Kidnapped At Old Times 4 by Paulo W of Intellecta Design is a free old-school decorative display font assembled from sharply contrasting historical letter styles. Each character behaves like a found specimen, moving between blackletter, engraved initials, ornamental serif forms, and stark silhouettes. The mismatched details are the point.
It is especially convincing for poster titles, album artwork, and book covers built around collage, archival ephemera, or eccentric period references. In editorial graphics, the letters can function as individual illustrations.
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Kidnapped at Old Times Free was created by Intellecta Design.
The Kidnapped collection contains 21 fonts and is growing. Intellecta Design is a Brazilian type foundry that researches and revives ancient typefaces and handwriting styles. It searches historical churches, museums, and similar institutions to develop handwriting and other fonts from old documents.
The complete Kidnapped at Old Times collection contains 21 different font sets and more than 1,000 letters. The collection and commercial licenses are available at: