Spy Royal is a junctionless script typeface with 6 styles. It sits somewhere between a classic script and the streamline fonts of the mid-20th century.
The starting point was a 1954 Japan Airlines ad promoting flights to San Francisco, Honolulu, and Okinawa aboard the new DC-6B “Pacific Courier.” The original lettering only covered “JAPAN AIR LINES” — just a handful of uppercase letters. From that, a full font had to be imagined.
First released in 2004, Spy Royal went through a major rework and now comes in additional styles, including shadow-lines and 3D-shadow.
It's one of our buyers' favorite fonts – and the projects people use it for are all over the place. An Italian company put it on their Martini cocktail bottles, for the alcohol warning “14.4% alc.” An indie developer used it for a Playdate game. It shows up on racing posters, bar menus, vintage logos, and hot rod merch. Basically anything that needs that mid-century edge.
It's a great fit for anything with a retro feel – cars, racing, hot rods, cocktails, vintage restaurants, gasoline, and airlines. You know the vibe.
Spy Royal includes alternate characters, ligatures, and West European diacritics.
Designed by:
Thomas Schostok
Styles: 6
Supported Languages:
Western encoding
OpenType Features:
Stylistic alternates (salt)
Specimen
Characters, features, etc.
Download PDF
Trial fonts
Trial fonts for non-commercial use
Download
End User License Agreement
By downloading and/or installing CAPE ARCONA TYPE FOUNDRY fonts software, you acknowledge you have fully read and understood all terms within our EULA.
TRIAL/TEST FONTS
With a free trial license, you can use our test fonts to decide if you want to purchase a license.
FREE FONTS
Free fonts are free for all non-commercial uses. If you intend to use it in a commercial way, you need to buy a commercial license.