Radcliffe Hand
Zetafonts · Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Giulia Ursenna Dorati · 2019
A hand-traced revival of Zetafonts' Radcliffe family, reinterpreting its humanist skeleton as calligraphic letterforms across four weights plus a connected Script variant.
About
Designed by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini with Giulia Ursenna Dorati, the family sits between type and handwriting, with each glyph individually traced from the original Radcliffe design to preserve legibility while gaining expressive, calligraphic character. The four upright and italic weights suit both text and display use, while the connected cursive Radcliffe Hand Script can be paired with the broader Radcliffe family for layered handwriting effects. Over 400 glyphs cover 213 languages, with OpenType features including discretionary ligatures for a set of hand-drawn arrows.
Classification
Each glyph is a hand-traced interpretation of the Radcliffe serif family, giving it calligraphic, handwriting qualities. The connected cursive Script variant confirms classification as a script/handwritten typeface rather than a conventional serif.