, as typicaly medieval, but also a few ligatures . A render sheet, enclosed with files help to identify them and accented or special others characters on keyboard. It can be used as web-site titles, posters and fliers, editing ancient texts, menus or greeting cards as a very decorative font... Although this font remains clear and easy to read from 8 or 9 points on screen, it is clearly designed for print works.

Fellbaum Grotesk is a condensed typeface with both grotesque and cursive/humanist attributes. Fellbaum Grotesk Regular presents a clean, “grotesk” exterior, while the Italic version features faint slab-style flourishes. These characteristics, combined with a subtle stroke contrast and slightly extended x-height make for a distinct, and artisanal appearance. The family was inspired by the condensed & sterile, yet quirky, sans serifs found on a lot of vintage apothecary labels & municipal street signage. Both styles in the family are modest enough to work as secondary fonts, but also sport enough character to work as a primary sans face for wordmarks, logos, headers, etc. Fellbaum Grotesk Features: • 14 Fonts, 7 Weights, 2 Styles • OpenType Support • Adobe CE Language Support • Dingbats

In comparison to most of my typefaces that tend to be fairly expressive, I wanted Voice to be simple, effective and easy to use. Voice was designed to work well in a wide range of sizes, and also in narrow tight columns with a wide range of weights. Those are some criteria for a good corporate typeface that I could clearly see in all my corporate branding projects. It is not that a brand needs all the weights but some appropriate weights can be chosen from that wide range. In copy you should not use heavier than Heavy. ExtraBold and UltraBold work best in display. Recommended uses: corporate branding, magazines and other publications.

Patron is a modern, mono-linear, sans-serif font family with large x-height and softened edges containing 12 fonts. This typeface was born as a corporate font design for non-profit sector and today it is available for public. At the moment Patron is offered as a PostScript-flavored OTF, but its construction is tuned to display well on screen as well. Works on a TrueType version with individual glyph hinting are being carried out. In addition, Patron has alternative family (Patron Alt) with enhanced personality, suitable mainly for headlines. Patron is graduation work of Matěj Hlaváček at AAAD in Prague, Studio Of Typography. Supervised by František Štorm, Tomáš Brousil and Karel Haloun.

Ford's Folly is a lively yet sophisticated handwriting font designed by Ascender's Jim Ford. It captures the look and spirit of the designer's handwriting using a using a Sharpie™ Extra Fine felt pen. This casual script font evokes an energetic feeling, and has very legible letterforms without quirky distractions. Jim Ford took his hand global by creating a massive multilingual character set. The font features the WGL Pan-European character set (Eastern Europe, Cyrillic, Greek and Turkish) and advanced typographic features for use with OpenType-savvy applications. The font is a fun and attractive handwriting font that is great for greeting cards, menus, advertisements, scrapbooking and many other projects that can benefit a personal appearance.

Introducing Starkido by Forberas Club Starkido is a handwritten script font that will make your designs look classic, Farmhouse, and Boho. It is a great font for events, wedding invitations, fashion, apparel, signature, album covers, logos, branding, magazines, social media posts, advertisements, but will also work great with any other project. Add it to your fonts’ library to enhance your creativity! Starkido is best for: - logos, branding & signatures - Flyers, album cover, magazine & advertisement - Website design, design blogs & fashion - Quote graphics for social media - Also works great with any other project Whats included : - Font provided in OTF format - Numerals and Punctuation - Accents (Multilingual characters) If you have any questions, before or after purchase, please feel free to get in touch.

“Growing up in Iceland, I was exposed to Scandinavian modernism from an early age. My parents had Arne Jacobsen furniture around the house and I was always enticed by the fun shapes and colors...."—SK Armchair Modern is derived from the logo created for Armchair Media Group by Stefan Kjartansson. The design is unabashedly ultra-modern, reminiscent of work by Mark Newson and the aforementioned Jacobsen. Armchair Media is a consulting company, working with clients from the Web and interactive TV, so the super-elliptical letterforms are also intended to evoke a traditional TV screen or CRT display. The complete family of five weights was co-produced by PSY/OPS in 2001.

Inspired by the 18th - 19th century of Penmanship specimens archive from Europe and America, carefully crafted with precise mood, technique, and visual touch to bring back your design works into that specific era. It comes with a collection of 3 fonts that match well with each other. Also a set of wide features such as Ligatures and alternative swashes. Lasttown will be a great choice for your classy and formal visual looks such as certificate design, vintage label, commercial lettering works, sign painting, glass gilding, logo type projects, liquor store branding, wine packaging, anytime you need a classic visual touch, please, be our guest. What you get : Standard & Discretionary Ligatures Stylistic set Numerals & Punctuation

Grimoire on the other hand combines two seemingly contradicting principles — calligraphic and constructive ideas — and makes them work together. The font is based on a modular system but simulates a handwritten typeface. Felix Braden about this concept: "I was so fascinated by this idea, that I have since designed a couple of typefaces following this principle, e.g. the psychedelic Bikini released by Volcanotype. Even my recent work, the multi awarded FF Scuba is inspired by this concept, however with increasing age I have become less interested in experimental typography and more so in designing typefaces which are more versatile in use." For a detailed type specimen have a look at: http://on.be.net/17WyhE6

Looking to add a touch of refinement to your designs? Look no further than Philosykos. With its carefully crafted details and more than 80 ligature choices, Philosykos is the perfect choice for adding a cultured, sophisticated look to your artwork. This typeface comes in four styles - Regular, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic - making it versatile enough for a wide range of designs. Whether you're creating a logo, designing packaging, or working on a book cover, Philosykos will help elevate your work to the next level. So if you're looking for a typeface that exudes elegance and style, look no further than Philosykos. Try it out today and see the difference for yourself.

Morning Fog Modern Cyrillic Font is a classy all-caps sans-serif typeface with decorative lowercase, clear uppercase letters, and an alternative light decorative set. Perfect for gorgeous logos and titles, Morning Fog Cyrillic Font will pair beautifully with many fonts and work well with whatever project you're working on. You can choose to use decorative, light decorative, or clear glyphs to make your typography more varied. Multilingual Support for 32 languages: Latin glyphs for Afrikaans, Albanian, Basque, Bosnian, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Welsh, Zulu. And Cyrillic glyphs support Russian, Belorussian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, and Kazakh languages.

Experimental lettering Stephen Rapp created in 1999 became the spark that Stephen's imagination transformed into the Tai Chi design. Tai Chi is a display face but it could also be used as a textured calligraphic script. Its delightful sense of movement distinguishes it from other scripts. Individual characters stand poised in a vertical Zen-like balance while at the same time displaying an inner rhythm that makes them appear to dance along the line. Rich in texture and variation, Tai Chi works very well at medium and large point sizes. The font contains several alternate letters that help maintain a hand-lettered look. Tai Chi includes both upper and lowercase letters but works well in all uppercase settings.

Aeronic is a work of love. I stumbled upon a fantastic Japanese poster for Nikke Coat by Gihachiro Okuyama (1907 - 1981). Gihachiro Okuyama (also: Okayama) was a very prolific Japanese print artist who started his career making woodblock prints, but later moved on to posters and advertisements. I tried to recreate the hand lettering in the original 1937 Nikke Coat poster, but since I had to work with a few glyphs only, I designed the remaining ones myself. The outline of Aeronic is rather thin, with thicker bits in some glyphs. It is quite rough in places, but it all adds to its unique look. Aeronic comes with a bonanza of diacritics.

Catfish is a monoline geometric script with a touch of classic and vintage and can be used for various purposes such as logos, badges, t-shirt design, signage, labels, book cover design, posters etc... The font is best used in an OpenType-aware software such as Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, MSWord etc. Please note that OpenType capabilities differ from one application to another. Underline feature was tested in Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and MSWord and works perfectly. The package contains a how-to pdf explaining how to use the underline feature. If you are working in Adobe Photoshop, to get an access to all glyphs you may need an additional software (for example, PopChar http://www.ergonis.com/products/popcharx/).

RATHER RISQUÉ is a brand new & creative contrast serif font, my take on a classical serif typeface, with over 165 unique ligatures and alternates for all uppercase and lowercase letters. This serif font was inspired by fashion editorial fonts, I wanted it to be bold but with a contrast thin touches, modern ligatures and unique features. RATHER RISQUÉ serif font comes with over 165 ligatures and alternates, full language support and it will be perfect for any kind of design work. Whether you're making a poster, logo design, full branding or a website, you can use it and get an amazingly creative result. I invite you to check out the preview images, and I hope you will be immersed in my vision for this creative typeface that, I am sure, will work for all kinds of interesting projects you might be working on this year. It also includes full language support, punctuation, numerals and detailed instructions how to use alternate letters most of the apps on your computer, as well as in Canva. If you end up publishing your designs on Instagram, tag me - @silverstagco and I will make sure to showcase your design and work to my audience as well! RATHER RISQUE | A Ligature Serif Font Includes: RATHER RISQUE.otf - Classical Serif Typeface With Modern Alternates & Ligatures 165+ Creative Alternates & Ligatures Numerals & Punctuation Language Support Web Font Kit is included as well Detailed instructions on how to use alternates in most of the apps on your computer and in Canva Happy creating everyone!

Compendium is a sequel to my Burgues font from 2007. Actually it is more like a prequel to Burgues. Before Louis Madarasz awed the American Southeast with his disciplined corners and wild hairlines, Platt Rogers Spencer, up in Ohio, had laid down a style all his own, a style that would eventually become the groundwork for the veering calligraphic method that was later defined and developed by Madarasz. After I wrote the above paragraph, I was so surprised by it, particularly by the first two sentences, that I stopped and had to think about it for a week. Why a sequel/prequel? Am I subconsciously joining the ranks of typeface-as-brand designers? Are the tools I build finally taking control of me? Am I having to resort to “milking it” now? Not exactly. Even though the current trend of extending older popular typefaces can play tricks with a type designer’s mind, and maybe even send him into strange directions of planning, my purpose is not the extension of something popular. My purpose is presenting a more comprehensive picture as I keep coming to terms with my obsession with 19th century American penmanship. Those who already know my work probably have an idea about how obsessive I can be about presenting a complete and detailed image of the past through today’s eyes. So it is not hard to understand my need to expand on the Burgues concept in order to reach a fuller picture of how American calligraphy evolved in the 19th century. Burgues was really all about Madarasz, so much so that it bypasses the genius of those who came before him. Compendium seeks to put Madarasz’s work in a better chronological perspective, to show the rounds that led to the sharps, so to speak. And it is nearly criminal to ignore Spencer’s work, simply because it had a much wider influence on the scope of calligraphy in general. While Madarasz’s work managed to survive only through a handful of his students, Spencer’s work was disseminated throughout America by his children after he died in 1867. The Spencer sons were taught by their father and were great calligraphers themselves. They would pass the elegant Spencerian method on to thousands of American penmen and sign painters. Though Compendium has a naturally more normalized, Spencerian flow, its elegance, expressiveness, movement and precision are no less adventurous than Burgues. Nearing 700 glyphs, its character set contains plenty of variation in each letter, and many ornaments for letter beginnings, endings, and some that can even serve to envelope entire words with swashy calligraphic wonder. Those who love to explore typefaces in detail will be rewarded, thanks to OpenType. I am so in love with the technology now that it’s becoming harder for me to let go of a typeface and call it finished. You probably have noticed by now that my fascination with old calligraphy has not excluded my being influenced by modern design trends. This booklet is an example of this fusion of influences. I am living 150 years after the Spencers, so different contextualization and usage perspectives are inevitable. Here the photography of Gonzalo Aguilar join the digital branchings of Compendium to form visuals that dance and wave like the arms of humanity have been doing since time eternal. I hope you like Compendium and find it useful. I'm all Spencered out for now, but at one point, for history’s sake, I will make this a trilogy. When the hairline-and-swash bug visits me again, you will be the first to know. The PDF specimen was designed with the wonderful photography of Gonzalo Aguilar from Mexico. Please download it here http://new.myfonts.com/artwork?id=47049&subdir=original

Pakenham is a typeface that truly exemplifies the transformative power of typography. Inspired by the timeless elegance of Steile Futura, a work of art by the legendary Paul Renner, Pakenham has taken the world of typography by storm with its innovative and captivating design. At its core, Pakenham is a sans-serif typeface that exudes an aura of modernity and sophistication. Its gently curved corners and generously scaled loops give it an effortlessly chic and trendy look, while its clean and sharp lines keep it rooted in the world of minimalist design. But Pakenham is not just a pretty face. It is a typeface that is brimming with oddities and anomalies that will add a unique and personal touch to your creations. Its superelliptical design is unlike anything you’ve seen before, making it perfect for designers who are looking to break free from the shackles of conventionality and embrace their creative freedom. With four different weights, two widths, italics, and special effect styles, Pakenham is a typeface that offers an unprecedented level of versatility. It is a true workhorse, capable of adapting to a wide range of design projects and styles. Overall, Pakenham is a typeface that is a must-have for any serious designer. Its combination of elegance, modernity, and versatility make it a true gem in the world of typography. So if you’re looking to take your design game to the next level, look no further than Pakenham. Most Latin-based European writing systems are supported, including the following languages. Afaan Oromo, Afar, Afrikaans, Albanian, Alsatian, Aromanian, Aymara, Bashkir (Latin), Basque, Belarusian (Latin), Bemba, Bikol, Bosnian, Breton, Cape Verdean, Creole, Catalan, Cebuano, Chamorro, Chavacano, Chichewa, Crimean Tatar (Latin), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dawan, Dholuo, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Frisian, Friulian, Gagauz (Latin), Galician, Ganda, Genoese, German, Greenlandic, Guadeloupean Creole, Haitian Creole, Hawaiian, Hiligaynon, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ilocano, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Kaqchikel, Karakalpak (Latin), Kashubian, Kikongo, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kurdish (Latin), Latvian, Lithuanian, Lombard, Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, Maasai, Makhuwa, Malay, Maltese, Māori, Moldovan, Montenegrin, Ndebele, Neapolitan, Norwegian, Novial, Occitan, Ossetian (Latin), Papiamento, Piedmontese, Polish, Portuguese, Quechua, Rarotongan, Romanian, Romansh, Sami, Sango, Saramaccan, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian (Latin), Shona, Sicilian, Silesian, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Sorbian, Sotho, Spanish, Swahili, Swazi, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tetum, Tongan, Tshiluba, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen (Latin), Tuvaluan, Uzbek (Latin), Venetian, Vepsian, Võro, Walloon, Waray-Waray, Wayuu, Welsh, Wolof, Xhosa, Yapese, Zapotec Zulu and Zuni.

In the late 1930s, old Egyptiennes (or Italiennes) returned to the collective consciousness of European printers and type houses — perhaps because political news were front a centre, especially in France where Le Figaro newspaper was seeing record circulation numbers. In 1939 both Monotype and Lettergieterij Amsterdam thought of the same idea: Make a new typeface similar to the reverse stress slab shapes that make up the titles of newspapers like Le Figaro and Le Frondeur. Both foundries intended to call their new type Figaro. Monotype finished theirs first, so they ended up with the name, and their type was already published when Stefan Schlesinger finished his take for the Amsterdam foundry. Schlesinger’s type was renamed Hidalgo (Spanish for a lower nobleman, ‘son of something’) and published in 1940 as ‘a very happy variation on an old motif’. Although it wasn’t a commercial success at the time, it was well received and considered subtler and more refined than the similar types available, Figaro and Playbill. In the Second World War, the Germans banned the use of the type, and Hidalgo never really recovered. Upon closer inspection, Schlesinger’s work on Hidalgo was much more Euro-sophisticated and ahead of its time than the too-wooden cut of Figaro and the thick tightness of Playbill. It has a modern high contrast, a squarer skeleton, contour cuts that work similarly outside and inside, and airy and minimal solutions to the more complicated shapes like G, K, M, N, Q and W. It is also much more aware of, and more accommodating to, the picket-fence effect the thick top slabs create in setting. Basilio (named after the signing teacher in Mozart’s Figaro) is the digital revival and major expansion of Hidalgo. With nearly 600 glyphs, it boasts Pan-European language support (most Latin languages, as well as Cyrillic and Greek), and a few OpenType tricks that gel it all together to make a very useful design tool. Stefan Schlesigner was born in Vienna in 1896. He moved to the Netherlands in 1925, where he worked for Van Houten’s chocolate, Metz department store, printing firm Trio and many other clients. He died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz in 1944. Digital revivals and expansions of two of his other designs, Minuet and Serena, have also been published by Canada Type.

Father's Day, or June 17 of this year, is in the middle of Argentinian winter. And like people do on wintery Sunday mornings, I was bundled up in bed with too many covers, pillows and comforters. Feeling good and not thinking about anything in particular, Father's Day was nowhere in the vicinity of my mind. My eleven year old son, Matías, came into the room with a handmade present for me. Up to this point, my Father's Day gift history was nothing unusual. Books, socks, hand-painted wooden spoons, the kind of thing any father would expect from his pre-teen son. So you can understand when I say I was bracing myself to fake excitement at my son's present. But this Father's Day was special. I didn't have to fake excitement. I was in fact excited beyond my own belief. Matí's handmade present was a complete alphabet drawn on an A4 paper. Grungy, childish, and sweeter than a ton of honey. He'd spent days making it, three-dimensioning the letters, wiggle-shadowing them. Incredible. A common annoyance for graphic designers is explaining to people, even those close to them, what they do for a living. You have to somehow make it understandable that you are a visual communicator, not an artist. Part of the problem is the fact that "graphic designer" and "visual communicator" are just not in the dictionary of standard professions out there. If you're a plumber, you can wrap all the duties of your job with 3.5 words: I'm a plumber. If you're a graphic designer, no wrapper, 3.5 or 300 words, will ever cover it. I've spent many hours throughout the years explaining to my own family and friends what I do for a living, but most of them still come back and ask what it is exactly that I do for dough. When you're a type designer, that problem magnifies itself considerably. When someone asks you what you do for a living, you start looking for the nearest exit, but none of the ones you can find is any good. All the one-line descriptions are vague, and every single one of them queues a long, one-sided conversation that usually ends with someone getting too drunk listening, or too tired of talking. Now imagine being a type designer, with a curious eleven year old son. The kid is curious as to why daddy keeps writing huge letters on the computer screen. Let's go play some ball, dad. As soon as I finish working, son. He looks over my shoulder and sees a big twirly H on the screen. To him it looks like a game, like I'm not working. And I have to explain it to him again. This Father's Day, my son gave me the one present that tells me he finally understands what I do for a living. Perhaps he is even comfortable with it, or curious enough about that he wants to try it out himself. Either way, it was the happiest Father's Day I've ever had, and I'm prouder of my son than of everything else I've done in my life. This is Matí's font. I hope you find it useful.