Why aren't the borders showing in the examples?

The borders don't contain letters - they are made using the numerical keypad. Since the examples use only letters, the borders aren't showing up. Click on the thumbnail images to see the borders!

You must be nuts to do this. Are you nuts?

Well, yeah. I scoured several thousand pages trying to rebuild these alphabets. That is pretty nuts.

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60 Fonts from the Civil War Bundle

Name: 60 Fonts from the Civil War Bundle
Brand: New Blazing Star Press
SKU: 130334
Price: 50.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

New Blazing Star Press

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About

The first volume in The Printer’s Type Case series is the culmination of three years of research into the typography of the Civil War era, and features 60 of the most common fonts, ornaments, and borders used between the years 1850 and 1865.

Every character has been scanned from the pages of original books and documents printed between 1848 and 1867 gathered from museums, private collections, and the Library of Congress.

These fonts are ideal for museums, historical reenactors and living historians, graphic designers and all lovers of historical type. Create stunning book covers, band logos and album art, and other high-impact branding projects. Also perfect for game design, packaging design, magazine imagery, wedding invitations, and much more.

WHAT IS INCLUDED:

3 Open Type Book Fonts, used specifically for body text.
40 Open Type Display Fonts.
10 Open Type Borders, including 6 ornamented borders and 4 line borders.
Open Type Pointing Hands
Open Type Ornamental Characters
Open Type Typographical Flourishes
Open Type Brass Rules
Open Type Brass Circles
Open Type Brass Ovals
Open Type Brass Frames
A 45-page specimen book (PDF)
Instructions on how to create the borders (PDF)
Installation instructions (PDF)

ABOUT THE NEW BLAZING STAR PRESS

All of our Civil War-era historical fonts were copied entirely from ORIGINAL LETTERS scanned from type specimen, business directories, song sheets, broadsides, and advertisements, printed between 1848 and 1867 gathered from museums, private collections, and the Library of Congress. No cheap work done, but instead with a neatness not to be excelled in the Typographical Art.

We neither use humbug, false pretences, nor wear laurels won by competitors.

Our fonts have been featured on books from major publishing houses, including Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Penguin Random House, Vintage, Yale University Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, and Louisiana State University Press, as well as magazines such as the Civil War Times and Hallowed Ground.

Interested parties are respectfully invited to call and examine additional specimens at: www.newblazingstarpress.com

The proprietor is determined that this establishment shall not be surpassed by any other.

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Shawn Wilbur

Jan 5, 2020

Both of the Civil War sets are full of fonts and ornaments that are both nicely rendered and really usable. This has become one of my favorite tools.

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FAQs

Why aren't the borders showing in the examples?: The borders don't contain letters - they are made using the numerical keypad. Since the examples use only letters, the borders aren't showing up. Click on the thumbnail images to see the borders!

You must be nuts to do this. Are you nuts?: Well, yeah. I scoured several thousand pages trying to rebuild these alphabets. That is pretty nuts.

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