Uncial™ Font Family

Uncial™ Regular (Monotype Originals) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Victor Hammer – born 9. 12. 1882 in Vienna, Austria, died 10. 7. 1967 in Lexington, USA – printer, painter, graphic artist, architect, type designer, sculptor, teacher, publisher. 1897: apprenticeship with an architect and town planner. 1898: studies at the art academy in Vienna. 1922: moves to Florence. Opens and runs a printing workshop in Florence. 1923: makes the acquaintance of Rudolf Koch. 1929: he and his printing works move into the Villa Santuccio in Florence and the business is [...]

Victor Hammer created many faces based on uncial handwriting of which American Uncial, released commercially by the Stempel foundry in 1952, is the source for this version. Uncial is an ideal choice for historical or church pieces, provided that the length of the copy is brief.