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The Bluemlein Script Collection is an intriguing reminder of the heady days of American hand lettering and calligraphy. From the early 1930s through World War II, there were about 200 professional hand letterers working in New York City alone. Charles Bluemlein created his scripts by collecting different signatures and then building complete alphabets from them. Alejandro Paul and Sudtipos bring the Bluemlein scripts back to life in a set of expanded digital versions. Extreme care has been taken to render the original scripts authentically.

Miss Le Gatees

Herr Von Muellerhoff

Mr Dafoe

Mrs Blackfort

Miss Stephams

Dr Sujiyama

Miss Fitzpatrick

Dr Carbfred

Miss Robertson

Mrs Sheppards

Webfonts Week: An Interview with Bryan Mason of Typekit
2009 will be remembered as the year that introduced tenable standards and methods for using non-system fonts on the Web. One service that is making that happen is Typekit.

Celebrating 20 Years of FontShop With Joan Spiekermann
Our cofounder and still the “mater familias” tells the story of FontShop’s early days.

The Twenty Tweetable Truths About Magazines In Animated Type
The Magazine Publishers of America launch a campaign to dispell the notion that magazines are one the way out.

Casual Brush Script
Like the calligraphic Bluemlein scripts above, these brush-based faces are inspired by advertising lettering of the 1930s–’50s.

Soft Sans: Curve-to-Corner
A popular new style of humanist sans serif influenced by brush lettering and/or contemporary Dutch type design.

Garamond
There are many interpretations of Garamond available from many different foundries. This list puts them all on the same page for easy comparison.

Have you tried our new search? We’re building a new engine to provide more accurate search results and help guide you to the fonts you need. The new system is in beta mode right now, and we’d love your feedback.

The new search works behind the scenes to provide more helpful results with relevant content, FontLists, and families at the top. You can switch it on by adding &newsearch=1 to any search URL. Or give it a try right now:

By specific font name: Search for FF Meta »

By keyword: Search for handwriting fonts »

By typeface genre: Search for DIN fonts »

We hope you’ll appreciate the improvements to our search engine. Please note that in this pre-release stage there’s always a chance of unexpected results. You can switch off the search by adding &newsearch=0 to any search URL, and please do contact us or post a comment with any feedback you have.

Bestsellers 
A few of FontShop’s most popular products. See more »

Arnhem
by OurType

Louisiana
by Borges Lettering

FontBook
Most complete digital type compendium in print

Personal Account Links  Pick up where you left off at FontShop.com

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