Foundry portfolio · Decorative
kaer_cf works manuscript lettering and drop caps. Manuscript Felice is a period-flavoured roman, Antoine Drop Caps supplies the decorated initials, and the five releases suit book design and editorial print.
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Drop caps only work if the body text is set. Check the size relationship between the initial and the opening line before committing.
Rough manuscript blackletter
Manuscript Felice is a rough manuscript blackletter shown on cream against faint ruled lines: a large red line of capitals with a ragged finish, a smaller dark line in a tighter cut beneath it, a tracked line that names the family, and a red date line at the foot.
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Floral square initials with red letters and irregular black grounds
Antoine Drop Caps draws illuminated capitals on rough black blocks, with orange letter strokes, green carved foliage and a small yellow flower in the counter, in the manner of a printed manuscript initial.
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Knot-patterned medieval initials
Medieval Knots is a display set on a cream ground: large patterned initials with an outlined edge, interior scrollwork and knot-like crosspieces, in red and green, with a small script note at the upper right naming the file and a plain line beneath naming the family.
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Ornamental interlocking monogram set
Wedding Monograms is a monogram set on ivory: three ornamental initial designs, each built from tall scrollwork interlocked with wide hatched side forms, with a note at the left naming the count of styles, a note at the right on the wide and narrow set, and a caption inviting the buyer to build their own.
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Botanical illuminated initials
Medieval Leaves is a set of illuminated capitals in black on coloured grounds: each letter sits in a square filled with drawn leaves and tendrils, printed in orange, teal, red and olive, with a short line of the family set below in a serif with leafy serifs.
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