French Tuscan
A digital revival of an anonymous nineteenth-century wood type face from the collection of Lanes Press, rendered in the classic Tuscan tradition with forked, bifurcated serifs.
About
French Tuscan draws from an unidentified wood type specimen held at Lanes Press, preserving the ornate forked serifs and bold poster proportions of the Tuscan genre. The all-caps letterforms carry the rough graphic energy of nineteenth-century broadside printing. It suits applications that lean into Americana, western or counter-cultural visual registers.
Classification
A Tuscan display face characterised by the bifurcated, forked serifs typical of nineteenth-century wood type poster lettering. The all-caps treatment and bold, decorative serif structure place it firmly in the ornamental display tradition.