LaFarge font sample

About LaFarge

LaFarge recreates the look of the delicate, handmade mosaic tile caps used in early-20th century New York City Subway stations, while remaining a readable typeface for both display and text in modern usage.

Named for Christopher Grant LaFarge, one of the original architects of the New York City Subway, the LaFarge typeface takes inspiration from the handmade, historic signage in a modern, modular typeface. In addition to caps and figures inspired directly by the original source material, I added an evenly readable lowercase inspired by late-19th and early 20th-century typefaces like Della Robbia, Windsor, and Cheltenham. The result is an elegant serif typeface with a historic industrial sensibility.

LaFarge can be used in both text and display sizes but is ideal for architectural use, specifically in historic preservation projects that require lettering that mimics what was used on buildings, memorials, and plaques from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many architectural restoration projects — including some undertaken by the New York City Subway — use text typefaces like Times New Roman or Bookman that look out of place in historic signage.

LaFarge has been awarded the 2021 Communication Arts Award of Excellence and the ADC Annual Merit award, and was included in the 2020 STA 100.

Language Support

  • Catalan
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Filipino
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Fula
  • German
  • Hungarian
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • Latvian
  • Malay
  • Maltese
  • Norwegian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Turkish

OpenType Features

  • Common Ligatures
  • Discretionary Ligatures
  • Fractions
  • Lining Numerals
  • Old Style Numerals
  • Ordinal Numerals
  • Proportional Numerals
  • Small Capitals
  • Small Capitals for Capitals
  • Stylistic Alternates
  • Stylistic Sets
  • Subscript
  • Superscript
  • Tabular Numerals

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LaFarge
Superfamily
15 styles, 2 variable fonts included for FREE!
$257.99
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LaFarge
Family
14 styles
$245.99
Save 41% $419.86
Thin
$29.99
Thin Italic
$29.99
Light
$29.99
Light Italic
$29.99
Book
$29.99
Book Italic
$29.99
Medium
$29.99
Medium Italic
$29.99
Demi Bold
$29.99
Demi Bold Italic
$29.99
Bold
$29.99
Bold Italic
$29.99
Black
$29.99
Black Italic
$29.99
LaFarge Borders
Family
Styles included • Regular
$24.99
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Font Size
LaFarge Variable
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Variable Italic
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Thin
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Thin Italic
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Light
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Light Italic
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Book
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Book Italic
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Medium
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Medium Italic
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Demi Bold
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Demi Bold Italic
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Bold
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Bold Italic
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Black
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Black Italic
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
LaFarge Borders Regular
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