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Workhorse

Workhorse

by Borges Lettering
Individual Styles from $35.00 USD
Complete family of 2 fonts: $65.00 USD
Workhorse Font Family was designed by Charles Borges de Oliveira, Greg Reid and published by Borges Lettering. Workhorse contains 2 styles and family package options.

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    Workhorse Combo Pack

    2 fonts

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    Per Style:

    $32.50 USD

    Pack of 2 styles:

    $65.00 USD

    About Workhorse Font Family


    Workhorse is a Sign Painter’s Gothic developed by Master Sign Painter Greg Reid. Workhorse captures the true essence of hand lettering. From the tapered waists to the elegant snaps of the brush; these elements present a warmth unseen in today’s mechanically stiff Gothics. Greg Reid and Charles Borges de Oliveira collaborated to bring this truly one of a kind typeface to fruition. With the power of Open type, Workhorse utilizes Contextual Alternates to create random variations of the capitals and lowercase letters. This allows your text to have subtle differences in the letters without losing form which helps to create an honest hand lettered look. This feature can be turned on or off to suit your individual style. You also have the ability to manually choose the glyph variations from the glyph pallet to help you create one of kind designs. Both versions of Workhorse feature complete variations of the capitals and lowercase letters (56 total), Small Caps and six alternates. The Small Caps are not just the capitals scaled down. They have been designed as a unique second set that adjusts the stroke thickness to match the existing letters, creating what we like to refer to as “Real Small Caps”. Workhorse is a timeless classic that can be used from early Americana advertising all the way up to present day modern use.
 No matter how you use Workhorse it always looks and reads well.

    Designers: Charles Borges de Oliveira, Greg Reid

    Publisher: Borges Lettering

    Foundry: Borges Lettering

    Design Owner: Borges Lettering

    MyFonts debut: Nov 12, 2014

    Workhorse

    About Borges Lettering

    The first letterforms that Charles Borges de Oliveira perfected were done with paint and a brush. As an apprentice sign painter, the designer learned to appreciate letters and all that goes into their creation. When he applied these skills and made a font for his wife called Sarah Script, he knew that his love for letters had evolved into a new medium. A studio offering high quality fonts as well as custom hand-lettering work, Borges Lettering was founded in 2003. Charles’ debut font, Sarah Script, b...

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