Posies: A Decorative Typeface for Drop Caps & Enchanting Editorial Design
About Posies
Posies is a decorative font inspired by the ornate initial caps of illuminated manuscripts. It’s playful, poetic, and made for designers who love color and detail.
Posies is more than just a font — it’s a design system for vibrant drop caps and ornamental initials. With four stackable layers, you can create lush, multicolored decorative letters, or use the ready-made Posies Initial font for quick single-color elegance. The Solid style offers clean Roman capitals to pair perfectly with your decorated initials, making this an ideal pick for editorial openers, fairy-tale packaging, or wedding invites that need a little magic.
Type Details
- Display typeface with gorgeous graphic details
- Buildable layers let you customize and craft your ideal display style
- Perfect for illustrative drop caps, bold titles, and expressive headlines
Meticulously and beautifully illustrated, Posies offers Flower, Stem, Initial, Solid, Contour, and Letter font styles—each crafted to layer seamlessly within a fully customizable system. This modular design makes it effortless to tailor every element to your unique creative vision.
What I love most about Posies is the ability to use shape select to isolate and edit individual illustrative elements. This empowers you to make precise vector adjustments or effortlessly apply custom colors, giving you complete creative control over every detail.
Behind the Typeface
Created by P22, Posies channels the charm and intricacy of historical illuminated manuscripts into a modern typographic toolkit. Each layer adds flourishes of shadow, fill, and outline — letting you mix, match, and colorize with ease. Whether you want to nod to medieval artistry or just add a dash of decorative delight, Posies gives you everything you need to bring your typography into full bloom.
Using Posies for Typography & Design
Posies is perfect for adding visual richness to your typography design. Use it to create striking drop caps, romantic packaging, or whimsical editorial features—anywhere you want ornate, storybook flair. Its layered system makes it easy to build multicolored decorative initials, while the Posies Initial and Solid offer quick options for simpler styling. You can mix and match Flower, Stem, and Contour styles to create custom looks, or go hands-on by editing individual vector shapes.