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Top Three Messy Script Typefaces

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Last edited April 07, 2019
ITC Handel Gothic
Rage Italic
FF Market
mystic
illustrative
Throw mischievous cook the sauce

The Handel Gothic™ typeface has been a mainstay of graphic communication for over 40 years - all the while looking as current as tomorrow. Designed by Don Handel in the mid-1960s, and used in the 1973 United Airlines logo developed by Saul Bass, Handel Gothic was an instant success when released to the graphic design community. Its generous lowercase x-height, full-bodied counters and square... Read More

safety
enthusiastic
Line up to block in the seafood

Rage Italic is the work of American designer Ron Zwingelberg. It was one of the first casual brush style scripts with a rough, textured edge. The initial-like capitals complement a lowercase alphabet which links together to create the look of true handwriting. Rage Italic font is ideal for work that should have the spontaneous look of pen writing on parchment.

rocket
zygapophysis
Math is easy, design is hard

H. A. Simon, an experienced figure in the German advertising world, drew the first version of what would become FF Market to use in a few specific design jobs. After the positive reaction that he received from clients and users of the fonts – and the fact that it appeared in designs far beyond Simon’s original intention – he re-drew and extended the family. As the name suggests, FF Market is... Read More

Donald Handel, Nadine Chahine and Rod McDonald
ITC 2010
Ron Zwingelberg
ITC 1984
H. A. Simon
FontFont 1996