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Scriptorium Fonts was a type foundry based in Austin, Texas, founded in 1992 by game designer, editor and historian Dave Nalle. The type foundry had three other type designers, these included: Michael Scarpitti, Peter Nevins and Kevin Andrew Murphy.^[1]

In 2005, Scriptorium Fonts supported the fundraising efforts for Hurricane Katrina relief by selling three New Orleans-themed fonts (Guede, Ironworks and Veve) to three different Louisiana charities.^[2] Recently their fonts have been prominently featured in Spiderwick books and film.^[3]

The Windlass font was used on the covers of the Percy Jackson book series by Rick Riordan as well as the Percy Jackson and the Olympians film.^[4]

The Folkard font is used for the main heading font in World of Warcraft and also in the Disney Fairies game series.^[5]

The Valdemar font is featured on the covers of all of Mark Chadbourn's fantasy novel series including Age of Misrule.^[6]

As of 2023, the website is no longer available.

• Scriptorium Fonts website
• Biography of Scriptorium's Dave Nalle at IdentiFont
• Foundry review from Fontacle.com
• Early review from the newsletter of the William Morris Society in 1993, archived by the Wayback Machine
• Foundry Section on MyFonts
• Foundry Section on Fonts.com