Mr Donaldson Pro Font

Designer: Alejandro Paul

The Charles Bluemlein Script Collection is an interesting reminder of the heady days of hand lettering and calligraphy in the United States. From the early 1930s through World War II, there had to do with 200 professional hand letterers working in New york city City alone. This occupation saw its death with the introduction of image lettering, and after digital typography, became virtually extinct. The odd method which the Bluemlein scripts were assembled and developed - by collecting different signatures and after that constructing total alphabets from them - is a remarkable calligraphic adventure. Since the set of constructed styles looked absolutely nothing like the initial signatures, fictitious names were appointed to the new script typefaces. The typeface styles were then showcased in Higgins Ink catalogs.

Alejandro Paul and Sudtipos bring the Bluemlein scripts back to life in a set of broadened digital versions, showing the demands these days's designer. Severe care has been required to render the initial scripts authentically, keeping the fictitious names originally appointed to them by Bluemlein.