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New Font: Beaumains
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We’ve done a number of fonts based on lettering by vintage calligrapher and design historian J. M. Bergling, including several with an Art Nouveau flavor like Boetia and Belgravia. Our newest font is in that same tradition, but it is an unusual simplified alternative to traditional Art Nouveau lettering styles. It’s also set apart by having both a full upper and lowercase character set, while most Art Nouveau lettering only has an uppercase character set. The relative simplicity of the characters and the full set of characters makes it much more versatile and suitable for uses which more decorative fonts don’t adapt to well. It could even be used for text in select situations. The name of the font comes from Arthurian legend.
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June 1, 2011 | Filed Under Art Nouveau Fonts, Featured Fonts, Gallery, New Fonts
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