Chuck Mountain, after Specimen of Leavenworth's Patent Wood Type Manufactured by J.M. Debow (1840?)
Zuecos CF
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Zuecos CF Font Family
Weights & Styles
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Zuecos CF 700
About Zuecos CF Font Family
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Chuck Mountain, after Specimen of Leavenworth's Patent Wood Type Manufactured by J.M. Debow (1840?)
Chuck's Fonts (CF)
Description
ZUECOS (Spanish for clogs or wooden shoes) is my completely redrawn version of Italian which I found in Specimen of Leavenworth's Patent Wood Type Manufactured by J.M. Debow. (Allentown, New Jersey, n.d., but probably 1840s). It is online at the NYPL.
I named this font ZUECOS because of the juxtaposition of very thick slab serifs and their triangular spurs, with comparatively thin horizontal stems. These shapes reminded me of the shoes commonly worn in Mexico by young and old. For example, rotate L to the left 90 degrees and, ¡ya esta!, you have a zueco in profile. ZUECOS is an all caps, bold display typeface suitable for use in Old West and Mexican inspired designs, or in a strongly right-angled geometric design.
This font lent itself to ligatures, so I made quite a few. In addition, there are 29 useful symbols, including arrows, currency, some mathematics, a pilcrow and the like. More...
As far as I can determine, the original wood type font is in the public domain.
ZUECOS was created using Adobe Photoshop, Glyphs and FontLab VI.
Zuecos CF font family designed by Chuck Mountain, after Specimen of Leavenworth's Patent Wood Type Manufactured by J.M. Debow (1840?) has a total of 1 different styles. You can download the Zuecos CF font to your computer or use it on your website. Please research the license information before using it.