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Category → Type & Lettering

Ella Cursief

posted in Our favourite typefaces of 1915, Type & Lettering on March 16, 2016 by Tiffany Wardle de Sousa

The year is 1915 and the typeface is Ella Cursief. While the name might imply that it is intended for the ladies that can’t be true because women do not even have the right to vote yet. Honestly, this is a typeface that simply cannot be pinned down by something so mundane and banal as a stereotype.

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