Mastermind
Fort Foundry · Clark Orr, Brian Brubaker
A condensed flared serif drawing on American sign painting and late 19th-century print ephemera, available in five weights with matching italics.
About
Designed by Clark Orr and Brian Brubaker, Mastermind sits between the warmth of hand-lettered signage and the formality of 19th-century typographic ornament. Its condensed proportions and flared terminals give it a period character that works across display and editorial applications without reading as pastiche. The family spans ten styles from Regular to Black Italic, plus a variable font, with broad Latin language support.
Classification
Mastermind is described as a condensed flared serif, combining influences from 20th-century sign painting and late 19th-century print ephemera, placing it firmly in the flared or glyphic serif tradition.