Boston Straight Roman – Display Font
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Boston Straight Roman is a vintage display serif inspired by letterforms found in a 19th-century hand-lettering book.
What first caught my attention was the unusual construction of the letters, dramatic contrasts between thick and thin strokes, sharp serifs, narrow proportions, and small details that feel distinctly different from contemporary type. I wanted to preserve that old-world character while developing the idea into a font that could be used in modern design.
The result is Boston Straight Roman: an elegant, slightly theatrical serif with the spirit of antique hand lettering and printed ephemera.
Its personality naturally brings to mind old newspaper mastheads, hand-painted advertisements, vintage baseball programs, shop signs, book covers, packaging, and editorial typography. Some characters are intentionally more distinctive than others, giving words an irregular rhythm and personality that feels closer to historical lettering than a perfectly neutral modern serif.
The uppercase is bold, tall, and architectural, making it especially beautiful for oversized headlines, logos, posters, and tightly composed typography. The lowercase carries the same character into smaller titles, quotations, editorial details, and supporting text.
Rather than trying to make the original historical influence feel completely modern, I wanted to keep some of its strangeness, elegance, and charm.
Boston Straight Roman works best when it is allowed to be noticed, set large, given space, or used as the central element of a design.
PERFECT FOR
Vintage branding, editorial design, newspaper-inspired layouts, magazine covers, baseball and sports graphics, posters, packaging, book covers, logos, restaurant identities, labels, invitations, fashion editorials, album artwork, social media graphics, and historical-inspired projects.
Boston Straight Roman COMES IN OTF AND TTF.
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