It is a delicate script with letters not quite connected, having large, flourished capitals and small lowercase with long ascenders and descenders. It has a crisp, precise appearance, but is not rigidly formal.
The design was inspired by the typeface Donatello by Wagner & Schmidt in 1935 and published by Società Nebiolo, Torino.
Some other Influences:
1927 Trobadour by Wagner & Schmidt
1927 Liberty Script by Willard T. Sniffin
1933 Trafton Script by Howard Allen Trafton,
1937 Coronet designed by Robert Hunter Middleton
Duktus fonts come with plenty of alternates small caps, old style numerals, ornaments and swashes. They include also CE language support.
Font Family:
· Duktus Light
· Duktus
· Duktus Bold
· Duktus Condensed Regular
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