The first Tuscan lettering was penned in the mid-fourth century by the calligrapher Furius Dionysius Filocalus. The style was still in common usage as calligraphy when Vincent Figgins designed the first Antique Tuscan for print in 1817. Antique and Gothic Tuscan woodtype fonts appeared in the 1830’s. By the 1850’s, Tuscan fonts had become popular in America. These styles continued in print use into the twentieth century. Tuscan Antique and Gothic styles, borrowed from print and calligraphy, were perfect for signs, posters, handbills and other large format advertising. Sign painter, Frank Atkinson demonstrated several Tuscan forms in his book Sign Painting, A Complete Manual. Modified & Spurred Tuscan Romans were inspired by this and other works of the same period.
This collection includes the following: FHA Modified Tuscan Roman FHA Modified Tuscan Roman Open (an open-faced version of Modified) FHA Spurred Tuscan Roman FHA Spurred Tuscan Roman Open (an open-faced version of Spurred)
Each font includes glyphs for several languages and some tasty stylistic alternates. In addition, the collection includes the Ornamentia™ No.1 packages of accents free.
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