Author's note

Happy Phantom Italic by Lauren Thompson is a free high-contrast italic serif with a poised, slightly theatrical air. Slender curves, firm verticals, and crisp bracketed serifs shape the letters, with long descending strokes adding a graceful handwritten sweep.

It can play the role of refined display lettering in fashion branding and fragrance packaging, where its sharp contrast and forward lean suggest sophistication. The poised forms also suit book covers, especially romance or literary fiction with a period edge. For invitations and boutique event graphics, the flowing italic shapes can become part of a decorative flourish rather than neutral text.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
© Lauren Thompson, "Nymphont" 2009. All Rights Reserved.
Font family
HappyPhantom
Font subfamily
Italic
Unique subfamily identification
HappyPhantom Italic:Version 2.00
Full font name
HappyPhantom Italic
Name table version
Version 2.00 November 14, 2009
Postscript font name
HappyPhantom-Italic
Designer
Lauren Thompson, "Nymphont"
Description
Casual & informal slab serif designed & made into font form by by Lauren Thompson, "Nymphont" July 8, 2009. Inspired to create this typeface after creating a decorative hand-drawn slab serif font, "LT Chickenhawk."

Extended font information

Platforms supported

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

Font details

Created2009-11-14
Revision2
Glyph count333
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classSlab serifs
WeightSemi-light
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleUnderline
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs
Italic angle-11
Pattern natureItalic
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 4 font weights listed below:
HappyPhantom-ITALIC.ttf
HappyPhantom.ttf
HappyPhantom Bold-ITALIC.ttf
HappyPhantom-Bold.ttf