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Fonts

Every font comes from a poster and is shown on that poster’s page. Filter by lettering style or era.

Fonts
CodeLetteringNameStylePoster
GF-31 Cabaret Lower Script, Display Aristide Bruant
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892. Belle Époque
GF-27 Harper Capitals Serif, Display Harper’s November
Edward Penfield, 1895. Art Nouveau
GF-01 Arched Capitals Condensed sans, Display Quinquina Dubonnet
Jules Chéret, 1895. Belle Époque
GF-12 Apéritif Capitals Condensed sans, Display Quinquina Dubonnet
Jules Chéret, 1895. Belle Époque
GF-02 Café Lowercase Display Quinquina Dubonnet
Jules Chéret, 1895. Belle Époque
GF-24 Lamp Title Serif, Display Saxoléine
Jules Chéret, 1895. Belle Époque
GF-25 Safety Capitals Serif Saxoléine
Jules Chéret, 1895. Belle Époque
GF-28 Kalender Capitals Condensed sans, Display Frommes Kalender
Koloman Moser, 1899. Art Nouveau
GF-29 Shop Capitals Geometric sans Frommes Kalender
Koloman Moser, 1899. Art Nouveau
GF-03 Gold Condensed Condensed sans Chocolat Klaus
Leonetto Cappiello, 1903. Belle Époque
GF-13 Strap Capitals Sans Chocolat Klaus
Leonetto Cappiello, 1903. Belle Époque
GF-04 Strap Italic Italic Chocolat Klaus
Leonetto Cappiello, 1903. Belle Époque
GF-32 Museum Gothic Blackletter, Display British Museum Gothic
F. G. Delamotte, 1906 plate (alphabet after 1480). Belle Époque
GF-14 Mustard Capitals Condensed sans Maurin Quina
Leonetto Cappiello, 1906. Belle Époque
GF-05 Fire Condensed Condensed sans, Shadow and outline Le Thermogène
Leonetto Cappiello, 1909. Belle Époque
GF-06 Berlin Geometric Geometric sans Manoli Limit
Hans Rudi Erdt, c. 1910. Plakatstil
GF-07 Soft Serif Serif Berliner Börsen-Courier
Hans Rudi Erdt, 1913. Plakatstil
GF-08 Soft Italic Italic, Serif Berliner Börsen-Courier
Hans Rudi Erdt, 1913. Plakatstil
GF-20 Asti Capitals Sans, Display Asti Cinzano
Leonetto Cappiello, 1920. Art Deco
GF-21 Vermouth Slab Slab, Wide sans Asti Cinzano
Leonetto Cappiello, 1920. Art Deco
GF-26 Loan Capitals Geometric sans, Shadow and outline Emprunt national
Lucien Métivet, 1920. Art Deco
GF-09 Wide Shadow Wide sans, Shadow and outline Chocolat Menier
After Firmin Bouisset, 1925. Art Deco
GF-10 Lozenge Serif High-contrast serif Chocolat Menier
After Firmin Bouisset, 1925. Art Deco
GF-11 Chalk Script Script Chocolat Menier
After Firmin Bouisset, 1925. Art Deco
GF-18 Sun Capitals Wide sans, Geometric sans Cognac Monnet
Leonetto Cappiello, 1927. Art Deco
GF-19 Sun Serif Serif Cognac Monnet
Leonetto Cappiello, 1927. Art Deco

About the names

Codes are permanent. Names are not, yet.

Brand names on the posters belong to their owners and cannot be font names. Each font keeps its GF code for good and gets a final name before release. Until then the names describe the letters.