The Becker Gothics
Dunwich Type · James Puckett
Five display faces reviving the ornamental gothic alphabets of George Becker's 1854 lettering manual, designed for vintage engraving, sign, and wood-type aesthetics.
About
James Puckett drew this quintet from the gothic alphabets in George Becker's 1854 lettering manual Ornamental Penmanship, each voice evoking a different facet of nineteenth-century American print culture: engraving, lithography, signage and wood type. Each font ships with 23 PUA-encoded ornaments, making the set self-contained for period-accurate layouts. Available both through I Love Typography and on Adobe Fonts.
Classification
A quintet of decorative display faces reviving nineteenth-century American gothic lettering traditions; the ornamental, period-specific character places them firmly in the display category with a decorative gothic subcategory.