LeGriffe™ Font Family

LeGriffe™ Plain (ITC Collection) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

LeGriffe™ Plain (ITC Collection) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 29.00

LeGriffe™ Swash Alternate 1 (ITC Collection) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

LeGriffe™ Swash Alternate 2 (ITC Collection) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Find further Font Features in our Font Feature Archive. Typographic Tip of the Month from Linotype’s Type Director Akira Kobayashi! August 2006: Use a typeface’s swash characters for design variation Many typefaces are equipped with alternate swash characters that are intended to act as a further element in a designer’s tool kit. Yet swashes – elaborate and flourished letters for decorative initials – are best situated at the beginning or end of words or [...]

Le Griffe is the work of French designer Andre-Michel Lubac. A superb calligraphic script, Le Griffe includes two fonts of separate alternates and swash characters. In contrast to its more reserved lowercase, Le Griffe's capitals are quite lively- especially those with swashes and flourishes. With Le Griffe, Lubac has imitated the skilled penmanship of free-flowing calligraphy in digital form. Now, instead of writing out beautiful text by hand, you can set it quickly and easily with this masterful type!