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Silent Movies

A collection of slightly ornate, slightly quirky serif typefaces that capture the nostalgia of intertitles in silent films.

Yves Peters
Last edited April 07, 2016
safety
japanophilia
Help oneself terminating machine

Edwardian font was designed by Colin Brignall, a free-flowing roman face with hints of the early Edwardian period. Edwardian exudes warmth, individuality and charm.

brandy
microphysics
Beware of explosive dogs

Handle Oldstyle is an all-capitals and small capitals typeface from the Engravers collection. The Handle Oldstyle font is appropriate for headings and personal and business letterheads.

replay
wunderkinder
Contradiction keeps sanity in place

ITC Photoplay is another gem from Nick Curtis. Unearthed from the 1927 edition of Samuel Welo's Studio Handbook for Artists and Advertisers, the design's original suggested use was for title and caption cards for silent movies. A monoweight design that bridges the gap between turn-of-the-century decorative type and Art Deco, ITC Photoplay is both casual and stylish. And, yes, the cap "S" is... Read More

winter
zygapophysis
Do not empty your dog here

Designer Nick Curtis found the inspiration for this typeface on a 1920s poster for a German bookseller, by Berlin poster artist Paul Scheurich. ITC Jeepers retains the spontaneity and playfulness of Scheurich¿s original lettering and adds a few surprises of its own, one being the somewhat exclamatory ear on the lowercase `g.¿ It was, in fact, the excited look of this particular character that... Read More

grapes
japanophilia
Smile while you still have teeth

In the 1920s the Viennese government decided to standardize the street signs across the city. A typeface was especially constructed for the purpose. It was available in a Heavy and a Bold Condensed version, to support short street names as well as longer ones. As the years went by, the typeface was adopted and redrawn by several enamel factories. These adaptations lead to variations on the... Read More

rocket
zygapophysis
Hell: one way in and no way out

Tony Geddes designed Musketeer in 1968. The Musketeer font family is based on Art Nouveau lettering and as such is ideal for posters and signs.

jungle
conceptional
Poisonous and evil rubbish

Cantoria was designed by Ron Carpenter in 1986. It is a serif font with characteristics of stone cut letters. Distinguished by its open forms and large capitals and available in 10 weights, Cantoria offers a wide range of possible applications.

Hal Taylor
Bitstream 2002
Colin Brignall
Linotype 1983
Monotype.Design Studio
Monotype
Nick Curtis
ITC
Nick Curtis
Bitstream 2001
Nick Curtis
ITC 2002

Typejockeys
Stephenson Blake
Elsner+Flake 1903
Tony Geddes
Monotype
Thomas Maitland Cleland
Bitstream 1902
Ron Carpenter
Monotype 1986