HPLHS Prop Fonts

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CUSTOM VINTAGE FONTS FOR PROPS

HPLHS VINTAGE FONTS

On the endless and insane quest for authenticity, we have created more than 50 custom fonts to use in props. Typographical fashions change, and since the digital age overtook typesetting and graphic design, many of the fonts common in the time of Lovecraft have fallen into disuse. We've revived many of them from vintage sources, including the 1923 American Type Founder's specimen book and the Mergenthaler Linotype catalog from the mid-1930s. Many of these fonts have slightly rough edges or irregular shapes, to capture the feel of old lead type and bygone printing technologies.

We've chosen a few of the most useful and made special HPLHS versions which you can download here for free. The fonts included in the free font pack are shown in green in the list below. You can also buy the entire collection shown below on CD for only $20, which is less than fifty cents per font!

	HPLHS-Lovecraft Cursive is a replica of H. P. Lovecraft's own handwriting, scanned from his letters to Willis Conover. The font includes HPL's signature.
	HPLHS-Lovecraft Block is a replica of H. P. Lovecraft's own block-lettered handwriting, scanned from his letters to Willis Conover.
	HPLHS-Autograph Lanier is a replica of the handwriting of Sidney Lanier, a 19th century American poet
	HPLHS-TextSerif is an adaptation of the Linotype font Antique No. 1, also very similar to Bookman.
	HPLHS-TextSerif Oblique is also based on Antique No. 1.
	HPLHS-OldStyle1 is a font revived and digitized from the Linotype catalog of the mid 1930s. Available for FREE in the HPLHS font pack.
	HPLHS-OldStyle Italic is a font revived from the Linotype catalog of the mid 1930s. Available for FREE in the HPLHS font pack.
	HPLHS-OldStyle Small Caps is a font revived from the Linotype catalog of the mid 1930s. Available for FREE in the HPLHS font pack.
	HPLHS-Bulfinch is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book.
	HPLHS-Colwell is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book. A great vintage 1920s look.
	HPLHS-Colwell Italic is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book.
	HPLHS-Cromwell is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book.
	HPLHS-National Oldstyle is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book.
	HPLHS-Post Monotone is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book.
	HPLHS-Atlas Italic is a replica of hand-drawn type found on vintage maps.
	HPLHS-Italic is a replica of hand-drawn type from old advertisements.
	HPLHS-Victoria is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book.
	HPLHS-Blackletter is an irregular hand-drawn textura font based on the lettering of French heraldic engraver Charles Demengeot. It is appropriate for old occult tomes where you want a written-by-insane-monks kind of feeling. Available for FREE in the HPLHS font pack. HPLHS-Manuscript Caps is a font of ornate hand-drawn medieval capital letters meant to be printed in two colors.
	HPLHS-Tome Pi is a font of medieval letters, astrological and alchemical symbols, and occult illustrations and diagrams, scanned from various vintage sources. Great for making old books.
	HPLHS-WW2Blackletter is based on actual German documents from the late 1930s. There are two versions: one with ornate descenders and one without. Available for FREE in the HPLHS font pack.
	HPLHS-TypoScript is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book.
	HPLHS-TypoGothic is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book.
	HPLHS-Copperplate Roman is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book.
	HPLHS-Gothic520 is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book.
	HPLHS-Times Gothic is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book.
	HPLHS-Telegram is a detailed replica of the type used on real Western Union telegrams in the 1920s and '30s. Available FREE.
	HPLHS-Persnickety is an adaptation of the art deco display font Bernhard Modern.
	HPLHS-Roman Engraved is a replica of hand-drawn letters from a 1904 sign-painter's manual. It has very rough edges.
	HPLHS-Mercantile is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book.
	HPLHS-Mercantile Oblique is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book.
	HPLHS-Mercantile Card is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book.
	HPLHS-Headline Modified is revived and digitized from the 1923 American Type Founders specimen book.
	HPLHS-Headline One is a replica of real newspaper headline type. It has softly rounded corners like old lead type. Available for FREE in the HPLHS font pack.
	HPLHS-Headline Two is a roughened adaptation of the Linotype font Erbar, as used in newspapers in the 1920s and '30s. Available for FREE in the HPLHS font pack.
	HPLHS-SlabSerif is a condensed wood type alphabet. It's appropriate for subheads in newspapers, wanted posters, and the like. Available for FREE in the HPLHS font pack.
	HPLHS-ExtraExtra is a replica of wood type used for headlines in old newspapers. The upper and lower case are really two different fonts.
	HPLHS-Extra is a replica of wood type used for headlines in old newspapers.
	HPLHS-Forsythe is digitized from vintage advertisements.
	HPLHS-MetroThin is revived and digitized from the Linotype catalog of the mid 1930s.
	HPLHS-MetroLight is revived and digitized from the Linotype catalog of the mid 1930s.
	HPLHS-MetroMedium is revived and digitized from the Linotype catalog of the mid 1930s. Often used for newspaper picture captions.
	HPLHS-MetroMedium Italic is revived and digitized from the Linotype catalog of the mid 1930s.
	HPLHS-MetroBlack is revived and digitized from the Linotype catalog of the mid 1930s.
	HPLHS-Policy Gothic is a replica of rough sans serif type found on an old insurance policy. Available in Macintosh PostScript format only.
	HPLHS-Black Gothic is a replica of hand-drawn lettering from old advertisements.
	HPLHS-Gothic Compressed is a replica of hand-drawn lettering from old advertisements.
	HPLHS-Black Condensed is a replica of hand-drawn lettering from old advertisements.
	HPLHS-Black Oblique is a replica of hand-drawn lettering from old advertisements.
	HPLHS-Electro Gothic is a replica of hand-drawn lettering from old advertisements.
Click here to see a PDF (5.7MB) showing the complete character sets for all of the fonts! We're always updating! If you don't see a glyph you need, feel free to email us!
To download the FREE FONT PACK, choose your preferred format below. Macintosh Type 1 Postscript \| PC Truetype	Click here to buy the CD with the entire HPLHS Prop Font collection.