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The text face used here (as well as elsewhere) is Broadsheet. The home page letters are set in Emily Austin & Lamar Pen. All typefaces referenced on this website Abigail Adams, American Scribe, Antiquarian, Antiquarian Scribe, Attic Antique, Austin Pen, Bonhomme Richard, Bonnycastle, Bonsai, Botanical Scribe, Broadsheet, Castine, Douglass Pen, Emily Austin, Geographica, Geographica Hand, Geographica Script, Houston Pen, Lamar Pen, Military Scribe, Old Man Eloquent, Remsen Script, Schooner Script, Terra Ignota & Texas Hero (as well as all other fonts in the Handwritten History Bundle)are the intellectual property of Three Islands Press (copyright ©19942025). For site licensing contact: Three Islands Press P.O. Box 1092 Rockport ME 04856 USA (207) 596-6768 info@oldfonts.com |
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FREE with any order this month is Old Man Eloquent, an evocative vintage cursive. |
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Antique Texts » Bonsai |
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Years ago, I developed an interest in the Japanese art of dwarfed potted trees, bonsai. I bought some books on the subject from Brooklyn Botanic Garden. In oneHandbook on Bonsai: Special Techniques (seventh printing, February 1976)the type was bad. Old worn lead type, I suspect, spread wide in the tops of characters and disappearing on the bottoms. Two decades later, I came across my Brooklyn Botanic Garden collection and was struck again by this interesting type. Inspired, I made a typeface. Didn’t take me long to decide on a name for it either: a name with a double-meaning, based both on its look and its inspiration. Bonsai, the typeface, has two styles, a roman and a true italic.* $US49. | Order  |
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*OpenType features of Bonsai include true small caps, old-style and lining figures, numerous ligatures, and full Latin support. |
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Well done on preserving the old ways of writingthey wrote and spoke so much nicer than we do now. A.K., Adelaide, S. Australia
Bonsai is very beautiful; the font's antiquity seems to conjure a sweet staleness of old newsprint, somehow. A.T., Ontario, Canada
Oh! I'm in loooove with this font! It's lovely, it's organic, it's real, it's got history & tradition. My designs are singing! C.C., Palo Alto CA
This is a fantastic resource and the fonts are beautiful! C.B., Bethesda MD
Thanks so much for the great service and wonderful typefaces! S.F., Evanston IL
[American Scribe] may be the greatest font ever! Everyone on the planet should have it! M.P., Boulder CO
[American Scribe] is the 3rd font I have ordered from this foundry! Love them. Thanks for the good and authentic work! V.B., BC, Canada
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