Mrs Saint-Delafield 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 The second world war, there had to do with 200 professional hand letterers operating in New york city City alone. This occupation saw its death with the introduction of picture lettering, and after digital typography, ended up being practically extinct. The odd method in which the Bluemlein scripts were assembled and created - by gathering various signatures and after that developing total alphabets from them - is an interesting calligraphic experience. Because the set of built designs looked absolutely nothing like the initial signatures, fictitious names were assigned to the brand-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, reflecting the needs these days's designer. Severe care has been taken to render the original scripts authentically, keeping the fictitious names originally designated to them by Bluemlein.