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American Scribe

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Geographica Script

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Lamar Pen

Military Scribe

Old Man Eloquent

Remsen Script

Schooner Script

Texas Hero

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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

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Bonnycastle

Bucintoro

Corsiva Italica

Midnight

Paestum

Sekhmet

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Baskerville Caps

Rococo Titling

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Chromosome

Speed Bump

Treefrog

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May Special!
This month we’re giving away a free copy of our Schooner Script font with any order. No discount code required—simply buy any other font (or fonts) before June 01, 2026, and you’ll also get a free download link to this genuine, elegant early-19th century script font modeled after the hand of a Massachusetts pastor (a $39 value). Has more than 500 glyphs, including numerous ligatures, OpenType alternates, and full Latin support.

Professor, a legible, real-looking cursive font

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TWT Drop Caps Bundle font


Random Discounted Bundle…

The TWT Drop Caps Bundle™ pairs two dissimilar sets of initial capitals designed by Lars Bergquist: the floriate Baskerville Caps and the intricate Rococo Titling, inspired by the 18th-century work of Jacques-François Rosart and Pierre Simon Fournier. (Between them you’ll find four drop-cap styles.) Choose this bundle to license both at barely more than the price of one. View Details »


Houston Pen font


Random Historical Pen…

Houston Pen™ reflects the flowery penmanship of arguably the most famous Texan of all time. Sam Houston was a citizen of the Cherokee Nation (and lifelong friend of Native Americans), a veteran of the War of 1812, a hero of the Battle of San Jacinto, twice President of the Republic of Texas, a U.S. Senator, and the only person elected governor of two U.S. states (Texas and Tennessee). Try it out here »


TWT Prospero font


Random Book Text…

Inspired by the work of type designers of the late 1700s, TWT Prospero differs in that its contrasting strokes are not quite so exaggerated. This makes it appropriate for modern text blocks, while retaining the stylishness of the older faces that works well in display situations. This full-featured family includes standard and condensed fonts—seven styles in all. A 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 »


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 »


Bonsai font


Random Antique Text Font…

A personal favorite among the text fonts I’ve designed, Bonsai™ is, well, top-heavy. But it’s this very top-heaviness—as if printed with worn or off-center lead type— that gives it a peculiar allure. It’s soft, warm, friendly, legible, accessible. Its roman and true italic styles have plenty of OpenType features, true small capitals, and Latin Plus support. (Note its use in the heads on this website!) Try it out here »


Speed Bump font


Random Offbeat Font…

Speed Bump does have upper- and lowercase Latin alphabets, but its chief appeal might be its vast array of wacky pictures (accessible via OpenType features or a character map utility). Need an apple, book, car, duck, eagle, or fish? They’re all there—plus a couple hundred more. Speed Bump has more than 500 glyphs and full Latin support. A member of our Offbeat Grab Bag bundle. Try it out here »

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—P.M., Palatine IL

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“I'm always on the lookout for handwriting fonts that look more like handwriting than fonts. I've always relied on Texas Hero, Schooner Script, and Emily Austin and was very happy to see Lamar Pen and American Scribe.”
—A.L., Los Angeles CA

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—A.L., Los Angeles CA

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—M.O., Little Rock AR

“I took one look at American Scribe and knew it was the Declaration of Independence before reading the ad copy. You captured it perfectly.”
—B.P., Marietta OH

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