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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, 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 ©19942021). For site licensing contact: Three Islands Press P.O. Box 9438 SLC UT 84109-9438 USA (207) 596-6768 info@oldfonts.com |
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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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*The OpenType release of Bonsai adds true small capitals, old-style and lining figures, numerous ligatures, and Central/Eastern European alphabets. |
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The fonts you offer are quite unique and beautifully done.... Your site and ecommerce process was also a pleasure to view and to use. R.M., Newbury NH
[Douglass Pen is a] stupendous achievement! A.B., Encino CA 3IP02301
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
Your period-style handwriting fonts remain the very best I've ever found. Thanks for your most excellent contributions to American typography! A.L., Los Angeles CA
Bonsai is very beautiful; the font's antiquity seems to conjure a sweet staleness of old newsprint, somehow. A.T., Ontario, Canada
Not only is Texas Hero a uniquely beautiful font, theres also the matter of Texas pride. S.P.G., San Antonio TX
I happened across your website completely by accident, and I was astounded by the fonts I found there. They are amazing. M.S., Ontario, Canada
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