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Full Block specimen from Letterhead Fonts

A digital revival of the classic sign painter's block alphabet popular in the early 1900s, drawn by Chuck Davis for Letterhead Fonts.

About

Full Block captures the workhorse lettering style employed by prominent sign painters such as Atkinson, Imelli and Matthews in the early twentieth century. The font includes numbers, full punctuation and accents, making it a practical tool for period-appropriate display work. Its straightforward, even block construction suits signage, packaging and vintage-themed design.

Classification

A hand-lettered block alphabet rooted in early 20th-century American sign painting tradition, designed to replicate the workhorse letterforms used by commercial lettering artists of the period.

Weights

Regular

Languages

Latin

Tags

signpaintingblockdisplayretroamericanaletteringvintageworkhorse