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Castine

Castine™

by Three Islands Press
Individual Styles from $29.00 USD
Complete family of 2 fonts: $49.00 USD
Castine Font Family was designed by Brian Willson and published by Three Islands Press. Castine contains 2 styles and family package options.

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    Castine Family

    2 fonts

    Best Value!

    Per Style:

    $24.50 USD

    Pack of 2 styles:

    $49.00 USD

    About Castine Font Family


    There's a cemetery in Castine, Maine, a lovely coastal town perhaps best known for Maine Maritime Academy and a surviving crop of stately old American elms, with headstones dating back into the 18th century -- the standard old headstone shape, often topped by winged skulls. Thanks to a local historical society volunteer, I got my hands on a couple rubbings; these show a particular style of stonecarving that proved captivating to the point of typeface design. Castine has a full character set in both roman and italic styles.

    Designers: Brian Willson

    Publisher: Three Islands Press

    Foundry: Three Islands Press

    Original Foundry: Three Islands Press

    Design Owner: Three Islands Press

    MyFonts debut: Jun 29, 2006

    Castine™ 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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