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Saltpetre

Saltpetre™

by Magpie Paper Works
Individual Styles from $32.00 USD
Saltpetre Font Family was designed by Jessica McCarty and published by Magpie Paper Works. Saltpetre contains 1 styles.

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    About Saltpetre Font Family


    Inspired by late 18th century type specimens, Saltpetre is a grounded yet rustic typeface. His letters have been hand-inked with antique dip pens and playfully spaced for a charming, irregular look. In addition to a set of 26 upper case letters, the font includes a variety of period graphics, interlocking decorative borders, numerals, punctuation, currency figures and multi-lingual support. Saltpetre is extremely versatile and excels at display, as well as specialized uses such as cartography and historical reproduction.

    Designers: Jessica McCarty

    Publisher: Magpie Paper Works

    Foundry: Magpie Paper Works

    Design Owner: Magpie Paper Works

    MyFonts debut: Feb 12, 2012

    Saltpetre™ is a trademark of Magpie Paper Works LLC.

    About Magpie Paper Works

    Nestled in rural North America, you’ll find the farmhouse that’s home to Magpie Paper Works. If the foundry’s owner and sole designer, Jessica McCarty, isn’t tucked inside designing typefaces, she’s more than likely out chicken wrangling and apple picking. Jessica left behind agency life in 2010, opting instead to create her own studio. Her first font, Saissant, a rough, kinetic calligraphy script, was a non-traditional typeface that was almost instantly very popul...

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