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FHA Eccentric French

FHA Eccentric French™

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FHA Eccentric French Font Family was designed by Frank Atkinson, Frank Smith, Michael Gene Adkins and published by The Fontry. FHA Eccentric French contains 1 styles.

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    About FHA Eccentric French Font Family


    The curves are vintage and the serifs are big. They're so big that for years I never had the courage to tackle this intimidating font. But when fellow signmaker Frank Smith laid the groundwork for this intriguing typeface by Frank H. Atkinson, I couldn't pass on the opportunity to take it from paper to keyboard. After all, at over 100 years old, I felt this alphabet had never been given a proper, digital treatment. So how did this face survive the last century? Well, for those who don't know the history, it survived in Atkinson's ubiquitous book, Sign Painting, published first in 1908, the generational standard for anyone interested in sign-related type design. The layouts and lettering treatments in this book have influenced countless designers for more than a hundred years, but most haunting to me was this strange face with the big serifs. Well, I'm haunted no more. The work is done, the kerning is complete, and nothing but a mouse-click separates a very old idea from the modern world. It's wide, it's big, and with those crazy serifs, it is definitely eccentric-!!!

    Designers: Frank Atkinson, Frank Smith, Michael Gene Adkins

    Publisher: The Fontry

    Foundry: The Fontry

    Design Owner: The Fontry

    MyFonts debut: Jan 30, 2009

    FHA Eccentric French™

    About The Fontry

    When foundry's were making steel and fonts were but a molten dream ... well, we don't go that far back! But that's how we came up with the name for The Fontry. Spun into existence in 1992 by James L. Stirling and Michael Gene Adkins, The Fontry owes its origins to lots and lots of years working around screenprint shops and the signmaking business, influences that translate clearly into our font designs. It stands to reason then that many of our typographic efforts reflect the needs of those industries. ...

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