Fonts for lettering
68 alphabets we cut back out of scanned lettering books, plus 190 more typefaces built into the text generators.
Type your words to see them set in any of them, then open the one you want straight in a generator with the font already chosen.
Type a name or a phrase and every font below sets it, so you can compare them on the words you are actually cutting.
Alphabets from the books
Traced from scanned lettering plates and rebuilt as fonts, so a historical alphabet can set your words today. Check each font’s source and license before use.
Signist Italian Shaded
DecorativeBack-sloped Victorian capitals with hatched drop shadows
Best for bold · F. Delamotte · F. Delamotte, The Signist's Book of Modern Alphabets, 1906
Signist Shaded Italic
DecorativeFat italic capitals thrown into relief by a solid cast shadow
Best for bold · F. Delamotte · F. Delamotte, The Signist's Book of Modern Alphabets, 1906
Delamotte 1490
DecorativeFoliate outline capitals dated 1490, British Museum
Best for engraving · F. Delamotte · F. Delamotte, The Book of Ornamental Alphabets, 1914
Bergling Anglo-Saxon
DecorativeEngraved Angelsachsisch blackletter in both cases, from Bergling's Art Alphabets, 1914
Best for engraving · J. M. Bergling · J. M. Bergling, Art Alphabets and Lettering, 1914
Signist Engraved Roman
SerifAn alphabet, The Signist's Book of Modern Alphabets, 1906
Best for engraving · F. Delamotte · F. Delamotte, The Signist's Book of Modern Alphabets, 1906
Delamotte Metal Ornamental
DecorativeScrolled capitals drawn as ornamental metalwork
Best for engraving · F. Delamotte · F. Delamotte, The Book of Ornamental Alphabets, 1914
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Also built into the tools
The rest of the typefaces the text generators can set, each labelled with its style and the job it suits.
Aclonica
DecorativeRounded bubbly display font with bold friendly character
Best for bold · Astigmatic (AOETI) · Apache 2.0
Allerta Stencil
Sans serifClean humanist sans stencil with evenly spaced cut breaks
Best for stencil · Matt McInerney · OFL 1.1
Alumni Sans SC
Sans serifClean small-caps sans-serif, great for engraving and plaques
Best for engraving · Robert E. Leuschke · OFL 1.1
Amatic SC
HandwrittenCasual handwritten font with marker-like appearance
Best for bold · Vernon Adams, Ben Nathan, Thomas Jockin · OFL 1.1
Ampoule Neon
DecorativeNeon-tube inspired display font
Best for bold · Anne-Dauphine Borione · OFL 1.1
Anta
Sans serifFuturistic techno font
Best for stencil · Sergej Lebedev · OFL 1.1
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