Hastings Gold
Letterhead Fonts · John Studden
displayVictorian decorative
A Victorian-inspired all-caps display face drawn from 19th-century Hastings & Co. gold leaf pack lettering, with small caps designed to read as raised and embossed.
About
John Studden based the letterforms on original Hastings & Co. gold leaf packaging from the 1800s. The small caps depart from a standard baseline to suggest the relief quality of the source material's embossed logo. Alternates are included for additional variation.
Classification
An ornamental all-caps display face modelled on 19th-century gold leaf lettering, with raised small caps that mimic embossed logo typography. Its heritage and decorative intent place it firmly in the Victorian display tradition.
Weights
Regular
Languages
Latin
Tags
victoriandisplaydecorativegold-leafvintagesignageall-capsornamental