Famous Font Designer Rob Leuschke's 82 Script Fonts!
- Rob Leuschke: A former lettering artist at Hallmark Cards, Rob Leuschke now has his own thriving design businesses, Alphabytes and the new TypeSETit. Growing up in St Charles, Missouri, where he still lives, Rob showed great artistic promise at an early age. He earned a BFA in graphic design at the University of Missouri at Columbia. After graduation, his stint at Hallmark Cards gave him the opportunity to learn from and work with some of the best lettering artists in the industry. Rob struck out on his own in 1987 and now boasts a long list of clients from all over the world. Rob has created over 250 custom typefaces, and his work has been exhibited in New York. Ambiance BT is Rob’s first typeface published by Bitstream, with more to follow. Rob Leuschke enjoys continued success as a lettering artist and graphic designer with emphasis on typography and hand-lettering. His work consists of design work for a number of products in multiple industries— social expression, advertising & visual communications, and multimedia. He graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts (BFA) degree from the University of Missouri – Columbia with concentration in illustration and graphic design.
- As a free-lance designer since 1987, he creates lettering and graphic designs for a variety of clients. Recent accomplishments include designing the logo for the Minnesota Wild of the NHL. In the early 1990’s he was commissioned by Anheuser-Busch Corporation to do a digital redesign of the A & Eagle logotype and corporate typeface. He has also digitized typefaces and logos for such clients as Pontiac (a project assigned by Maritz Motivational Company), and Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
- Other clients include Franklin Mint, Bradford Exchange, A.G. Edwards, Proctor & Gamble, Hasbro Toys, and J. Walter Thompson Advertising. He has had a number of projects for international clients located in, Canada, Finland, Germany, The Philippines, and the United Kingdom and has taught calligraphy workshops on an international level. With a personal library of over 200 fonts he has designed over the years, Rob began making his font designs available online in 2003.
- Rob has two children and lives in the middle of the United States, in St. Charles, Missouri.
Some Great Fonts:
- Ruge Boogie: This two-font set is a fun, bouncy style with a latin flair. Great for scrapbooking, tubes, and other fun stuff.
- Saliere: Perfect for headlines and display type. Use Saliere sparingly to highlight articles and designs.
- Shalimar: To be used on its own or combined with Shalimar Swash, this lovely upright calligraphic style has a variety of uses.
- Tapestry: A traditional font with style and grace.
- LA Heat: It’s fun and funky.
- ITC Chivalry:
- RoadRage: A grunge sans-serif.
- Oooh Baby: This happy font is great for scrapping and casual situations.
- Fuzzy Bubbles: It’s fun and casual.
- My Soul One: A calligraphic handwritten script.
- Vujah Day: It’s casual and contemporary.
- Licorice: Handwritten letters are great for scrapbooking, cards, invitations and other fun things.
- Kings: A contemporary calligraphic style with flair for the Medieval. KingsHonor can be used in all uppercase situations, while KingsQuest and KingsDominion add excitement to the more tradition forms.
- Square Peg: This happy font is great for scrapping and casual situations.
- Holiday Font: A non-traditional font with 52 images for the Winter Holidays.
- Grey-Qo: A stylish handwritten script.
- Imperial Script: Formal Script font.
- Petemoss: Contemporary font.
- Oh Ley: A playful fun font.
- Allison: It’s casual and contemporary.
- Lavishly Yours: A playful calligraphic style with a lovely script look, Lavishly Yours is great for scrapbooking, cards, invitations and other fun things.
- Ingrid Darling: A feminine script style, Ingrid Darling adds spunk to scrapbooks, greeting cards, and other fun uses.
- Bonheur Royale: It’s casual and contemporary.
- Hurricane: Elegance combined with a bit of drama. This two-font set is contemporary and appealing.
- Love Light: Love Light was the first commercial font released to the public by Rob Leuschke. As a result of many requests to make this piece of hand lettering into a font, Love Light introduced the world to the TytpeSETit foundry. A playful calligraphic style, Love Light is great for scrapbooking, cards, invitations and other fun things.
- Neonderthaw: Put a nice glow to it and it will shine. A font perfect for that neon sign look.
- Arizonia: It’s sporty and contemporary.
- Moon Dance: This calligraphic typeface comes with two styles. The first style has less ornate uppercase forms and the second has more flourished upper- and lowercase characters for a beautiful hand-lettered feel. Perfect for tubes, tags, invitations and other projects that need a personal touch.
- Ms Madi: Handwritten letters are great for scrapbooking, cards, invitations and other fun things.
- Beau Rivage: This calligraphic typeface comes with two styles. The first style has less ornate uppercase forms and the second has more flourished upper- & lowercase characters for a beautiful hand-lettered feel. Perfect for tubes, tags, invitations and other projects that need a personal touch.
- Fleur De Leah: A stylish elegant script.
- Updock: What’s Updock, you say? This script style has a slightly playful look. Because it has virtually no slant to it.
- Carattere: This beautiful italic style is perfect for invitations and other uses where formal elegance and beauty are essential.
- Gwendolyn: This elegant extended script can be used for both formal and casual situations.
- Grechen Fuemen:
- Twinkle Star: Give your design a fun, carefree, juvenile look.
- Send Flowers: A nice feminine script. Cute and fun perfect for ...birthday celebrations.
- Bilbo: Bilbo is a very legible calligraphic style that has a masculine feel. It can be used for more than just display. Use Bilbo in body copy that requires added warmth to a message.
- Qwigley: It’s beautiful and contemporary.
- Cherish: A gorgeous dry brush style that adds elegance and sophistication to your design creations.
- Grapenuts: Give your design a fun, carefree, even humorous look.
- Ambiance BT: The beautiful calligraphic typeface Ambiance comes from master designer Rob Leuschke. The complete array of characters includes a swash alternate for each upper and lowercase letter. Called contextual alternates in OpenType, the swash characters are automatically substituted in the appropriate context when you select them.
- Whisper: A warm, flowing, calligraphic style can be used for invitations, cards, scrapbooking and a variety of other design uses.
- Kolker Brush: Kolker is a brushy script style based on the use of a camel hair brush. It’s easy on the eye!
- Jackie O:
- Qwitcher Bychen: A light-hearted fun handwritten script.
- Passions Conflict: Embellished uppercase letters accompany this beautifully elegant extended script.
- Lovers Quarrel: A playful calligraphic style, Lovers Quarrel is great for scrapbooking, cards, invitations and other fun things.
- Alex Brush: This Contemporary style reflects a modern hand-lettered feel. Modeled from a camel hair brush, it is a very legible flowing script.
- Water Brush: A Dry Brush script with lots of bounce and fun. Great for casual uses as well as sophisticated events.
- Ephesis: A contemporary script great for casual invitations, cards, tubes, scrapbooking.
- The Nauti Gal: Inspired by the hand lettering design for a friend’s boat, this contemporary script style, TheNautiGal is sexy yet formal with beautiful connectors.
- Mea Culpa: One of the most elegant script styles found. This beautifully formal font is perfect for high society.
- Good Vibrations: A beautifully flowing script with casual uppercase forms combined with more formal lowercase letters. Good Vibrations Pro is an extension of this popular font. Over 400 glyphs, with character sets for European languages. OpenType features include smooth connecting ligatures and alternate characters.
- Inspiration: Have a party with Inspiration. A fun, script font with a less-than-serious bounce.
- Corinthia: A festive, elegant script, Corinthia flows with perfect connections and beautiful curves. It’s a delightful design that offers wide usage... Available in OpenType format, this award winning font comes with over 500 glyphs, and character sets for European languages. All three weights are perfect for creating elegant design work from packaging and romance novels, to invitations and social expression products.