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Abigail Adams™
Inspired by the hand of the eponymous eighteenth-century American patriot in her letters to her husband, John. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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American Scribe™
The first of its kind, American Scribe replicates the penmanship of the man who engrossed the Declaration of Independence. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Austin Pen™
Inspired by Stephen F. Austin’s handwriting in his famous, secret Mexican prison diary of 1834. (2 fonts, $49.) | View Details » |
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Botanical Scribe™
A recreation of the formal inscriptions on old floral engravings of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, the “The Raphael of Flowers.” (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Douglass Pen™
Douglass Pen duplicates the handsome historical penmanship of Frederick Douglass—with an extensive character set. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Emily Austin™
Our first historical penmanship font based on the hand of a woman—a clear and delicate, yet forceful, hand. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Geographica Script™
A true-to-life reproduction of the elegant roundhand script used on maps and trade cards of the middle 1700s. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Houston Pen™
There’s perhaps one most-memorable Texas hero, and his correspondence closely resembled type set in Houston Pen. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Lamar Pen™
A clone of the cursive hand of Mirabeau B. Lamar, a celebrated Texan of the early days of the Republic. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Military Scribe™
Inspired by the meticulous penmanship in the mid- to late-1770s muster rolls of His Majesty’s Tenth Regiment of Foot. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Old Man Eloquent™
A recreation of the handwriting of John Quincy Adams in the diary he kept for nearly 70 years. (2 fonts, $49.) | View Details » |
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Remsen Script™
An interpretation of the fine engrossing script on a single document writ by a Colonial American penman. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Schooner Script™
There’s a dramatic maritime tale behind Schooner Script, based on a single letter written on 18 September 1825. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Texas Hero™
Gen’l T. J. Rusk couldn’t have known his dispatches to the Texas Army would someday inspire Texas Hero. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Antiquarian™
An interpretation of the titles and captions in Atlas Historique, published in Europe in the early 1700s. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Antiquarian Scribe™
Modeled after the hand-lettering on an original page I have of an early-18th-century world atlas. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Bonnycastle™
A replication of the hand-lettered titles in the charts and maps of Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1791–1847). (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Geographica™
Inspired by the neat hand-done engravings of Thomas Jefferys (ca. 1710–1771), Geographer to King George III. (4 fonts, $99.) | View Details » |
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Geographica Hand™
A painstaking simulation of the titles and place names on 18th century cartographic engravings. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Geographica Script™
A true-to-life reproduction of the elegant roundhand script used on maps and trade cards of the middle 1700s. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Terra Ignota™
Modeled after the script of a pirate—or perhaps the lettering on a map of North America, circa 1650. (1 font, $39.) | View Details » |
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Attic Antique™
An old, broken, wavy, Century-style text face with one somewhat dark roman weight and a true italic. (2 fonts, $49.) | View Details » |
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Bonsai™
Years ago, you’d occasionally find lopsided type in an offset print job—Bonsai mimics such an interesting look. (2 fonts, $49.) | View Details » |
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Broadsheet™
A full-featured typeface that accurately replicates mid– to late–18th century Colonial American newspaper type. (2 fonts, $49.) | View Details » |
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Castine™
Little did the headstone carver know, more than two centuries ago, that he was creating the inspiration for Castine. (2 fonts, $49.) | View Details » |
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“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
“[Douglass Pen is a] stupendous achievement!”
—A.B., Encino CA
“Oh! I'm in loooove with [Lamar Pen]! It's lovely, it's organic, it's real, it's got history & tradition. My designs are singing!”
—C.C., Palo Alto CA
“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
“The fonts are just gorgeous. Always a thrill to find a great company with superior merchandise.”
—D.B., St Paul MN
“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
“[American Scribe] may be the greatest font ever! Everyone on the planet should have it!”
—M.P., Boulder CO
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