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What is the Scotch Modern® font?

Recontextualizing the 10-point type of a scientific report published in 1873, Nick Shinn has produced sleekly refined, micro-detailed vector drawings by eye, without the assistance of scans, thus presenting an ironic critique of the way in which mechanical imagery beguiles us with the trite veracity of simulacra. This beautiful genre of type, so popular in books, magazines and advertisements during the Victorian era and much of the 20th century, was derided by advocates of both the Arts & Crafts movement and 20th century modernists, and has never been properly adapted to hot metal, phototype, or digital media -- until now. More… Now the full range of typographic expression is possible in this style. The OpenType fonts support Western and CE encodings, Cyrillic (with Bulgarian alternates) and Polytonic Greek. There are many special features, including small caps, unicase, italic swash capitals, ten sets of figures per font, and both slashed and nut (vertical) fractions. Together with Figgins Sans, comprises The ModernSuite of matched fonts.

Scotch Modern® Font families

The Scotch Modern® includes the following font families:
  • Scotch Modern
  • Scotch Modern Italic
  • Scotch Modern Bold
  • Scotch Modern Bold Italic
  • Scotch Micro
  • Scotch Micro Italic
  • Scotch Micro Bold
  • Scotch Micro Bold Italic
  • Scotch Modern Display

Scotch Modern® Preview

Here is a preview of how Scotch Modern® will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.

Is Scotch Modern® Free to Download on 1000fonts.com?

No, every font we feature is a premium, paid-for font. Please don't waste your time looking for a free download of Scotch Modern®.

It is very unlikely you'll be able to find it for free, you risk getting viruses on your computer, and even if you do find it please remember that it's illegal to use it if you didn't pay for it!

If you really want Scotch Modern® then click here to visit the download and purchase page on MyFonts to get it with the proper license. The designer and publisher deserves to be paid for their work. :)