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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

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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.

Pressroom, a legible, five-style modern serif

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3IP Book Texts Collection font


Random Discounted Bundle…

Our ten family Book Texts Collection™ has all you’ll need for publishing just about any sort of book-length project—all but one designed by masterful text-type designer Lars Bergquist. Serif faces ranging from fine to bold, headline-worthy fonts of several styles, a lovely sans, blacks, obliques, italics. Choose this bundle and save more than 60% off licensing each typeface separately. View Details »


Old Man Eloquent font


Random Historical Pen…

Named after the Congressional nickname of the sixth President of the United States, Old Man Eloquent™ simulates the distinctive cursive handwriting of John Quincy Adams in the daily diary he famously kept for many decades, in entries from about 1810. The font’s Regular and Bold weights are reminiscent of the fading quill-and-inkwell days of two centuries ago. 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 Hand font


Random Old Map Font…

Geographica Hand is a replication of the hand-lettered titles on British map engravings of the 18th century. The font is as legible and versatile as Geographica Roman but more genuinely evocative of the source materials. Its 900 glyphs are feature-rich and include several sketchy cartographic illustrations—trees, churches, windmills, and the like. Geographica Hand is a member our Old Map Fonts CollectionTry it out here »


Bucintoro font


Random Display Face…

Bucintoro is Lars Bergquist’s salute to the rotunda blackletter, the Gothic book hand of Italy and Spain in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. Named for the state barge of Venice, this font as three weights, each with upper- and lowercase alphabets, numerals, punctuation, and diacritics—but lacks such unhistorical modern characters as currency symbols. A member of our discounted Display Faces bundle. 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 »


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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