Fine fonts from 3IP Your Shopping Cart

 Historical Pens »

Abigail Adams

American Scribe

Austin Pen

Bonhomme Richard

Botanical Scribe

Douglass Pen

Emily Austin

Geographica Script

Houston Pen

Lamar Pen

Military Scribe

Old Man Eloquent

Remsen Script

Schooner Script

Texas Hero

 Modern Hands »

Cedar Street

Marydale

Oak Street

Professor

Pumpkinseed

Viktorie

 Book Texts »

Diorite

Eleonora

Geographica

New Millennium

New Millennium Linear

New Millennium Sans

Pressroom

Sarabande

TWT Pavane

TWT Prospero

 Old Map Fonts »

Antiquarian

Antiquarian Scribe

Bonnycastle

Geographica

Geographica Hand

Geographica Script

Terra Ignota

 Antique Texts »

Attic Antique

Bonsai

Broadsheet

Castine

 Display Faces »

Bonnycastle

Bucintoro

Corsiva Italica

Midnight

Paestum

Sekhmet

 Drop Caps »

Baskerville Caps

Rococo Titling

 Offbeat »

Chromosome

Speed Bump

Treefrog

Home      About      Type Tester      Download Demos      Contact      Help      Site Map
Looking primarily for historical fonts? Check out our sister site, OldFonts.com.

July Special!
This month we’re giving away a free copy of our Emily Austin font with any order. No discount code required—simply buy any other font (or fonts) before August 01, 2026, and you’ll also get a free download link to this accurate replication of the compact yet legible hand of a mid-19th-century pioneer woman (a $39 value). Has more than 500 glyphs, including numerous ligatures, ink blots, cross-outs, and other period flourishes.

New Millennium, an elegant, versatile book face

Mastering Autodesk Revit MEP 2016 - https://abcoemstore.com/product/autodesk-revit-mep-2016/ provides perfectly paced coverage of all core concepts and functionality.
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 »


Abigail Adams font


Random Historical Pen…

The eponymous inspiration for Abigail Adams™ carried on a famous epistolary dialog with John, her husband and “Dearest Friend,” for more than forty years. Abigail Adams wrote swiftly and intelligently, if not beautifully, in a hand that somehow perfectly represents late-1700s America—as well as her role as key advisor to the second President of the United States. Try it out here »


Sarabande font


Random Book Text…

Sarabande is Lars Bergquist’s painstaking reproduction of Jean Jannon’s famous “Garamond” of 1621—also known as Caractères de l’université. This truly lovely serif has Roman and Italic styles and a full range of Latin diacritics, but it lacks unhistorical glyphs such as those for higher math and logic. Sarabande is a favorite member of our discounted Book Texts bundle. Try it out here »


Geographica font


Random Old Map Font…

Geographica™ is a legible serif text-type family modeled after the hand-drawn place names and peripheral narratives on the mid-1700s New World maps of English engraver Thomas Jefferys. Geographica comes with Roman, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic styles, true small capitals, scores of ligatures, two stylistic alternate titling caps—and has a slew of cartographic ornaments, to boot. Try it out here »


Paestum font


Random Display Face…

TWT’ eye-catching Paestum family was inspired by Greek inscriptions of 6th and 5th centuries BCE. (Its name comes from the Latin name for Poseidonia, a former Greek city south of Naples.) Comes with Light, Medium, and Heavy weights, each with upper- and lowercase alphabets, numerals, diacritics, and essential punctuation. Note: Paestum lacks unhistorical glyphs like currency symbols and the @ sign. Try it out here »


Professor font


Random Modern Handwritten Font…

Professor replicates the cursive script of an actual college professor (the designer’s late-father), who had the kind of plain modern hand schoolkids used to see on a blackboard. Replete with contextual ligatures, this font was designed to fool casual readers into thinking they’re scanning real handwriting. Has nearly 600 glyphs and full Latin support. A member of our Modern Handwritten Fonts CollectionTry it out here »


Broadsheet font


Random Antique Text Font…

Broadsheet™ is a two-style family that simulates the type on printed matter from the Colonial American period. Modeled after the text on actual 18th-century broadsides, this font gives you more double-s ligatures than you can dream of. Comes with true small caps, contextual and discretionary alternates, genuine period printer’s flourishes, 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 »

Follow us on Instagram
      
3IP Fonts
Three Islands Press
3IP Logo

Copyright ©1993–2026 Three Islands Press
fonts@3ip.com

Historical Script and Text Fonts
Historical Fonts
RANDOM SIGHTING:
Emily Austin

KIND WORDS:

“The fonts are just gorgeous. Always a thrill to find a great company with superior merchandise.”
—D.B., St Paul MN

“Thanks so much for the great service and wonderful typefaces!”
—S.F., Evanston IL

“The fonts you offer are quite unique and beautifully done.... Your site and ecommerce process was also a pleasure to view and to use.”
—R.M., Newbury NH

“Our 3rd and 4th graders are thrilled that their historical writing is going to look so authentic!
—S.E., Charlottesville VA

“Your period-style handwriting fonts remain the very best I've ever found. Thanks for your most excellent contributions to American typography!”
—A.L., Los Angeles CA

“The Lamar Pen font is divine. We are using it on a novel set in the eighteenth century, and the author is ecstatic.”
—J.H., London, England

“I'm a collector of 19th century antiques and photographs, and like to make labels and scrapbooks using fonts that fit the period of my items. I've even tried to learn the penmanship myself using dip pens... your fonts will make it so much easier!”
—P.M., Palatine IL

 

3IP Type Foundry