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“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
“[Douglass Pen is a] stupendous achievement!”
—A.B., Encino CA
“[Treefrog] is a real mess and breaks all the rules and I love it.”
—P.M., Palatine IL
“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'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
“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
“This is a fantastic resource and the fonts are beautiful!”
—C.B., Bethesda MD
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It all began with a bit of hand-printing I noticed on the dinner menu at a local restaurant. I took a menu home for future reference. Several months later, some similar hand-lettering on another dinner menu caught my eye. I became a sort of connoisseur of menu lettering. After tweaking and adjusting a few of these menu-inspired (uppercase) characters, I placed them in an online Type in Progress survey. They won. So I finished the caps, drew out the lower cases from scratch, created a range of weights and oblique styles. The result: Pumpkinseed, a full-featured, eight-style casual handlettering face. The 
