FONTS FORGE A PERSONALITY

  There are thousands of fonts to explore and when making a selection I choose those that have unique style, would be good sources for drawing and offer a variety of moods that could be applied for multiple purposes.

  The fonts shown on the following pages can be found wherever good lettering books reside. In most cases, "snippets" of the style are presented rather than the whole alphbet so that shapes can better be seen. Fonts were copied to 8.5"X11" paper and laminated for protection.

Style names are indicated with each sample.

Rockwell is a Poster (Gothic) style with serifs. However, draw it with a small Roman pen. Letter sizes differ. A many purpose font.

This is easily drawn with a small poster pen, flexible marker or fine lettering brush. Light and casually elegant it has different letter sizes.

Unusual, lower case only and erratic characterizes this font with nice, clean "artsy" forms made with a single line.

Strong, stencil-like, and casual characterizes this heavy shaped font, easy to draw with plain penpoint and brush or marker.

These are mostly built up or single line shapes. Lets take a look at "multiple line" fonts with different attitudes.