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whole Fontografia story - lots of fascinating font background - is here |
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'm very pleased if you'd like to try out these fonts, although they aren't necessarily all finished or complete. There's lots more to do, both missing letters and fine-tuning of the spacing, and some might not work in every programme, I don't know why yet: but you might find something you can use already, as I have. They're free of course, with no restrictions on how you use them, but I would be glad to know if you use them, and in which programmes, and to see what they look like for you - send a screen shot or a PDF. There are tips on installing at the bottom of the page
First up are eight fonts which are released at  , where they gain from a very sophisticated presentation and you can try out your
own test phrases at various sizes; part of the deal with them is that we don't
distribute those fonts cheaper elsewhere, so they're not included in the free download
package here any more. |
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 Sevillia suite: dancing text - standing text formal tiles - informal tiles |
 Ashbourne 1251: from a Derbyshire gravestone |
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 Chiswick Illuminated Caps: five styles with letters and ornament separate, giving many possibilities on different layers |
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Then there are 48 fonts in the free package - Download New Renaissance fonts - 63 Mb - one package with all the fonts except those that are on sale at MyFonts.com: last updated 31st March 2011. The full character set for a each font is included in the download package together with notes on the background, and you can click on the different panels here to see them too. They are grouped here according to how many characters they have: complete, just caps, just ornaments, and incomplete sketches. |
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| 1. Complete: all the Latin capitals, all the Latin small letters, and other bits and pieces | |
 NEW! Edward's Uncials 1904 - inspired by Edward Johnston's modernisation of early mediaeval handwriting, from the seminal book which sparked off the 20thC. calligraphy movement |
 DeBeauChesne Roman : London 1601, and many earlier editions |
 NEW! Albrecht Fraktur - Dürer's beautifully measured Renaissance black-letter |
 Rick's Classic Italic (Richard) |
 NEW! Bradley Chancery - inspired by the calligraphy of Renaissance humanists |
 Rick's Folklore Roman (Richard) |
 NEW! Sonnet Script - inspired by the calligraphy of this Welsh artist and poet David Jones |
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| 2. Just capitals | |
 Bickham SwashCaps (a quick sketch for those who can't afford Adobe's version at $105) |
 Petzendorfer Decorated Capitals |
 Davie's Sapphire - NEW! Layered version! |
 Taliente Decorative Capitals |
 King Richard II Caps |
 Westminster Memorial Brasses |
 Rick's Decorated Uncials (Richard) |
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| 3. Ornament and decoration | |
Rick's Pen Ornaments (Richard) |
Luttrell Psalter - inspired by the 15th C manuscript |
 Shaw Decorated Capitals 1 six versions in separate layers |
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Ida's Floodles |
 Kurbits |
| 4. Just sketches, incomplete
set of characters which
might be of some use to somebody some time: if someone asks for the rest I'll do them |
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 Anders Fancy capitals - 12 letters |
 Davie illuminated capitals - only two letters, but they're fascinating! |
 Anders plain capitals - 17 letters, 3 ornaments |
Dagmar's IlluCaps - only one letter , but it's a beautiful one! |
 Cartouches after Lodovico Vicentino degl'Arrighi - 4 shapes |
 Samuel - 22 letters and a couple of curlie-whurlies |
Download
New Renaissance fonts - 63 Mb - one package with all the fonts except
those that are on sale at MyFonts.com: last
updated 31st March 2011 |
Tips on installing fonts here |
The
whole Fontografia story is here |
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There's also a chart to show which letters there are in each font, you can let me know if you don't find any of the non-standard characters and don't have a tool that shows you.
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Windows XP & 2000 |
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