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FREE with any order this month is Antiquarian Scribe, a legible antique pen font.
Three Islands Press : Antique Texts : Bonsai
Three Islands Press Bonsai™ ($49) Try the Bonsai font   Order the Bonsai font 
Copyright: ©1997 by Brian Willson, Three Islands Press
Includes: Bonsai Roman ($29), Bonsai Italic ($29)
Bundles: 3IP Antique Text Fonts Collection | OldFonts Historical Library | 3IP Type Library

Character sets:  Roman | Italic

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Bonsai

BonsaiYears ago, I developed an interest in the Japanese art of dwarfed potted trees, bonsai. I bought some books on the subject by Brooklyn Botanic Garden. In one—Handbook on Bonsai: Special Techniques (seventh printing, February 1976)—the type was bad. Old worn lead type, I suspect, spread wide in the tops of characters and disappearing at the bottoms. Two decades later, I came across the handbook and was struck again by this interesting type. Inspired, I made a typeface. Didn’t take me long to decide on a name for it, either: a name with a double-meaning, based both on its look and its inspiration. Bonsai has two styles, a roman and a true italic. US$49.

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  Bonsai Family (incl. Roman & Italic)

$49

  Bonsai Roman

$29

  Bonsai Italic

$29

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$29

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$29

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$44

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$44

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KIND WORDS:

Bonsai is very beautiful; the font's antiquity seems to conjure a sweet staleness of old newsprint, somehow.”
—A.T., Ontario, Canada

“Well done on preserving the old ways of writing—they wrote and spoke so much nicer than we do now.”
—A.K., Adelaide, S. Australia

“I must say [Texas Hero] is one of the most beautiful fonts I’ve ever seen.”
—J.C., Mount Holly NC

“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

“Not only is Texas Hero a uniquely beautiful font, there’s also the matter of Texas pride.”
—S.P.G., San Antonio TX

“I've never seen anyone digitize old quill-pen handwriting [like Schooner Script], warts and all. You've done a fine job.”
—R.W., Costa Mesa CA

“[American Scribe] may be the greatest font ever! Everyone on the planet should have it!”
—M.P., Boulder CO

 

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