TypograFriday: Upright Scripts

Scripts, love ’em or hate ’em? Certainly a lot of them seem stuffy or old-fashioned, but, there are certain styles that still look fabulous after all these years. We’d like to look at one of our favorite subsets of script, the upright. Whether inspired by the Nineteenth-century French model or the mid-century modern craze for brush-written uprights, we can’t resist the charm of this style.

They are enjoying a recent resurgence in popularity, fueled largely by the efforts of superstar typographers Alejandro Paul and House Industries, both of whom have revived mid-century styles and made their own new faces. Here are thirteen of our favorites; credits after the jump.

Pasta Shells – Studio Sable (House)

Seeded Baguette – Studio Swing (House)

Buttermilk – Cocktail Shaker (Umbrella)

Champi̱ones РLeague Night (House)

Pork & Beans – Ed Script (House)

Asparagus – Typo Upright (Bitstream)

Haricot Vert – Glengary (Nick’s Fonts)

Jelly Donuts – Cartoleria (Flat-It)

Dry Pinot Gris – Pendulum (Canada Type)

Baking Chocolate – Fling (Letraset)

Half Ounce – Mousse Script (Sudtipos)

Remoulade –Alphaluxe (Poole)

Lemon Juice – Peregroy (Jukebox)

Sambuca – Uplink (Sudipos)