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A SPECIMEN BOOK FROM THE DESIGN ARCHIVE
Fonts
— a small atlas of the letterforms used across these pages —
№ 003 aged newsprint · ink black · gold rule SET BY HAND
§ 01 Display Faces TOP SHELF
Bergamasco DISPLAY · SERIF · DUCTAL
Throughout, wound apart, bright.
Thin · ABCDEFGHIJKLM · 0123456789
Light · NOPQRSTUVWXYZ · & ¶ § † ‡
Regular · the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Semibold · THE QUICK BROWN FOX
Bold · the quick brown fox
Italic · the quick brown fox jumps
CREDITDimitri Antonov & Blue Curve Designstudio · free for personal & commercial use
Saint DISPLAY · SHARP MODERN
Saint & Sacred
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 · & ? ! ¶ §
CREDITLiza Dushnota · free for personal & commercial use
Royale Couture Sans DISPLAY · COUTURE GEOMETRIC
ROYALE COUTURE
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 — N° 01 · MMXXVI
CREDITSarid Ezra · paid (Creative Market — Essential Font Trio · sans cut)
Old London DISPLAY · BLACKLETTER · TEXTURA
The Index
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 · & † ‡ ¶ §
CREDITDieter Steffmann · freeware (free for personal & non-commercial use)
Old English Five DISPLAY · BLACKLETTER · ALT
Antique Press
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITTypographer Mediengestaltung · free for personal & commercial use
Old English Text DISPLAY · BLACKLETTER · MONOTYPE
Manuscript
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITMonotype · proprietary (commonly bundled with Microsoft Office)
Grand Malon DISPLAY · VICTORIAN ORNAMENTAL GOTHIC
Grand Malon
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITAlit Design (Indonesia) · demo cut · free for personal use (commercial license sold separately)
LEGO BRIX DISPLAY · CHUNKY GEOMETRIC · LEGO LOGO FAN-CUT
LINGUISTIC ROOM
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITSpideRaY · fan-cut of the LEGO logotype · free for personal use (LEGO is a trademark of the LEGO Group)
Spumoni LP DISPLAY · CASUAL CALLIGRAPHIC
Sweet, slow ice-cream sign
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITGarrett Boge · LetterPerfect · paid (licensed via Adobe Fonts)
Cactus Jack DISPLAY · ROUGH-EDGE STAMP
Cactus Jack
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITfree for personal use · designer attribution in OTF metadata
Damned Architect DISPLAY · GOTHIC NARROW
CATHEDRAL OF MORPHISMS
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITMåns Grebäck · personal-use freeware (commercial license sold separately)
Death Note DISPLAY · ANIME FAN FONT
DEATH NOTE
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITanime fan font · free for personal use only · Death Note © Tsugumi Ohba / Takeshi Obata / Shueisha
Death Font DISPLAY · ANIME FAN FONT · ALT
death font
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITjoshua1985 · free for personal use only · Death Note © Tsugumi Ohba / Takeshi Obata / Shueisha
ZZ Death Note 1.0 DISPLAY · ANIME FAN FONT · ALT II
Light Yagami
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITanime fan font (uploader: ZZ) · free for personal use only · Death Note © Tsugumi Ohba / Takeshi Obata / Shueisha
Font Bleach DISPLAY · ANIME FAN FONT
BANKAI
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITDanilo Belardinelli · 2005 · free for personal use only · Bleach © Tite Kubo / Shueisha
MangaTemple DISPLAY · MANGA SANS
SCREENTONE
Regular · ABCDEFGHIJKLM · 0123456789
Bold · NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Italic · the quick brown fox
CREDITBlambot · freeware for independent comics & non-profit use (commercial license sold by Blambot)
PonyDisplay DISPLAY · PONY LOGOTYPE · CUSTOM BUILD
arena chapter zero
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITbuilt for this project · pony-style display alphabet
§ 02 Hand & Casual SECOND SHELF
My Handwriting HAND · ARCHIVIST'S OWN
made this one myself, scanned a page of my notebook and traced it
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 — & ? ! ♡ ✿
CREDITmadokamemika · literally my handwriting
Komix CASUAL · COMIC SANS LINEAGE
comic strip body
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITNowak.tv · free for personal use
Journal CASUAL · TYPEWRITER WARMTH
A notebook page, slightly off-register
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITfree for personal use · designer attribution in TTF metadata
Mrs Saint Delafield HAND · COPPERPLATE SCRIPT · GOOGLE FONTS
In her own hand,
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITRobert Leuschke · SIL Open Font License
Qwitcher Grypen HAND · CONNECTED SCRIPT · GOOGLE FONTS
a quick scribbled signature
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITCyreal · SIL Open Font License
§ 03 Body & System BOTTOM SHELF
Source Serif 4 BODY · TRANSITIONAL SERIF · GOOGLE FONTS
A sentence is a thought, slowed.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITFrank Grießhammer · Adobe Originals · SIL Open Font License
Playfair Display DISPLAY SERIF · DIDONE · GOOGLE FONTS
High-contrast headlines.
Regular · the quick brown fox
Bold · the quick brown fox
Black · the quick brown fox
Italic · the quick brown fox
CREDITClaus Eggers Sørensen · SIL Open Font License
Lato SANS · HUMANIST · GOOGLE FONTS
Quietly readable, summer-warm.
Light · the quick brown fox jumps
Regular · the quick brown fox jumps
Bold · the quick brown fox
Black · THE QUICK BROWN FOX
CREDITŁukasz Dziedzic · SIL Open Font License
JetBrains Mono MONO · CODE · GOOGLE FONTS
[ ticker · status · key:value ]
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 → ← ≠ ≥ ≤ /* */ //
function shape(word) { return embed(word); }
CREDITPhilipp Nurullin · JetBrains · SIL Open Font License
Rajdhani SANS · TECH SQUARED · GOOGLE FONTS
DESIGN.ARCHIVE — SPECIMEN
Light · ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Regular · 0123456789
Semibold · STATUS · TICKER · NAV
CREDITIndian Type Foundry · SIL Open Font License
Space Grotesk SANS · NEO-GROTESQUE · GOOGLE FONTS
Card titles, neatly squared off.
Light · the quick brown fox
Regular · the quick brown fox
Medium · the quick brown fox
CREDITFlorian Karsten · derived from Colophon Foundry's Space Mono · SIL Open Font License
UnifrakturMaguntia DISPLAY · BLACKLETTER · GOOGLE FONTS
Fraktur Fallback
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITj. 'mach' wust · SIL Open Font License
Cormorant Garamond DISPLAY SERIF · GARALDE · GOOGLE FONTS
A quiet Garamond for the puzzle pages.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
CREDITChristian Thalmann · Catharsis Fonts · SIL Open Font License
Fredoka SANS · ROUNDED · GOOGLE FONTS
Soft corners, friendly UI.
Regular · the quick brown fox jumps
Medium · the quick brown fox
Semibold · ABCDEFG · 0123456789
CREDITMilena Brandão · variable cut by Hafontia · SIL Open Font License
Noto Sans Georgian SCRIPT · GEORGIAN · GOOGLE FONTS
ქართული · გამარჯობა
ა ბ გ დ ე ვ ზ თ ი კ ლ მ ნ ო პ · 0123456789
CREDITGoogle · Noto project · SIL Open Font License
Noto Sans Symbols 2 SYMBOLS · GLYPH SET · GOOGLE FONTS
✶ ✦ ✧ ⟡ ⌬ ∴ ⚐ ⚑
▲ △ ▣ ◈ ◉ ✚ ✜ ❖ ⬡ ⬢ · ① ② ③ ④ ⑤
CREDITGoogle · Noto project · SIL Open Font License
§ 04 The Madoka Magica Shelf PINK SHELF
Madoka Albertine DISPLAY · WARM SERIF
a wish made tenderly
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Brush HAND · BROAD BRUSH
painted in one stroke
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Candy DISPLAY · SWEET / CHARLOTTE
cheese cake & sweets
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Elly DISPLAY · GEOMETRIC SANS
box-witch geometry
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Elsa Maria DISPLAY · SHADOW SERIF
shadow witch hours
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Gertrud DISPLAY · ROSE GARDEN SERIF
tea, roses, & tirôs
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Gisela DISPLAY · ANGULAR SERIF
angular witchcraft
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Gothic DISPLAY · BLACKLETTER
Walpurgisnacht
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Itzli DISPLAY · OBSIDIAN SERIF
obsidian edges
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Musical DISPLAY · MERMAID SCRIPT
Oktavia von Seckendorff
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Paper SANS · CUT-PAPER
cut-paper labyrinth
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Pen HAND · INK PEN
a contract, signed
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Poison DISPLAY · ACID SERIF
soul-gem corrosion
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Rounded SANS · ROUNDED
soft & pink & round
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Runes Serif DISPLAY · LABYRINTH RUNES
witch-runes & sigils
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Script HAND · CONNECTED SCRIPT
a girl writes a letter
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Madoka Slueika DISPLAY · CURIO SERIF
curio-shop placard
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz · 0123456789
Pack Credit ALL 17 FACES
CREDITwhole pack © its ko-fi creator
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