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A “casual blackletter” typeface.
| Tags: decorative/display, blackletter, calligraphic, fat-face, monoline | |
| Design: | James Hultquist-Todd |
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| Publisher: | JTD Type |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-10-15 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
An elaborately curly blackletter with extremely thin hairlines, inspired by a 19th-century typeface called Cuneiform. The optical size axis allows for a consistent hairline thickness of 0.5 point for font sizes from 76 through 332 points.
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, script, blackletter, calligraphic, optical sizes, ornamented, sharp, swash, Victorian | |
| Design: | David Jonathan Ross |
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| Publisher: | DJR, Font of the Month Club |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2019-10-01 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | djr.com |
A contemporary interpretation of extra-bold blackletter type originally published in the 1800s by the Caslon foundry.
| Tags: decorative/display, blackletter, calligraphic, fat-face, inscriptional, multiplexed, multiplexed weight, outline, ornamented, sharp, unusual variation | |
| Design: | Hidetaka Yamasaki |
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| Publisher: | The Northern Block |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2019-08-14 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | myfonts.com |
An experimental typeface that embraces the strange results of interpolating between blackletter and early Cyrillic ustav forms. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, sans, blackletter, calligraphic, proof of concept, pinched joints, polygonal, retractable serifs, sharp, unusual variation, ustav, wavy/wiggly | |
| Design: | CSTM Fonts |
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| Publisher: | CSTM Fonts |
| Characters: | Cyrillic, Latin (limited) |
| Released: | 2019-02-21 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
A unique typeface that can shift between a static look with straightforward posture and a more dynamic look with quirky horizontal emphasis. Offered with discounted pricing while it’s still a work in progress.
| Tags: decorative/display, serif, some serifs, blackletter, calligraphic, flat brush, grayletter, horizontal stress, multiplexed, multiplexed posture, straight-sided, unusual variation, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Katja Schimmel |
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| Publisher: | Katja Schimmel |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2018-10-09 |
| Updated: | 2019-09-29 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | futurefonts.xyz |
A revival of American Type Founders’ 1895 typeface, Bradley. The original, based on lettering by Will H. Bradley, is usually credited to Hermann Ihlenburg. This digital version’s optical size axis covers the full range of original sizes, as far down as 6 points – rare for digital blackletter typefaces – plus a handful of stylistic alternate glyphs.
| Tags: decorative/display, blackletter, Arts & Crafts, calligraphic, feature variations, optical sizes, soft corners | |
| Design: | David Jonathan Ross |
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| Publisher: | DJR, Font of the Month Club |
| Characters: | Latin, Vietnamese |
| Released: | 2018-09-01 |
| Licensing: | Trial, Paid/commercial |
| Info/fonts: | djr.com |
Inspired by the work of 18th-century calligrapher, George Shelley, and the Gutenberg Bible. The swash axis controls variable swash weights on the caps.
| Tags: decorative/display, script, blackletter, calligraphic, ornamented, sharp, swash, unusual variation, woman-designed | |
| Design: | Frida Medrano |
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| Publisher: | Frida Medrano |
| Characters: | Latin |
| Released: | 2017-10-17 |
| Licensing: | Paid/commercial, Free for non-commercial use |
| Info/fonts: | fridamedrano.com |