T Ball/JK hand

THE first, a handwriting scan. Also includes some hiragana. Friendly and open, but rather incomplete.

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Let's trace

THIS font is for learners to trace, and comes in ruled and unruled versions. It has simple letter forms based on circles and lines, and long ascenders and decenders and wide spaces to emphasize the importance of these. This makes it especially useful for teaching to children in East Asia.

Extensive international support makes this suitable for learners of many nations.Now with an italic variant.

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Inkcalig

CREATED with the calligraphy tool of inkscape. The forms are generally italic, with only slight slant. The font is light and clean.

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Pugsley

BASED on an eighteenth century clock maker's sign from an old edition of Signs of the Times magazine. The lower case is an italic from a penny postcard. An oblique and a slanted version of this font are included. The old small-caps are still there, as an OpenType feature.  

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Fold

USED in the title. A sans-serif made by folding strips of paper into letters. The spacing is based  on blackletter. The range of characters is slowly improving. The design needs a large size to work well, at least 120 pixels. The origami ornaments are a bonus.

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Pierce

AN attempt to do something new. A sharp edged design but with rounded letters. I've tried to make it suitable for text. The serifs at the bottom are replaced with slants.  Wide international support. Currently only an upright and a slanted variants are available. A bolder series is coming soon.

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Contrans

Frustration comes out in this font. I want to make a good standard serif font: A little tight to get more on the line, but with easy to recognize shapes. This is what came out. It looks lousy on the screen- the hinting seems to be off. On paper it looks ok. But it isn't what I wanted.

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