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Bonnycastle

Bonnycastle™

by Three Islands Press
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Bonnycastle Font Family was designed by Brian Willson and published by Three Islands Press. Bonnycastle contains 1 styles.

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    About Bonnycastle Font Family


    Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1791–1847) was an English officer and military engineer who served in the War of 1812 and ultimately settled in Canada. I stumbled upon copies of some of his charts and maps, became infatuated with the hand-lettered titles—and the result is the eponymous Bonnycastle. The font has a bold weight and an italic style but is intended as an eye-catching standalone, evocative of its period in history. Use as a titling face on branding materials, event posters, book covers, presentation graphics, historical illustrations, and the like.

    Designers: Brian Willson

    Publisher: Three Islands Press

    Foundry: Three Islands Press

    Design Owner: Three Islands Press

    MyFonts debut: Nov 4, 2015

    Bonnycastle™ is a trademark of Three Islands Press.

    About Three Islands Press

    Three Islands Press (a.k.a., “3IP”) is a small type foundry in Rockport, Maine. Specialties include historical replications, fine text type, old map fonts, and painstaking recreations of vintage and modern handwriting. 3IP is the d.b.a. of Brian Willson, who accidentally stumbled into type design in the 1990s after a career in print and broadcast journalism. He has absolutely no formal training—just a peculiar knack for making fonts that look like real handwriting and antique text materials. 3IP a...

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