• Standard ligatures
  • Swashes
  • Titling capitals
  • Stylistics alternates
  • Contextual Alternates
  • Ornaments
  • Stylistic set 01
  • Stylistic Set 02
  • Stylistic Set 03
  • Stylistic Set 04
  • Stylistic Set 05
  • Stylistic Set 06
  • Stylistic set 07
  • Stylistic Set 08
  • Stylistic Set 09
Poem Script

Poem Script by Alejandro Paul

Poem Script is a mixed collection of interpretations conjuring a late nineteenth century American pen script style.

Though not an actual Italian letterform, this style was called “Italian Alphabet” stemming from an old penman’s term for an alphabet where the stress or shades are opposite their normal placement. The American variant followed from the late eighteenth century British hand also confusingly called “Italian Hand,” which itself evolved from some seventeenth century French batarde scripts.

It showcases the phenomenal control and mastery of hand skills required to create such ornamental and lively letters centuries ago. Producing the shaded strokes in reversed positions such as this required holding the pen in a position horizontal to the baseline, or the letterforms would have to be written backwards or by rotating the paper at peculiar and extreme angles to achieve the effect.

Exotic, elaborate and very attractive, Poem Script contains plenty of variations on each letter and comes with hundreds of calligraphic ornaments.

Poem Script received a Certificate of Excellence at the Type Directors Club NY and was selected at the Bienal Tipos Latinos 2012.

The same year Poem Script got a Certificate of Excellence at Communication Arts Typography competition.

Opentype features

  • Lowercase
  • Standard ligatures
  • Swashes
  • Titling capitals
  • Stylistics alternates
  • Contextual Alternates
  • Ornaments
  • Latin CE
  • Latin Extended
  • Latin Extended A
  • Latin Extended B
  • Basic latin
  • Access All Alternates
  • Stylistic set 01
  • Stylistic Set 02
  • Stylistic Set 03
  • Stylistic Set 04
  • Stylistic Set 05
  • Stylistic Set 06
  • Stylistic set 07
  • Stylistic Set 08
  • Stylistic Set 09

Available formats

  • OpenType Font
  • TrueType Font
  • Web Font

Licenses

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  • Digital Ads
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  • MobileApp
  • WebApp
  • Broadcasting
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