Extra Bold: Retro, Signpainter’s Lettering

The FF Moderne Gothics are three font variations of a mid-twentieth century geometric sans serif used widely by lettering artists for both print and signage. FF Golden Gate Gothic, FF Motel Gothic and FF Matinee Gothic are loosely related, but stylistic touches vary from font to font. The FF Catch Words are also designed in a mid-twentieth century style, and while they work well with the FF... Read More

FF Sale is Tony Booth’s sign-written script typeface in three weights: Bold, Medium, and Light. It also includes a set of dingbats made to be used alongside the script. Although he first thought that FF Sale would be used mainly by design studios in press advertising, exhibition and display work, the designer discovered after its release that it had a much wider potential market. FF Sale is... Read More

ITC Black Tulip was designed by Dudley Rees and inspired by the modular simplicity of the Greek fret band, an ancient repeating pattern formed by tracing a line at right angles between two horizontal rules to form an interlocking motif. Rees admired the discipline of the motif, "I saw how that simple rigid rectangular network suggested an alphabet that would need little or no kerning," he... Read More

FF Zan is a fun titling typeface that started its life as part of the phototype collection of Hollenstein in 1970. Originally designed as a headline for a book of Delpire publishing house, Albert Hollenstein found the letters quite interesting and asked Albert Boton to make a complete alphabet. Together with FF Aircraft, FF District Bold and FF Studio, FF Zan is part of the FF Bastille... Read More