Secret Scrypt One + Two
Secret Scrypt One      Secret Scrypt Two	$19.95
Secret Scrypt Three + Four
Secret Scrypt Three      Secret Scrypt Four	$19.95

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Design Credits

First seen on MyFonts: June 28th, 2004 (Updated: Aug 22nd, 05)
Designed by: Rebecca Alaccari, Patrick Griffin
Designed when: 2004
Contained in Category: Script
Design owned by: Canada Type
MyFonts Keywords: 1700s, 1800s, alternates, ancient, antiqued, broken, calligraphic, calligraphy, cursive, damaged, ghost, grunge, hand, handwriting, informal, ink, jagged, letterpress, ligatures, pen, rough, script, unusual, wild

Secret Scrypt

Emulating real handwriting has always been an aim of font designers in the digital age. The standard mainstream scripts and doodles that were available for the longest time have not successfully reached that goal. A letter always looked the same wherever you placed it. Some workarounds, such as letter alternates and ligatures, were used in many fonts, but they were a bit inconvenient to use, and in some cases didn't work correctly because they had to be placed in separate fonts from the main character set. Not until now, with OpenType technology, have we been able to emulate real handwriting, by including multiple character sets in the same font and programming it for smart form changes through letter sequence counting.

Secret Scrypt was the first Canada Type font to make it to the bestseller list in the summer of 2004. In early 2005 a New York restaurant chain picked Secret Scrypt to use on its menus and internal signage, but they wanted to look even more like real handwriting, where two or three instances of the same letter used in one word would automatically change and look different from each other. Using OpenType technology, Canada Type produced a Secret Scrypt Pro for that restaurant chain under the direction of Mucca Design in New York City. That initial version contained three different character sets in the same font, and some intelligent programming that determines the sequence of the letters and change their shapes accordingly. Now the retail version of Secret Scrypt Pro is available, with four character sets built into the font for even more variety on the real handwriting theme.

Make sure to check out the Secret Scrypt Pro PDF in the MyFonts gallery for tips on using Secret Scrypt Pro.

Secret Scrypt is perfect for menus, handwritten notes, theater programmes, charity organization posters, and any design that attempts to get close to people with the personal magic of real handwriting.

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