Monday, October 31, 2011

Download 1621 GLC Pilgrims Font Family Style



Download 1621 GLC Pilgrims Font Family Style

Download 1621 GLC Pilgrims Font Family



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This font was created with inspiration from the wood blocks carved for chapbooks, posters, calendars or newspaper in the late 1500s and early 1600s.

We have tried to keep their innocence and rough style. It has been conceived as an homage to the Pilgrim fathers landing in Plymouth Bay in 1620 and celebrating the first Thanksgiving with Native Indians in autumn, 1621. More…

The font, consisting of two English capital alphabets (so, without any accented characters): Initials and caps, and a lot of separate figures added, is especially improved by strong enlargments, 72 pts and more, and has very good results when printed.

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Download 1610 Cancellaresca Font Family



Download 1610 Cancellaresca Font Family



This font was inspired by the Cancellaresca moderna type, which was calligraphed by Francesco Periccioli (published in 1610 in Siena, Italy). It was entirely hand written by the designer for each circumstance, using quill pen and medieval ink on a rough paper, with added characters as accented ones and a lot of ligatures with respect for the original design.

This font includes long s, and also a lot of ligatures as ff, ffi fij pp...

It can be used for web-site titles, posters and flier designs, editing ancient texts or greeting cards, or as a very decorative and elegant font.

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This font retains its qualities and beauty over a wide range of sizes.

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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Download 1610 Cancellaresca Font Family Style



Download 1610 Cancellaresca Font Family Style

Download 1610 Cancellaresca Font Family



This font was inspired by the Cancellaresca moderna type, which was calligraphed by Francesco Periccioli (published in 1610 in Siena, Italy). It was entirely hand written by the designer for each circumstance, using quill pen and medieval ink on a rough paper, with added characters as accented ones and a lot of ligatures with respect for the original design.

This font includes long s, and also a lot of ligatures as ff, ffi fij pp...

It can be used for web-site titles, posters and flier designs, editing ancient texts or greeting cards, or as a very decorative and elegant font.

More…

This font retains its qualities and beauty over a wide range of sizes.

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Friday, October 28, 2011

Download 1592 GLC Garamond Font Family



Download 1592 GLC Garamond Font Family



family of 3 fonts from GLC

1592 GLC Garamond

This family was inspired by the pure Garamond pattern set of fonts used by Egenolff and Berner, German printers in Frankfurt, at the end of the sixteenth century. All the experts said it was the best and most complete set of the time. The italic style used with it was Granjons, as in 1543 Humane Jenson. A few fleurons from the same printers have been added.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Download 1592 GLC Garamond Font Family Style



Download 1592 GLC Garamond Font Family Style

Download 1592 GLC Garamond Font Family



family of 3 fonts from GLC

1592 GLC Garamond

This family was inspired by the pure Garamond pattern set of fonts used by Egenolff and Berner, German printers in Frankfurt, at the end of the sixteenth century. All the experts said it was the best and most complete set of the time. The italic style used with it was Granjons, as in 1543 Humane Jenson. A few fleurons from the same printers have been added.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Download 1589 Humane BoStylerdeaux Family Style



Download 1589 Humane BoStylerdeaux Family Style

Download 1589 Humane BoStylerdeaux Font Family

family of 2 fonts from GLC

1589 Humane Bordeaux

This family was created inspired from the Garamond patern set of fonts used by S. Millanges “imprimeur ordinaire du Roy”, in Bordeaux, circa 1580-1590. Especially for reprint L'instruction des curs (Instructions to parish priests), from Jean Gerson.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Download 1589 Humane Bordeaux Font Family



Download 1589 Humane Bordeaux Font Family

This family was created inspired from the Garamond patern set of fonts used by S. Millanges “imprimeur ordinaire du Roy”, in Bordeaux, circa 1580-1590. Especially for reprint L'instruction des curs (Instructions to parish priests), from Jean Gerson.

The set contains two styles, Normal and Italic, the second one with a lot of caps and ligatures variants.

The initials, except a few decorated letters (six in total) where only large caps, covering no more than three lines. Added are a few fleurons. More…

It can be used as variously as web-site titles, posters and flyers design, publishing texts looking like ancient ones, or greeting cards, all various sorts of presentations, as a very elegant and legible font...

This font supports strong enlargements as easily as small size (legible from 6 points when printed) remaining very smart and fine.

Its original cap height is about five millimeters. Decorated letters like 1512 Initials, 1550 Arabesques, 1565 Venetian, can be used with this family without anachronism.

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