The G from this Grecian set is a very nice letterform. I love how the bar crosses completely across the counter space, leaving only a tiny hairline of negative area. I also adore the little notch at the top of the stroke, it gives the letter a decided attitude, it looks like a furrowed brow to me! Combine that with the line beneath it and he definitely seems to be ...

This is an orphaned block that I got with one of my first mixed lots. It might be a condensed version of futura. This style is quite odd, it’s got a different feel from the early grotesque faces, but it doesn’t fit with the uniform weight, geometric modern gothics either. The loop of the 5 is very tall, and the stroke weight varies quite a bit, where the top is ...

Seeing Mr. Wolske’s wonderful Tuscan X inspired me to use an X as the next daily block, albeit a much more drab one! This is from a grotesque face, so there is some variation in stroke weight, which I always enjoy in a symmetrical letterform like this one. The irregular weights shift everything around, it feels like the whole thing is turning. This block hasn’t been used much, the shoulder is ...

This lovely constricted letterform is from the Modern poster lot. It’s one of the most horizontally challenged block I have, and the fact that it’s so large just makes it all the better. This face might be a variant of the modern/industrial san serifs that came with the lot, it does have uniform rounded edges and squared off counters. The stroke weight doesn’t change at all, even on the bottom ...