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  1. Creative Wonder by Balpirick, $15.00
    Creative Wonder is a Modern Handwritten Font. Our handwritten font takes inspiration from the fluidity and uniqueness of human handwriting, ensuring that each letter carries a sense of character and charm. With its graceful curves and delicate strokes, this font adds an intimate and personal feel to your written words. Perfect for creating notes, memos, journal entries, or beautiful quote designs, our handwritten font elevates your messages with a sense of authenticity and warmth. It transforms your ordinary words into a beautiful composition, breathing life into your writing. - also multilingual support Enjoy the font! Feel free to comment or feedback! Thank you!
  2. Off The Wall JNL by Jeff Levine, $29.00
    Off the Wall JNL is a unique typeface that combines graffiti-style lettering with a brick wall background. special keystroke features give you a complete "wall of text": { (left bracket) places a smaller closed end cap on the left side of the text. } (right bracket) places a medium closed end cap on the right side of the text. [ (left brace) places a regular closed end cap on the left side of the text. ] (right brace places a regular closed end cap on the right side of the text. | (vertical bar key) adds a space between words. \ (backslash) adds a larger space between words.
  3. Le Mano by Afkari Studio, $13.00
    "Le Mano" is a captivating serif display font that seamlessly blends classic elegance with modern sophistication. Crafted with precision, its graceful strokes and refined serifs exude a sense of timeless charm, making it a versatile choice for various design projects. This font commands attention with its distinctive and carefully balanced letterforms, each meticulously designed to offer a harmonious flow and readability. The deliberate spacing and clean lines ensure clarity, even at larger sizes, while maintaining a graceful presence in smaller text. Features: - Uppercase, Lowercase, Number, and Punctuation - Standard and Special Ligatures and alternates - Works on PC & Mac - Simple installations - Accessible in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, and even works on Microsoft Word - Fully accessible without additional design software - Multilingual Support, ä, ö, ü, Ä, Ö, Ü, ß, ¿, and ¡. Utilizing this font for titles, headings, or focal points within a design can create a unique juxtaposition that captures attention and adds a touch of sophistication to the fun and spooky theme. If you're looking to insert "Le Mano" into your designs for these themes, consider experimenting with its application in headlines, titles, accent text, horror theme, and horror font, leveraging its elegant yet slightly haunting aesthetic to amplify the overall feel of the design.
  4. Different Cultures by Shakira Studio, $19.00
    Introducing "Different Cultures," a font that effortlessly embodies the latest design trends. This modern serif display font transcends conventional styles, offering a perfect fusion of bold and thin strokes that create a visually stunning balance. Immerse your designs in the contemporary allure of "Different Cultures," where every curve and detail is meticulously crafted for maximum impact. Explore the font's diverse array of alternates and ligatures, providing you with a stylish toolkit to customize and enhance your typographic creations. "Different Cultures" is more than just a font; it's a visual journey that seamlessly blends modernity with timeless elegance. Elevate your projects with the unique and captivating aesthetics of "Different Cultures," setting a new standard for stylish and versatile modern serif display fonts in today's design landscape. Here's what you get: Regular & Italic All Multilingual symbol Opentype features ( ligature, alternate ) Accessible in the Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, even work on Microsoft Word. PUA Encoded Characters - Fully accessible without additional design software. Multilingual character supports : (Afrikaans, Albanian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Zulu) Follow my shop for upcoming updates, and for more of my work, Thank you!
  5. Hilston by ryan creative, $10.00
    About the Product Hilston signature is a type of font that resembles elegant and beautiful handwriting, often used to give a personal and luxurious impression to graphic designs or documents. These fonts typically have smooth, squiggly accents, with rounded, curved edges, much like handwriting written with a pen or brush. The letters look stylish and flow, showing a distinctive luxury and elegance. Hilston is supported with additional characters that have Alternates, Ligatures and swashes that will help you achieve beautiful styles with your own creations. This font is often used in logo designs, wedding invitations, greeting cards, digital signatures, and other designs that want to give off a luxurious and elegant impression. FEATURES; -Uppercase, Lowercase, Foreign Support, Numbers and Punctuation -Alternative, Ligatures & Swash -Works on PC -Simple installation -Accessible in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop. Adobe InDesign, even works in Microsoft Word - Fully accessible without additional design software. Hilston is encoded with Unicode PUA, which allows full access to all additional characters without having to design special software. Mac users can use the Font book, and Windows users can use the Character map to view and copy any extra characters to paste into your favorite text editor/app. Thank you for visiting:)
  6. K-Block by HiH, $10.00
    K-Block was inspired by a hand-lettered sign by a young lady by the name of Kristina Lee. It captures a light-hearted, youthful feeling and is not intended to be taken too seriously. It was drawn for fun and is fun to use. Its very inconsistency insists on being casual and relaxed. Probably better for a birthday party announcement than a bank letterhead. Can you imagine a Just-For-Fun National Bank? K-Block Solid compliments K-Block and provides a stronger presence when required. For two-color work, K-Block can be layered on top of K-Block Solid to provide a different color outline for a very effective presentation. Full Western European character set plus alternate g and y, as well as a Th ligature. If you have a drawing program like Corel Draw, you can easily convert the alternate g and y to curves and stretch out the tails to underline an entire word. The zip package of each font includes two versions. There is an OTF version which is in Open PS (Post Script Type 1) format and a TTF version which is in Open TT (True Type)format. Use whichever works best for your applications. K-Block and K-Block Solid are sold separately.
  7. Bulgaria Dreams by Riasyletter_Studio, $16.00
    Are you looking for fonts for logos and event brochures? Bulgarian Dreams font the solution, Bulgarian Dreams Font is a lettering style font with a touch of smooth and natural curved lines like when writing manually on paper using a brush pen. There are 4 font styles that you can use to enhance your design Apart from being used for logos and brochures, Bulgaria Dreams font can also be used for poster titles, book titles, lettering, merchandise Design etc What's Included : - More than 270 of glyphs (include Uppercase, Lowercase, Numerals & Punctuations, Stylistic,Ligatures ) - multilingual support - Works on PC & Mac - Simple installations - Accessible in the Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, even work on Microsoft Word. - PUA Encoded Characters (fully accessible without additional design software) Support For Language : Albanian, Basque, Breton, Chamorro, Danish, Dutch, English, Faroese, Finnish, French, Frisian, Galician, Italian, Malagasy, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Alsatian, Aragonese, Arapaho, Arrernte, Asturian, Aymara, Bislama, Cebuano, Corsican, Fijian, French_creole, Genoese, Gilbertese, Greenlandic, Haitian_creole, Hiligaynon, Hmong, Hopi, Ibanag, Iloko_ilokano, Indonesian, Interglossa_glosa, Interlingua, Irish_gaelic, Jerriais, Lojban, Lombard, Luxembourgeois, Manx, Mohawk, Norfolk_pitcairnese, Occitan, Oromo, Pangasinan, Papiamento, Piedmontese, Potawatomi, Rhaeto-romance, Romansh, Rotokas, Sami_lule, Samoan, Sardinian, Scots_gaelic, Seychelles_creole, Shona, Sicilian, Somali, Southern_ndebele, Swahili, Swati_swazi, Tagalog_filipino_pilipino, Tetum, Tok_pisin, Uyghur_latinized, Volapuk, Walloon, Warlpiri, Xhosa, Yapese, Zulu, Latinbasic, Ubasic, Demo
  8. Mir by Juliasys, $22.00
    Мир is Mir. The Russian word Мир (Mir) means both World and Peace. The rendezvous of the two terms seems quite unique and utopistic today, but it is comforting to see that it was natural at some time deep down in Russian history. Bits of both meanings were going through my mind while I was designing this typeface. Mir’s character set is multiscript – Latin, Cyrillic and Greek – and extends to many parts of the linguistic world. In fact it covers more than 100 languages. Stylistic consistency between the language systems make typographic border crossings painless even where national borders are still closely guarded. And in regions where mathematics, physics or chemistry are to be expressed, a rich set of OpenType features lets Mir master also these situations. Serious things are best be said in a relaxed, unpretentious way. So Mir doesn’t put on a show. Mir has authority without being authoritarian, it is serious but not stern. It can explain difficult things and stay calm and down to earth at the same time. Mir Medium has another useful feature: It can be freely downloaded and used by anybody anywhere. You can test the Mir Family with free Mir Medium and get more styles when you need them. @juliasys
  9. Festina by Twinletter, $14.00
    Festina is our newest font, which is handwritten which is neat and clean and proportionate in usage. gives a friendly, relaxed, and cool impression when reading. Not limited to that, the bold calligraphy font is designed to keep paying attention to the beauty of each letter, there are alternate options for the letters which are certainly easy for you to access, so you can automatically customize the letters you want to enhance the visual appearance of your design project. This charming font also offers the beauty of abstract typography harmony for a wide variety of design projects, including digital natural handwriting for designs, quote designs, for social media business designs, advertisements, trademarks, food and beverage promotion banners, text, posters, a signature, and all designs require handwriting or whatever design you want. What’s Included : File font Web Fonts Standard glyphs Ligature Works on PC & Mac Simple installations Accessible in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, even work on Microsoft Word. PUA Encoded Characters – Fully accessible without additional design software. Fonts include multilingual support for; Afrikaans, Albanian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish Thank you for your purchase! Hope you enjoy our font!
  10. Enigmatic Pandora by Shakira Studio, $17.00
    Say hello to new serif font, Enigmatic Pandora! Enigmatic Pandora is a serif font that combines a psychedelic uniqueness with bold boldness in each letter. With its eye-catching psychedelic characteristics, Enigmatic Pandora exudes an aura of mystery and magic that is hard to describe. Enigmatic Pandora offers a great typography experience with bold bold characters. Its bold and striking design makes each letter a centerpiece in the design. Combining stunning psychedelic elements with strong, compelling contours, this font provides a unique and compelling visual dimension. Enigmatic Pandora is suitable for use in design projects that want to express visual uniqueness and tension. This font is ideal for titles, posters, illustrations, album designs, and other creative projects that need an extraordinary and bold look. Here's what you get: Enigmatic Pandora Regular All Multilingual symbol Opentype features ( ligature, alternate ) Accessible in the Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, even work on Microsoft Word. PUA Encoded Characters - Fully accessible without additional design software. Multilingual character supports : (Afrikaans, Albanian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Zulu) Follow my shop for upcoming updates, and for more of my work, Thank you!
  11. Axiom by Australian Type Foundry, $30.00
    Influenced heavily by the work of Erik Spiekerman, Axiom came out of a desire to capture Spiekerman's simplicity and elegant style. Axiom seems to work well when extended.
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  14. Earhtroline by Qwrtype Foundry, $14.00
    Earhtroline is a Handwritten Monoline Script Font Earhtroline is perfect for product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background. Earhtroline also multilingual support. Enjoy the font. Thank you!
  15. Boffin by Evolutionfonts, $-
    A simple little typeface for all things technical. A faux monospaced, semi-serif with rounded corners that you will never forget. The name comes from a British slang word that means "tech-savy person". Or simply "nerd".
  16. Paksa by Jipatype, $17.00
    Paksa is a decorative sans-serif typeface. The name of this typeface is derived from the Thai word that means “bird.” It is suitable for use in text headlines, sub-headlines, packaging, posters, and other print media.
  17. P22 Woodtype by P22 Type Foundry, $24.95
    P22 Wood Type is a set of four fonts based on 19th Century American wooden printing types. Wood Type Regular is a condensed Tuscan styled font with a lower case and international character set. Wood Type Small Caps is a variation of the regular with small caps in place of the lower case. Wood Type Extras One & Two feature over 150 borders, stars, pointers, combination dashes, manicules & other decorative embellishments. Perfect for evoking 19th Century printing & Americana at its most genuine.
  18. BORCHA by Top Type, $9.00
    Hello there.. I introduce to you a new work by the name of BORCHA. This font has an attractive style as well as elegant. In addition, this font is also equipped with several ligature features, stylistic alternate and stylistic set so that it can be the best work in each of your work. This font can be used to create letters, advertisements, logos, banners, web, and everything else. Thank you, glad to be able to contribute to your best work.
  19. Rephone by Majestype, $15.00
    Rephone is a handwriting font that has a force and rush personality but still beautiful. Each letter was made with love so that it can work well with one another. Rephone are designed to work well on the design like invitation, clothing, photography, branding, album covers, signature and the style that can work well with this font. Rephone support Multiple Language & OpenType features, that can allow you to choose a character that you like and suitable for the project you're working on.
  20. Shnixgun by Typodermic, $11.95
    In the world of graphic design, the typeface is everything. It’s the foundation on which you build your message, the first impression your reader gets of your brand. And when it comes to creating a unique and memorable brand, there are few typefaces more distinctive than Shnixgun. Based on the venerable Franklin Card Gothic, this inky, textured typeface takes inspiration from the age-old tradition of metal type, infusing it with a modern, edgy twist. Its rustic, weathered appearance is the perfect choice for anyone looking to add a touch of authenticity to their work. But Shnixgun is more than just a pretty face. Thanks to its custom letter pairs, it breaks up the monotony of repetitive letters and adds a level of nuance and sophistication to your message. With Shnixgun, your words become more than just a series of letters—they become a work of art. But what really sets Shnixgun apart is its rusty texture. This is a typeface that wears its age proudly, with every letter infused with the character and patina of a bygone era. Whether you’re designing a vintage-style poster, a hand-crafted logo, or an art magazine spread, Shnixgun is the perfect choice for anyone looking to infuse their work with a sense of warmth, authenticity, and honesty. So don’t settle for a bland, soulless typeface. Let Shnixgun’s rusty glyphs permeate your message with affection and depth, and bring your designs to life with a touch of artistic flair. 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.
  21. Sheffield by Die Typonauten, $7.90
    Working-class hero.
  22. American Advertise 003 by Intellecta Design, $11.90
    wood type heritage
  23. MPI French Clarendon by mpressInteractive, $5.00
    French Clarendon was an extremely popular wood type font. Characters are heavy and condensed with bracketed serifs, which measure approximately 1/4 to 1/3 the height of the letter. Dozens of decorative wood type designs have been created based on French Clarendon. It was marketed as a wood letter by William H. Page & Company in 1865.
  24. Muffin Cake by Raditya Type, $11.00
    Muffin Cake is a suitable font when used for logos and product names. Especially products related to the world of children who are fun and cheerful. Such as food products, toys, or institutions related to the world of children, such as children's school names, the world of parenting. This font is also suitable for brand playgrounds.
  25. Mikeys Roman NF by Nick's Fonts, $10.00
    Here's an amalgam of letterforms from two giants of the handlettering pantheon: an uppercase based on the work of Mike Stevens, and a lowercase based on the work of Alf Becker. The two work in perfect harmony to create warm, friendly and engaging headlines. Both versions contain the complete Latin 1252, Central European 1250 and Turkish 1254 character sets.
  26. Minadine by Essentials Studio, $16.00
    Introducing by Essentials Studio Proudly Present, minadine minadine Is a Modern monoline Font Include 50+ stylish Alternate minadine is perfect for product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background.
  27. Robeaugo by Stephan Kamperman, $18.00
    Robeaugo is pronounced as “ro-bo-go”. The name is originated out of the 3 words: robo, beau (French) and go. It’s a mix of Art Deco with round shapes and is best used in headings and logos.
  28. Pusttaka Katta by Essentials Studio, $16.00
    Introducing by Essentials Studio Proudly Present, Pusttaka Katta Pusttaka Katta Is a A Monoline Signature Font Pusttaka Katta is perfect for product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background.
  29. Snowind midnight by Essentials Studio, $16.00
    Introducing by Essentials Studio Proudly Present, Snowind Midnigh Snowind Midnight Is a A Playful Handwritten Font Snowind Midnight is perfect for product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background.
  30. American Signature by Essentials Studio, $16.00
    introducing by Essentials Studio Proudly Present, American Signature American Signature Is a A Monoline Signature Font American Signature is perfect for product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background.
  31. Monday Feelings by Essentials Studio, $16.00
    Introducing by Essentials Studio Proudly Present, Monday Feelings Monday Feelings Is a A Friendly Handwritten Font Monday Feelings is perfect for product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background.
  32. Noopla by Rex Face, $20.00
    Noopla is a modern sans-serif display font. Key characters are formed with sweeping and flowing lines, resulting in some really interesting word forms. With four weights, Noopla is great for branding, headlines, signage, social media and more.
  33. TXT Antique Italic by Illustration Ink, $3.00
    Bring your scrapbook page to life with unique journaling and titles made possible with this cool italic font. It'll add instant flavor to posters, signs, bulletin boards, and word art that call for an old-fashioned, antiqued flair.
  34. Waterlord by Raditya Type, $14.00
    Waterlord is made to support the work of designers who are used to making work with contemporary styles. This font is great for various design styles, modern or old school.
  35. Atlantide by Cerri Antonio, $30.00
    Atlantide Regular and Decor - decorative fonts, works well as an identity logo type, poster and 3D works. Atlantide Decor has all the glyphs already to create vector and 3D compositions.
  36. Island Sans by BA Graphics, $45.00
    A beautiful face that really works well for any application a distinguished clean look. Headlines, subheads and text anything goes. Will also work as a bolder version of California Sans.
  37. Ongunkan Latin Space by Runic World Tamgacı, $50.00
    The product of 3 weeks of work. It was a very nice style, it became a font that plays with the perception of the brain. Use it in beautiful works.
  38. Sportune by Raditya Type, $11.00
    Sportune is made to support the work of designers who are used to making works with a sporty style. This font is great for various design styles, modern or old school.
  39. Speech Bubbles by Harald Geisler, $68.00
    The font Speech Bubbles offers a convenient way to integrate text and image. While the font can be used to design comics, it also gives the typographer a tool to make text speak – to give words conversational dynamics and to emphasize visually the sound of the message. The font includes a total of seventy outlines and seventy bubble backgrounds selected from a survey of historic forms. What follows is a discussion of my process researching and developing the font, as well as a few user suggestions. My work on the Speech Bubbles font began with historic research. My first resource was a close friend who is a successful German comic artist. I had previously worked with him to transform his lettering art into an OpenType font. This allowed his publishing house to easily translate cartoons from German to other languages without the need to use another font, like Helvetica rounded. My friend showed me the most exciting, outstanding and graphically appealing speech bubbles from his library. I looked at early strips from Schulz (Peanuts), Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobes), Hergé (TinTin), Franquin, as well as Walt Disney. The most inspiring was the early Krazy Kat and Ignatz (around 1915) from George Herriman. I also studied 1980’s classics Dave Gibbon’s Watchmen, Frank Miller’s Ronin and Alan Moore and David Lloyd’s V for Vandetta. Contemporary work was also a part of my research—like Liniers from Macanudo and work of Ralf König. With this overview in mind I began to work from scratch. I tried to distill the typical essence of each author’s or era’s speech bubbles style into my font. In the end I limited my work down to the seventy strongest images. An important aspect of the design process was examining each artist’s speech bubble outlines. In some cases they are carefully inked, as in most of the 80’s work. In others, such as with Herriman, they are fast drawn with a rough impetus. The form can be dynamic and round (Schultz) with a variable stroke width, or straight inked with no form contrast (Hergé). Since most outlines also carry the character of the tool that they are made with, I chose to separate the outline from the speech bubble fill-in or background. 
This technical decision offers interesting creative possibilities. For example, the font user can apply a slight offset from fill-in to outline, as it is typical to early comic strips, in which there are often print misalignments. Also, rather than work in the classic white background with black outline, one can work with colors. Many tonal outcomes are possible by contrasting the fill-in and outline color. The Speech Bubbles font offers a dynamic and quick way to flavor information while conveying a message. How is something said? Loudly? With a tint of shyness? Does a rather small message take up a lot of space? The font’s extensive survey of historic comic designs in an assembly that is useful for both pure comic purposes or more complex typographic projects. Use Speech Bubbles to give your message the right impact in your poster, ad or composition.
  40. Hawkes by Kimmy Design, $15.00
    Hawkes is an extensive handmade typeface family that comes with a bundle of weights, widths and styles, all designed to work cohesively. Here is a breakdown of the Hawkes family. Hawkes Sans: The primary subfamily is a sans-serif typeface that includes nine fonts: three weights (light, medium and bold) and three widths (narrow, regular and wide). Within this set are an array of stylistic features; including small capitals, character style alternatives, discretionary ligatures and contextual alternatives. See details below for more information on OpenType Features. Hawkes Variable Width Sans: The secondary subfamily is the same base sans-serif fonts but combined in variating widths. Essentially, it takes all three widths of each weight and randomly mixes them together. This creates a funky and creative alternative to the more traditional sans-serif set. The variations are for the uppercase, lowercase, small capitals, ligatures and numbers. Hawkes Script: The last subfamily is the script typeface. It’s a quirky script with variations of its own, including ligatures, swashes and contextual alternatives (again, see below for further details.) The script font works great as a complimentary style to the sans-serif, or on it’s own. FEATURES Alright, let’s get into all the extra goodies this typeface has to offer. Small Capitals: Small caps are short capital letters designed to blend with lowercase text. These aren’t just capital letters just scaled down but designed to fit with the weight of both the lowercase and capitals. With Hawkes, small caps can either sit on the baseline (in line with the base of the capital and lowercase) or to be lifted to match the height of the capital letters by applying the discretionary ligature setting in the OpenType panel. These small capitals have a dot underlining them that sit along the baseline. The feature offers a unique display affect that is great for logos, titles and other headline needs. Discretionary Ligatures: A discretionary ligature is more decorative and unique combination than a standard ligature and can be applied at the users discretion (as the name indicates.) The specific styling for these ligatures varies for different fonts. With Hawkes, they are used as an all capital styling feature, or to lift the small capitals to align with the height of the capitals. In the former setting, both lowercase and uppercase letters are first changed to all capitals, then a specialized set of letter combinations are transitioned so small characters are positioned within a main capital letter. These combinations only happen with main characters that include an applicable stem, such as C F K L R T Y. Some of these combinations include two or three characters. When Small Caps is turned ‘on’, this feature will lift the small caps to the height of the capital letter. For more information, please check out the user guide! Stylistic Alternatives: Stylistic alternates are a secondary form of a character, often used to enhance the look or style of a font. For Hawkes, these alternatives provide a slightly more handmade feel. A - the capital and small capital A will lose its pointed apex and become rounded. Think of it more as an upside-down U than an up-side-down V ;-) Oo, G, Ss, Cc- these characters’ topmost terminal becomes a loop. The O is applied automatically, the G S and C need to be turn on individually. Titling Alternatives: This feature does sort of the opposite of what it intends. Instead of being used for titling purposes, this feature makes the text look better in paragraph text settings. Kk Rr h n m - curved terminals on the are straightened e - the counter stroke also gets straightened from a more looping motion y - the shape of y is changed from a rounded character to a sharper apex (think more like a ‘v’ than ‘u’) Contextual Alternatives: Contextual alternates are glyphs designed to work within context of other adjacent glyphs. With Hawkes Sans, there are three slightly different variations per character. The feature rotates the application of each variation. This helps with organic authenticity, so if you have two e’s next to each other, they won’t look identical (reflecting the natural variations in handwriting and lettering.) With Hawkes Variable width fonts, I have created a contextual pattern that randomizes the widths of each character. So, when the feature is turned ‘on’ in the OpenType panel, the widths would alternate in a pattern such as: Narrow, Wide, Regular, Narrow, Regular Wide, Narrow, etc. It happens automatically so the user doesn’t have to think or worry about getting a random seed. With Hawkes Script, contextual alternates allow strokes to connect properly from one character to the next while maintaining a believable, natural flow. Connecting strokes are present for two letters next to each other but are replaced by a shorter stroke when located at the end of a word or sentence. Some characters have in-strokes when located at the start of a word. When a character is preceded by a capital letter that doesn’t connect, it too needs an in-stroke or altered spacing. This feature is complicated and messy, but luckily you don’t really have to think about it! I’ve done all the coding so all you have to do is turn ‘on’ the feature in the OpenType panel and you are off to the races! I’m just letting you know what’s happening behind the scenes. Swashes: These are just for Hawkes Script and provide tail swashes to the start and ends of letters. There are three different options. You can pick the basic option by turning ‘on’ the swash feature in the OpenType panel, or you can pick using the Glyph panel. Stylistic Sets: This feature work in new versions of Illustrator CC and InDesign CC. You can pick specific styling sets instead of turning on an entire feature. For example, let’s say you want to have a loopy S, but not a loopy C or O, you can just turn on the S in the Style Set. It also helps create the little drop box that pops up when you hover over a character, showing you the alternates associated with that character. This makes it easy to pick and choose specific styles you want in a word or headline. ---------- And there it is folks! That’s all the basic info on Hawkes, I know it’s been a lot and I appreciate you hanging on. If you are like me and need more of a visual reference to accessing all these goodies, I’ve made a user guide to help navigate Hawkes and everything it has to offer. Altogether this extensive family boasts 14 total fonts in a wide array of styles, weights and widths, making it a great addition to any handmade type collection. Enjoy!
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