Missive Serif is defined by its highly stylized serif details. Dramatic flares, gooey ball terminals, and flowing calligraphic-like joins allude to the typeface’s Art Nouveau roots. Its tall x-height and narrow proportions make the typeface well-suited for graphic, large-scale applications.
Missive Bead is the outcome of explorations into translating the serif style into beaded embroidery. A grid system was designed to accommodate the proportions of a “bugle bead” — a type of embroidery bead that is longer than it is wide. The grid is composed of three axes: horizontal, vertical, and a 15° diagonal. The inclusion of the diagonal axis allows the natural flow of Missive Serif’s characteristics to remain present within the prescribed structure of the beaded version.
Together, Missive Serif and Missive Bead form an extravagant typographic pair. By preserving their dramatized attributes across both styles, the result is a romantic, decadently ornate, and fervid type family — well-suited for proclamations (encouraged, though not limited to the “love” kind).
Missive Serif is available on Future Fonts ↗
*Missive Bead coming to Future Fonts on April 14