Author's note

Bluelmin Ralph by Paulo W is a free calligraphic script with tall, looping strokes and a remarkably light touch. Its narrow letters lean into generous curls and extended joins, giving the writing an airy, slightly eccentric signature style.

Boutique fashion and independent music are natural markets for its intimate manner, especially in beauty branding, invitations, and album covers. The fine line has an expressive, unpolished movement. Those oversized loops can also become a recurring ribbon-like motif across packaging, linking the lettering directly to decorative borders and flourishes.

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Intellecta Design conducts research and develops fonts based on historical forms.

This font is free software for personal and non-commercial use only. Donations supporting historical studies of letters, calligraphy, and typography are accepted.

The font may be distributed without limitation when it is included in a ZIP file together with this text.

For commercial use, you must register this software by sending U$15.00 to the following PayPal account:

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After that, send an email to the following address to receive legal permission to use the font:

paulo.w.designer@gmail.com

If you want to use the font without any restrictions, you may also place a link to the author's website on your website.

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Paulo W

Bluelmin Ralph is based on the scripts of Charles Bluemlein, a penman and calligrapher best known for producing a series of script alphabets for the Higgins Ink Company of Brooklyn, New York. These scripts were published in Script and Manuscript Lettering in the 1940s.

Bluemlein was one of the last members of the North American penmanship tradition of the golden era. This font and its companion fonts form a series based on a free interpretation of his scripts. The series uses the name Bluelmin rather than Bluemlein.

The OpenType version includes six additional glyphs accessible through the glyph palette or the Contextual Alternate OpenType feature. The Special Set 01 feature provides alternative designs for the Q, A, and Z glyphs.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 2012 by Paulo W. All rights reserved.
Font family
Bluelmin Ralph
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
PauloW: Bluelmin Ralph: 2012
Full font name
Bluelmin Ralph
Name table version
Version 1.000 2012 initial release
Postscript font name
BluelminRalph
Trademark notice
Bluelmin Ralph is a trademark of Paulo W.
Manufacturer name
Paulo W
Designer
Paulo W
Description
Copyright (c) 2012 by Paulo W. All rights reserved.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2012-04-09
Revision1
Glyph count69
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classScripts
WeightSemi-light
WidthSemi-expanded
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureItalic
PitchNot monospaced