These ornaments are made from plants which grow on Alphabet Farm, the place where Stone Type Foundry is located.

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PT Nat Vignette™ was designed by Natalia Vasilyeva and licensed by ParaType in 2002. Original vignettes may be used as fleurons, composed borders, and corners as well.

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Ornata F is the sixth of a series of old ornaments that I am trying to save from oblivion. I am completely redesigning the ornaments from scratch. These ornaments have been designed around 1910, I could not find out by whom.

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The astype series Accolades A offers the designer a fine balanced set of calligraphic swashes, swirls and floral ornaments. The shapes are in systematic order and harmonize in contrast and detail. The shapes can be combined easily and the advanced designer can build hundreds of sophisticated compositions. No matter, whether packaging lables, invitations or greeting cards - every assignment with the need of a delightful appeal will be served well.

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The designer-favorite Blue Goblet series has been extended once again with Blue Goblet Frames and Vignettes.

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The astype series Accolades B offers the advanced designer a fine set of calligraphic swashes, swirls and figural ornaments.

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Monograms are a classic way to graciously make one’s mark. Especially popular for wedding stationery, baby announcements & gifts, custom calligraphy monogram designs by lettering artist Crystal Kluge were the inspiration for Darling Monograms. They are simply darling, Darling!

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Blue Goblet Ornaments are the ornament complement to Blue Goblet, a fun and whimsical brush script.

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The designer-favorite Blue Goblet family has grown with the addition of Blue Goblet Florals. Blue Goblet Florals are flowing and abstract ornaments that resemble foliage or flowers rendered in Cory Godbey’s unique illustration style.

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Floralissimo are flowery embellishments that I found in several old publishing books dating back over a hundred years. I thought they might be useful for some of you, so I digitized them.

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The Certified typeface series was born out of a need to give designers the ability to embellish their designs with high quality certificate borders that could be scaled to any application easily.

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Fleurons are embellishments and here is my seventh set.

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Font inspired from the decorative elements and opening capitals frequently in use in the beginning of 1500s, under Geoffroy Tory’s book “Champfleury” influence, this, especially in Lyon (France). It is an entirely original design.

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Ornata B is the second of a series of old ornaments that I am trying to save from oblivion.

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Ornata D is the fourth of a series of old ornaments that I am trying to save from oblivion. I am completely redesigning the ornaments from scratch, trying in this one to keep the rough “letterpress” character.

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Fleurons are embellishments and this is my sixth and so far most beautiful round.

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Fleurons are embellishments and this is my first fleurons font.

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The Fleurons of Paris were inspired by an iron gate, an iron railing, a Metro tile, a Metro stop, the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, a rainy afternoon, a glass of wine, an outdoor cafe and the list goes on and on.

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As seen on Typophile.com, DTD Seriatim is a new and innovative take on the geometric sans-serif, with a wide variety of alternate characters and elegant ornaments to make it a highly versatile type for display or more discreet text use.

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Gaia is the first dingbat series made by Ricardo Esteves Gomes.

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The Certified typeface series was born out of a need to give designers the ability to embellish their designs with high quality certificate borders that could be scaled to any application easily.

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A Roman-Gothic hybrid with an antique feel, based on pen-drawn forms. The stylishness of individual letters makes it appealing even for large-scale signage, where evoking heritage is important.

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A charming series of 26 holiday “type warmers” based on the works of Carl S. Junge for the Barnhart Brothers & Spindler type foundry in the 1920s.

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Tribal Dividers is a dingbat typeface that brings tribal tattoo flavor to flourishes and dividers.

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Fleurons are embellishments and here is my fifth set.

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The Certified typeface series was born out of a need to give designers the ability to embellish their designs with high quality certificate borders that could be scaled to any application easily.

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Fleurons of Hope is part of Font Aid III, a project launched by a diverse collection of type designers and font foundries, who all wish to help victims of the South Asian Tsunami. SOTA, a US-based non-profit, is acting as a non-partisan organizing body to help coordinate the effort and ensure all funds are distributed appropriately.

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Insigne Fleurons offers a wide range of diverse text ornaments to enhance your designs. These 52 ornaments can be used as components of a logo, background patterns or elements, border patterns or to add flourishes and refinement to your designs.

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The Ornaments of Paris were inspired by a recent trip to Paris.

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Ornata E is the fifth of a series of old ornaments that I am trying to save from oblivion. I am completely redesigning the ornaments from scratch, trying in this one to keep the rough “letterpress” character.

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A set of original ornamental symbols was designed by Viktor Kharyk and licensed to ParaType in 2007.

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Ornata A is the first of a series of old ornaments that I am trying to save from oblivion.

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Liquoia are three scripts with lots of contrast and different embellishments.

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Quill-formed roman/gothic with an olde-worlde flavor.

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PT Henman Pictograms™ was based on Armenian ornaments revived by Henrik Mnatsakanyan, with participation of Manvel Shmavonyan. The digital version was developed for ParaType in 2002 by Manvel Shmavonyan.

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LTC Ornaments Two is the first Lanston Ornament font which uses OpenType features to assist in decorative border creation. The ornaments themselves features designs of Fournier and other classic fleurons and ornaments whose origins date back to the earliest printers.

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LTC Ornaments Three combines ornaments previously released as “Printers Vine Leaves C”, “Printers Fleurons C” and “Water Garden Ornaments Round” plus additional Lanston ornaments for a total of over 70 printers ornaments for single accentuation or combined for border creation.

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Ornata C is the third of a series of old ornaments that I am trying to save from oblivion.

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