The Scriptorium

is the site for Scriptorium Fonts. Features graphic design articles, free fonts, art history, visual arts reviews and how to articles.

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Because the modern era of design draws on so many past traditions, it's hard to nail down a selection of fonts and label them as essentially modern. To research our modern fonts collection we looked at nightclub posters... https://t.co/KyG9XzPc6q

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Munchner Carneval is exactly what its name suggests, a font based on lettering from a poster from a carnival held in Munich in 1905. The graphic to the right is based on the original poster and suggests a... https://t.co/LtuibxIpRW

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Get the fonts of your choice for up to 50% off while we celebrate Spring.

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Elysian is an one of our older font designs, based on an Art Nouveau period typeface. It has gone through several versions and improvements and the current version is pretty perfect for titles and display uses where... https://t.co/eEPbWokQtU

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A video introduction to one of our most interesting items. The package includes the entire art from Walter Crane’s rare illustrated poem The Three Sirens in high resolution format, plus the entire book in ebook... https://t.co/d9OYTrOSxc

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Frontispiece for The Heroes by Charles Kingsley with a couple of George Soper’s illustrations of Greek myths to go with it.

#artnouveau #artdeco #Design #art #1900s #publishing #watercolor #oldprints #oldbooks... https://t.co/g4CSrWgoaH

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The Constructivist Movement in Russia spilled over to other areas an was an important branch of what we now consider Art Deco. It had a particular flowering in the Ukraine in the early 1930s before the region... https://t.co/wVtkxbrJzo

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Towards the end of the last day of @flatstock I met a talented young artist named @calvinlaituri and convinced him to part with an original picture he drew during the show. A great picture of a sailing ship he... https://t.co/hnUZJgPAKN

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Raw images from my visit to the @flatstock show today at SXSW. More to come.
#sxsw2019 #flatstock #posters #art #atx #design #showposters #original #creative #streetart #farmersmarket #LiveMusic #ATX #Austin... https://t.co/xrD0nYM8sh

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Here have an original cover from Vampirella magazine in the first image and a sample of our Drakulon font in the second image, which is based on the title in the first image. If you wanted to know. The font is... https://t.co/dEjxU9Z6Ge

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Another book reveal video of a recent arrival for the library. let’s unwrap it and see what it is.
#BookOfTheDay #BOTD #design #printing #edwardian #Bookbinding #history #19thcentury #victorian... https://t.co/yMlAlXbdh5

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Patriarch was one of our earliest calligraphic fonts, based on Russian Church Slavonic lettering, such as you would see in Russian Icons, but with the character forms adapted to the Latin alphabet instead of having true... https://t.co/owhm4ztyo3

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https://t.co/RXRMmWirZf was one of our earliest calligraphic fonts, based on Russian Church Slavonic lettering, such as you would see in Russian Icons, but with the character forms adapted... https://t.co/owhm4zL9MD

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Another book reveal video of a recent arrival for the library. let’s unwrap it and see what it is.
#BookOfTheDay #BOTD #design #printing #edwardian #Bookbinding #history #19thcentury #victorian... https://t.co/RixaHSTSeP

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Unwrapping video. What will it be?
#BookOfTheDay #BOTD #design #printing #edwardian #Bookbinding #history #19thcentury #victorian #artsandcraftsmovement #artnouveau #bookcover #bookdesign #illustrator... https://t.co/DTO7AkueSD

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A book unwrapping video with my latest rare book acquisition from eBay. https://t.co/FqXSCOT2JI

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The most recent arrival for the library let’s unwrap it and see what it is.
#BookOfTheDay #BOTD #design #printing #edwardian #Bookbinding #history #19thcentury #victorian #artsandcraftsmovement #artnouveau... https://t.co/pdLq43BKJ4

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Schiller Schrift is just the kind of font we made our name on when we were starting out. It is an incredibly detailed rendering of an antique calligraphic style with lots of decorative detail and swashes, taken... https://t.co/8ozdsRmigD

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It’s time for something new and strange, our original Monstrous font. Monstrous is a titling font which offers a striking look and special features which make it truly unique. The characters are stylized and super-bold,... https://t.co/oTIvOTzjIn