Hand Shop Typography C30 from FontsCafe is a free retro display font whose broad capitals, wedge-shaped serifs, and changing stroke widths echo painted storefront signs and mid-century commercial lettering. Fine inset lines sharpen its stout, irregular silhouette.
Burger restaurant branding gains a decidedly old-fashioned commercial voice from those sturdy shapes, while concert posters and band merchandise tap into their slightly unruly show-card quality. For a cafe or neighborhood market, the inset detailing can turn a simple name into lettering that resembles a painted shop emblem or window sign drawn by a practiced but imperfect sign painter from another era.
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Free for personal use only.
“Hand Shop Typography C30” is the first of a family of three fonts called “Hand Shop Typography Pack 02.” It is also included in the “Hand Shop Extended Pack,” which is available in a Basic version.
http://fontscafe.com/font/hand-shop-extended-pack-fonts
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