Pompeian Cursive
Pompeian Cursive is a display typeface published by Wordshape. It is one of 47 typefaces from Wordshape in the Type.lol catalog, 10 of them display.
From the foundry
Pompeian Cursive is a calligraphically-inspired display typeface featuring a limited number of alternate characters and a handful of graceful ligatures. A lively set of non-lining numerals accompanies, as well as a few flourishes for ornament. Oswald Cooper’s relationship with the Barnhart Brothers & Spindler foundry was one instigated under the auspices of creating new styles of type in lieu of following stylistic trends. In 1927, BB&S requested that Cooper create a script-like cursive typeface design in step with Lucien Bernhard’s Schoenschrift and ATF’s similarly-styled Liberty typeface.
Published by Wordshape
Typeface on the foundry website
- Classification
- display
Designed by
- Ian Lynam
- Oswald Bruce Cooper