Monarchia A Review

I've been testing a freebie font I downloaded called Monarchia.

Here's an ABC sampler.

My opinion should be fun to use for drop caps and do experiment with adding color but the designer really should have used a more modern AS IN LEGIBLE form of the letters C W X and Z especially in the lower case.

So if you're typo designer or calligrapher enjoy using this sampler image as a starting point and see if you can come up with an improved version!

PLEASE!

Gothic Fonts - Two

Gothic Fonts - Two

Man y of us have computers with Old English font and the 2 related fonts Wide and Nue. How often do we think abuut the differences?

Here's some calligraphy using Gothic script so you can compare a printed  typeface with pen.

and finally how the strokes are formed.

compare the 2 images and think about how to sue Gothic whether you use a computer or a pen and color.