Engraving CC is a Engraver's revival designed by indestructible type* for the Cowboy Collective
Engraving CC is designed and maintained by Owen Earl, who is the creator of the font foundry indestructible type* and founding member of the Cowboy Collective.
This is a digital font based off of the Engravers typeface offered by the American Type Founders. These letters first appeared in Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry which was later bought by ATF, where they were refined by prolific designer Morris Fuller Benton. This was a very popular typeface and many type foundries offered similar letters. Today we see many fonts of different names with essentially the same characteristics.
indestructible type* is joining the Cowboy Collective by making free and open-source digital revivals of classic American typefaces. Engraving CC is the third instalment in this series. This is by no means a definitive interpretation of these letters, but it is a tepid step towards exploring more ornamental engraving styles.
Unfortunately, and questionably, Monotype owns the trademark to naming things “engraver’s” so the Cowboy Collective edition of this typeface is named Engraving.
1.0 Initial release
Engraving CC is licensed under the SIL open type license, meaning that it is free to use and modify. If you'd like to build this font yourself using the source code, follow the following instructions.
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Download the complete source code, either by cloning this repository or downloading the .zip file.
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Download and install:
fontmake which can be found here
gftools which can be found here
ttfautohint which can be found here -
Run the build.sh script located in the "scripts" folder. This should make the complete font.
If you have questions or want to help out, send me and email at indestructibletype@gmail.com