Mrs Blackfort Pro Font

Designer: Alejandro Paul

The Charles Bluemlein Script Collection is an intriguing tip 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 profession saw its death with the arrival of image lettering, and after digital typography, became practically extinct. The odd method in which the Bluemlein scripts were put together and developed - by gathering different signatures and after that building total alphabets from them - is a fascinating calligraphic experience. Because the set of constructed styles looked nothing like the initial signatures, fictitious names were assigned to the new script typefaces. The typeface designs 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 actually been required to render the original scripts authentically, keeping the fictitious names initially appointed to them by Bluemlein.