Folkard
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Folkard is a font based on hand lettering by British artist and calligrapher Charles Folkard
. The font was developed by Dave Nalle
of Scriptorium Fonts
from samples of his characteristic hand lettering taken from book covers and sheet music which he illustrated and decorated.
Folkard has swashed capital letters and several variant forms of a number of the letters. The lowercase characters are distinguished by having characteristics similar to insular minuscule lettering, while the upper case characters are a fanciful variant on traditional roman characters.
Folkard has become popular as a font for book covers and merchandising, particularly in association with fairy and fantasy subject matter.
Charles Folkard
Charles James Folkard was an English illustrator. He worked as a conjurer before becoming a prolific illustrator of children’s books. In 1915, he created Teddy Tail, a popular cartoon character who ran in the Daily Mail newspapers for decades...
. The font was developed by Dave Nalle
Dave Nalle
Dave Nalle is a political writer, game author and font designer who was active in the early history of the development of the internet...
of Scriptorium Fonts
Scriptorium Fonts
Scriptorium Fonts is an Austin, Texas based type foundry founded in 1992 by game designer, editor and historian Dave Nalle. It specializes in adaptations of antique fonts and fonts based on artistic hand lettering drawn from the work of famous artists and calligraphers like Alphons Mucha, William...
from samples of his characteristic hand lettering taken from book covers and sheet music which he illustrated and decorated.
Folkard has swashed capital letters and several variant forms of a number of the letters. The lowercase characters are distinguished by having characteristics similar to insular minuscule lettering, while the upper case characters are a fanciful variant on traditional roman characters.
Folkard has become popular as a font for book covers and merchandising, particularly in association with fairy and fantasy subject matter.