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Fonts, typefaces and all things typographical — I love Typograph. WhatTheFont! Fonts2u.com. Fonts and Art from the Scriptorium. Traditionally most art fonts are fairly primitive, drawing on mostly functional themes, such as international sign symbols or recreating antique printers ornaments.

But the medium of digital type is capable of much more, and we try to explore some of those possibilities with our art fonts. They go beyond the primitive concept of the "dingbat" and provide a more sophisticated range of small, versatile illustrations which will enhance documents very effectively. In exploring the potential of art fonts we owe a great debt to Arthur Rackham and some of the other artists who liberally decorated their books with marginal figures and scenes which are visually striking, yet simple enough to work well as characters in a typeface.

Rackham was involved in every aspect of the production of many of the books on which he worked, and his role went well beyond the normal scope of the illustrator. He did so much decorative work on his books that we have 6 different fonts based on his marginalia. Logo and Graphics Generator. Dafont.com. Free Fonts. ThousandsFree Fonts for Instant Download! OFFSite: Only Free Fonts Site. TypeBase.com. Download fonts | DDfont.com - all the fonts you'll ever wan.