Tangier Font

Richard Lipton developed Tangier from lettering on a catalog cover, continuing his exploration of Spencerian script forms. The publisher documents two weights being used in Glamour magazine's 2008 redesign. That recorded use is part of its history, rather than a claim that every similar magazine or brand uses this family.

Read the publisher’s family page for the source account and the edition currently offered. Keep a family name distinct from its particular release, width or optical branch.

The current direct listing offers Light, Medium, Bold and Black. The heaviest treatment emphasizes stroke contrast within a script design, so changes in weight can strongly affect the space left inside letters. Inspect capitals, joins and endings in the original specimen instead of relying on a generic cursive sample.

Use the original publisher specimen to inspect those features. An alternative can share a broad role without having the same letter shapes, metrics or character coverage.

Set a short fashion heading or invitation name in Light and Black at the same apparent height. Inspect delicate strokes and dense joins at the final output size. Keep a calmer companion for practical details and allow enough space around expressive capitals to avoid collisions.

For independent comparisons, try Pinyon Script and Great Vibes. Use the same wording and approximate output size. The related style guide provides broader design context.

Use Lipton Letter Design to try the original and investigate the files, styles and terms for your intended workflow. This site does not distribute or serve Tangier font software.

The editable alternatives here have their own source profiles and included licenses. For the difference between a font file and copied characters, read Unicode text versus fonts.