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Overused typefaces can lose their impact, especially in branding, advertising, and package design where originality is important. Here are some quality calligraphic, organic display faces that are less common than Papyrus. Some offer more weights, styles, and alternate glyphs for greater versatility than the old standby.
Papyrus is a roman calligraphic typeface with distinctive human touches like rough edges, irregular curves, and high horizontal strokes... Read More
ITC Tempus is the work of British designer Phill Grimshaw. He claims that every calligrapher's aspiration is to draw perfect roman capitals with a pen, but admits that this is extremely difficult. For this typeface, Grimshaw used a fountain pen on cheap, porous paper and, of course, the ink bled. The resulting forms are classic but their rugged edges deviate from the perfection of roman... Read More
Overused typefaces can lose their impact, especially in branding, advertising, and package design where originality is important. Here are some quality calligraphic, organic display faces that are less common than Papyrus. Some offer more weights, styles, and alternate glyphs for greater versatility than the old standby.