Attic Antique Roman Font Family Free Download

Years ago, while flipping through a friend’s old hardbound collection of John Burroughs nature essays, I thought it’d be fun to see if I could create a typeface with the same uneven, decayed look to it.

I picked and chose from among the printed characters, then hand-traced their shapes painstakingly, warts and all.

What I ended up with is this surprisingly legible weathered serif akin to the late-1800s Century faces.