Fonts and custom type that help designers, studios, and agencies deliver epic work.

Minneapolis type and lettering designer Michelle Webster in her studio

Hi, and welcome. I’m Michelle. I’m a freelance designer specializing in lettering, type design, and illustration. I work with designers and companies on projects that need beautifully designed letters. I’m so happy you’re here - hope we can work together soon!

Recent Projects


Barstow Type Family


gothic tuscan italian font type design revival by minneapolis designer michelle webster

Barstow is my revival of the 1854 Wells & Webb reverse-contrast woodtype sensation, Gothic Tuscan Italian. The family contains three styles:

  • Regular, modeled after the original;

  • Shadow, an outline font with a slight 3D shadow (or as the Victorians would say, a ‘modulated outline’);

  • Xtra, a dingbat font with all the gems and icons a designer could want including hearts, stars, rainbows, funky arrows and hands.

Features include robust Latin language support, symbols and decorative icons, as well as thoughtful OpenType features like substitution and alternates that make designing a breeze.

Barstow is great for short emphatic bursts of text in branding, headlines, deep thoughts and eye-catching quotes at 36pts and larger.