Hamlet
Hamlet Regular      Hamlet OsF	$14.95
Hamlet Headstone
Hamlet Headstone OsF      Hamlet Headstone	$22.95 (including 4 other fonts)
Hamlet Handtooled
Hamlet Handtooled      Hamlet Handtooled OsF	$14.95

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Design Credits

First seen on MyFonts: June 22nd, 2006
Designed by: Patrick Griffin
Designed when: 2006
Contained in Categories: Blackletter, Decorative & Display, Engraved
Design owned by: Canada Type
MyFonts Keywords: 1700s, 1800s, antiqued, blackletter, decorative, engraving, german, headline, humanist, hybrid, informal, inline, irish, monastic, monogram, prismatic, serif, soft, unusual, vintage [suggest]

Hamlet

Based on a specimen of an obscure and uncredited old face called Kitterland, Hamlet is one of those curiosities hardly ever noticed in the world of modern fonts, the kind that infuses a variety of historic Blackletter and calligraphy traits in an otherwise Roman alphabet. Such typefaces, what few of them exist, are almost always classified by typophiles as traditional decorative Roman alphabets. We beg to differ. We think such hybrids are fascinating enough to deserve a classification of their own. And we think today’s aspiring letterers and type designers would benefit from paying special attention to this kind of hybrid alphabet, not only because it has much more hand than machine in it, but also because it is a prime example of how to succeed in mixing different lettering techniques into one self-contained and distinctly functional alphabet.

As in any efficient mixture of lettering methods, Hamlet ended up with characters that are uniquely its own, such as the cupped A, M, V, W and Y, the very luscious and inviting curves on the arms of E, F, L and T, both single- and double-story forms of the a, and the humblest, friendliest g and y ever. A dozen alternate characters are sprinkled throughout the character set, so check out the map for a few pleasant surprises.

We also made the Handtooled and Headstone styles because we thought these friendly forms were just crying out for such treatments. The Handtooled version turned out quite lovely, if we may say so ourselves, perhaps even better than the main font. The Headstone version is available as a free bonus to those who purchase the complete Hamlet package.

All Hamlet styles come with lining figures as well as old style ones. Hamlet comes in all popular font formats. The OpenType fonts contain push-button swapping alternates and figures, which come in handy in software programs that support this kind of thing.

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