Ballard was designed by Shane Brandes and published by Proportional Lime. Ballard contains 6 designs and family package choices. p > This typeface was influenced by a font style used by Henrie Ballard.

Ballard ran on Fleet Street at the Signe of the Bear in London, England. He was active in the market from 1597-1608. The typeface is meant to catch the feel of the original typeface with the ability of reproducing the numerous ligatures that become part of what make that age's printing intriguing.

The Italic variation has a remarkable feel that is almost handwritten in appearance. Every Proportional Lime font style includes a complete guide to its Unicode extended character set.

Font Family:
· Ballard Basic
· Ballard Basic Italic
· Ballard Full
· Ballard Italic Full
· Ballard Italic Bold
· Ballard Small Caps

Tags: 1500's, english, greek, historical, serif, true-italics