Scriptorium Fonts
Scriptorium Fonts is an Austin, Texas based type foundry founded in 1992 by game designer, editor and historian Dave Nalle. This type foundry currently has three other type designers on staff: Michael Scarpitti, Peter Nevins and Kevin Andrew Murphy. Scriptorium Fonts specializes in adaptations of antique fonts and fonts based on artistic hand lettering drawn from the work of famous artists and calligraphers like Alphonse Mucha, William Morris, Willy Pogany, Arthur Rackham and Howard Pyle. The Scriptorium Fonts catalog currently includes over 600 fonts, among the most famous of which are: Abaddon, Hesperides, Buccaneer, Folkard, True Golden, Kelmscott , Ardenwood and Hendrix. Product Usage. In 2003, fonts and clip art of Scriptorium Fonts were used as part of a radical redesign of "Whole Earth" magazine under the guest editorship of Viridian guru Bruce Sterling. In 2005, Scriptorium Fonts raised money for disaster relief after hurricane Katrina by donating the proceeds of the sales of three New Orleans themed fonts (Guede, Ironworks and Veve) to three different Louisiana charities. Recently their fonts have been prominently featured in the Spiderwick books and film. The Windlass font was used on the covers of the Percy Jackson book series by Rick Riordan as  well as the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" film. The Folkard font is used for the main heading font in World of Warcraft and also in the Disney Fairies game series. The Valdemar font is featured on the covers of all of Mark Chadbourn's fantasy novel series including "Age of Misrule".