Hi there, can anyone direct me to threads on stone carved lettering or suggest any typefaces that may stem from this discipline?
thanks in advance.
This typeface was based on incised lettering from sixteenth-century England, although the medium was wood...
Eric Gill’s work; he started as a stone cutter. Most of his typefaces derive from the alphabets he learned from stonecarving teachers.
Perpetua, Joanna, Aries, Golden Cockerel
Michael Harvey also has done a lot of carved lettering, as well as a bunch of very nice lapidary typefaces. One of Michael’s other major influences is his prolific work as a letterer for book covers, so his typefaces reflect this as much as they reflect his stonecarving work.
Strayhorn, Mezz, Ellington, Andreas
The most obvious is Trajan, but here are a few that are less so:
Albertus
Augustea Open
The Baroque Set
Chisel
Citation
Columna
Della Robbia
Elan
Exocet
Friz Quadrata
Mason
Patriot
Penumbra
President
Icone
Rusticana
Sistina
Sophia
Syntax Lapidar
Trajanus
Venezia
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