Amador
A newsworthy English blackletter.
Designed by Jim Parkinson
Story
Initially designed and published by Jim Parkinson in 2004, Amador is primarily a condensed English blackletter type, a littera oxoniensis but influenced by the spirit of the Arts and Crafts movement. The works of Frederic Goudy and Rudolf Koch are reflected in this design, culminating in a unique blend of calligraphic styles judiciously tempered by Parkinson's own experience creating numerous blackletter nameplates for newspapers spanning several decades of his prolific career.
This update (v2.2) to Amador expands the glyph repertoire to over 1,000 glyphs supporting 224+ languages, including Vietnamese, African, and Oceanian languages. Among the bevy of useful new glyphs, are a selection of stylistic alternates, swash variants, ligatures, catch words, arrows, fractions, symbols, and more. Powerful Opentype features are built in to make accessing all those glyphs quick and convenient.
This condensed blackletter display type is perfect for use in logos and headlines. Put it to work on certificates, beer labels, posters, and more for its old world heritage and rich pedigree.
Features
Additional features include: Localized Forms, Standard Ligatures, Historical Ligatures, Swash, Initial Forms, Terminal Forms, Case-Sensitive Forms, Superscript, and Subscript.
Glyphs
Basic Latin 94
Latin-1 Supplement 95
Latin Extended-A 124
Latin Extended-B 119
IPA Extensions 10
Spacing Modifier Letters 14
Combining Diacritical Marks 28
Greek and Coptic 3
Latin Extended Additional 247
General Punctuation 19
Currency Symbols 19
Letterlike Symbols 8
Arrows 8
Mathematical Operators 16
Geometric Shapes 2
Alphabetic Presentation Forms 2
Latin Extended-D 3
Additional Glyphs 205
Amador supports 224 languages. View our language support page to see which.