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American Scribe

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Marydale

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Professor

Pumpkinseed

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TWT Pavane

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Antiquarian Scribe

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Geographica Hand

Geographica Script

Terra Ignota

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Castine

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Midnight

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Sekhmet

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Chromosome

Speed Bump

Treefrog

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April Special!
This month we’re giving away a free copy of our Botanical Scribe font with any order. No discount code required—simply buy any other font (or fonts) before May 01, 2024, and you’ll also get a free download link to this simulation of the neat hand-done legends on the antique floral prints of Pierre-Joseph Redouté (a $39 value). Has nearly 700 glyphs, including a plethora of ligatures, alternates, floral ornaments, and full Latin support.

Professor, a legible, real-looking cursive font

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Handwritten History Bundle font


Random Discounted Bundle…

Our Handwritten History Bundle™ is our mostly deeply discounted font collection. It’s a set of 20 authentic script fonts inspired by handwriting across the ages, from the lettering on antique maps, to the penmanship of famous American men and women, to the dashed-off scrawl of what might be a member of your family or friend. Choose this bundle and save 80% off the price of licensing all 20 fonts separately. View Details »


Texas Hero font


Random Historical Pen…

Designed in 1994, Texas Hero™ was the first font intended to accurately reproduce the look of antique handwriting, warts and all—in particular, the legible (for its time) cursive script of a Texan named Thomas Jefferson Rusk, one of the state’s first two U.S. Senators (the other being Sam Houston). The current release has more than 500 glyphs and is chock-full of OpenType features. Try it out here »


Pressroom font


Random Book Text…

Pressroom, as a modern “legibility face,” is designed to be easy-to-read under even the harshest conditions. Ample x-height, robust serifs, minimalist descenders—but still with its share of grace and allure. This sturdy typeface comes with five styles: Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, and Headline. An all-purpose serif when you’re looking to make a statement. A member of our discounted Book Texts bundle. Try it out here »


Antiquarian font


Random Old Map Font…

Antiquarian™ evokes the rugged hand-lettered legends on 300-year old maps—specifically the illustrations in Henri Abraham Chatelain’s Atlas Historique, published in Amsterdam in the early 1700s. The font features true small capitals, alternate uppercases, scores of ligatures, a series of period cartographic ornaments, and support for Greek and Latin alphabets—more than 1,000 glyphs in all. Try it out here »


Bonnycastle font


Random Display Face…

The eponymous Bonnycastle™ replicates the bold, italic hand-lettering on the charts and maps of Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1791–1847), an English officer and military engineer who served in the War of 1812 and settled in Canada. Comes with small caps, bunches of ligatures, stylistic alternates, and full Latin support. A member of both our Old Map Fonts Collection and Display Faces CollectionTry it out here »


Cedar Street font


Random Modern Handwritten Font…

Cedar Street has the look of neat printing with a ballpoint pen on a porous pad of note paper, such that the strokes have bulbous ends where the ink’ soaked in. Its style is perhaps slightly eccentric, but the overall feel is of legible, casual hand-lettering. This full-featured OpenType font has nearly 800 glyphs, including small caps, plenty of ligatures, and full Latin support. Try it out here »


Castine font


Random Antique Text Font…

Castine™ is named for a small, lovely coastal town in Maine, whose old cemetery has headstones dating back to the late-1700s. The font replicates the work of the tradesman who carved the epitaphs on these old stones, right down to their long, sharp serifs and hand-done unevenness. Comes with roman and italic styles, dozens of ligatures, a series of winged-skull ornaments, and full Latin support. Try it out here »


Chromosome font


Random Offbeat Font…

Chromosome pretty much exactly replicates the look you get on 1960’s-era labelmaker labels. The font has four styles: Light, Heavy, Reversed Light, and Reversed Heavy. (The latter two knock the text out of whatever color label you specify.) It’s got only uppercase characters, but it does offer support for Central and Eastern European languages. A member of our Offbeat Grab Bag bundle. Try it out here »

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—J.H., London, England

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—A.B., Encino CA

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—S.E., Charlottesville VA

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—S.P.G., San Antonio TX

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—S.F., Evanston IL

“[American Scribe] may be the greatest font ever! Everyone on the planet should have it!”
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