Restraint

Restraint

This font was released in 2007 by Tiroworks. It was created by Marian Bantjes, an illustrator. It is an ornamental typeface with letters included so you can build intricate ornamental design in a modular manner around the letters. Where the majority of ornamental type begins with a typeface onto which swashes and decoration are added, this one was built inside-out. The characters themselves have been defined by the negative space of the ornament, as if the letterforms are just a lucky happenstance. Ornate borders and swirly pattern based designs magically reveal themselves as words.

It looks like it requires a lot of forthought to use correctly (it comes with rather detailed instructions). This sfont should definitely be used sparingly as a display font, but in the right context it could be spectacular.