Folkard
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| Category | Calligraphic |
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| Classification | Calligraphic |
| Designer(s) | Dave Nalle, Charles Folkard |
| Foundry | Scriptorium Fonts |
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Folkard is a font based on hand lettering by British artist and calligrapher Charles Folkard. The font was developed by Dave Nalle of Scriptorium Fonts from samples of his characteristic hand lettering taken from book covers and sheet music which he illustrated and decorated.
Folkard has swashed capital letters and several variant forms of a number of the letters. The lowercase characters are distinguished by having characteristics similar to insular minuscule lettering, while the upper case characters are a fanciful variant on traditional roman characters.
Folkard has become popular as a font for book covers and merchandising, particularly in association with fairy and fantasy subject matter.
