Character Set

Character Set


Tuskcandy (Plain, Bold, Inline)

(available at myfonts.com)

I like doing typefaces in the spirit of the 19th century. Perhaps this inclination indicates that I am out of touch with the 20th century. If I am, that may not be altogether bad. Though fonts of this sort are often associated with the "Old West" in the United States, they were in common use in the 19th century.

If a font has slit serifs, it is a Tuscan. This type style was wildly popular in the 19th century, when scores of them were produced and heavily used. They have dropped out of style in the 20th century, so that the style now evokes images of the 19th century.

Tuskcandy-Plain is a Tuscan of medium weight with serifs which split and form little balls. In addition to a bold version, the family contains an inline member in which each letter is surrounded by a "halo". The inline version only works at large point sizes (at least 36 pt.), and is very much in the spirit of the Nineteenth Century.   

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altered but not revised Jan 2008