Designed by James Lyles, Michiana Pro is a script and modern calligraphy font published by BluHead Studio.

Michiana Pro is my new, hand-crafted connecting script! I’ve been hand lettering cards and envelopes to my wife and family in this type style for years and decided it was time to make a font based on it. I typically start with a single thin stroke for each letter, then build up the weight of the heavy stroke, so there ends up being a lot of charming variations in terms of style and color. The overall finish is rough, yet friendly. Perfect for invitations, place cards, love notes, and with its large x-height, it sets nicely for text.

I grew up running around the dunes and beaches along Lake Michigan in northwest Indiana, and I think the shoreline and dune grass has inspired my aesthetic. Michiana Pro takes the name from a small area along the lake between the Indiana and Michigan state lines. There are a lot of nice, modest homes nestled in the duneland forests. Thinking about what it’s like back there, it’s like having a bowl of steaming hot comfort food. So I hope Michiana Pro feels that way to you too.

Michiana Pro features include:

    + extended character set for Western European language support
    + 1,205 glyphs
    + lowercase beginning and ending swashes
    + contextual initial and final letterforms
    + alternates for L, R, Z, f, g, p, t and y
    + 140+ ligatures
    + superior and inferior figures for unlimited fractions
    + ordinals (st, nd, rd, th)
    + 4 ornamental swashes
    + available in both OTF and TTF formats

Font Family: Michiana Pro Regular