Create carefully crafted brass type in the font of your choice.
Carefully crafted brass type
Our brass type is carefully crafted by our skilled team, with great attention to detail to ensure optimal performance.
We can create most type styles, as long as you provide us with the corresponding TTF file.
We supply a 110 piece set (breakdown can be supplied on request)
When selecting a font type, there are a few factors to consider:
Choosing a brass font
Serif or Sans Serif?
In basic terms, Serif fonts feature small embellishments, such as curves or lines, at the ends of each letter’s strokes. In contrast, sans serif fonts lack these decorative elements, giving them a more contemporary and streamlined appearance.
Serif
Definition: Serif fonts have small decorative strokes (called “serifs”) at the ends of their letters
Examples: Times New Roman, Garamond, Georgia.
Characteristics: They often convey a sense of tradition, formality, and elegance. The serifs can help guide the reader’s eye along the lines of text, which can improve readability in print
Sans Serif
Definition: Sans serif fonts do not have these decorative strokes. The term “sans” is French for “without.”
Examples: Arial, Helvetica, Calibri.
Characteristics: They are typically seen as more modern and cleaner. Sans serif fonts are often preferred for web and digital applications because their simplicity can enhance legibility on screens
Can I use Script Fonts?
Script fonts and brass type have fundamental differences in design and functionality, which affects their compatibility for certain uses.
Script fonts are often designed to mimic handwriting, featuring fluid, connected letters and varying line thickness. This complexity can make them difficult to reproduce in brass type, which typically relies on clearer, more distinct letterforms for readability. Many script fonts have letters that are meant to be connected or overlapped in a flowing manner. Brass type, on the other hand, is designed as individual, separate characters, making it challenging to replicate the intended appearance of a script font.
Crafted type cabinet to stay organised
We also offer a type cabinet to organise your type and keep it safe, beautifully crafted to our own design. This contemporary-looking addition to your workspace partners with the KSF 1 hot foil machine design perfectly.
Made in Britain, the Metallic Elephant type cabinet is strongly constructed with a solid ash frontage. It features a unique 3-drawer design with individual compartments capable of holding two small sets of type or large type with additional sections for quads and spacers.
135 mm H x 370 mm W X 280 mm D
£265.00 + VAT (cost discounted if purchased with a hot foil machine)