Cabazon
Parkinson Type Design · Jim Parkinson
An informal blackletter drawing on handlettering traditions ranging from early manuscripts to mid-20th century artists including Rudolf Koch, Ross George and Samuel Welo.
About
Cabazon sits outside the strict historical blackletter categories, favouring the looseness of hand-drawn lettering over formal Gothic construction. Its sources span several centuries, blending early manuscript calligraphy with the vernacular lettering of Koch, George and Welo. The result is a display face with an approachable, craft quality rather than the rigidity of a purely revivalist blackletter.
Classification
Classified as blackletter due to its direct derivation from blackletter handlettering traditions. Described as 'informal', drawing from mid-20th century lettering artists and early manuscript sources rather than strict historical Gothic models.