Algerian

Category	Serif / Display
Classification	Decorative
Designer(s)	Alan Meeks and Phillip Kelly
Foundry	Scangraphic
Date released	1988

Algerian is a decorative serif font family. The design for the typeface is owned by Linotype, while the name 'Algerian' is a trademark of the International Typeface Corporation. Algerian comes in two styles: 'Algerian' (regular) and 'Algerian Condensed'.

Algerian (regular) was created for Scangraphic by Phillip Kelly at Letraset. Algerian Condensed was created by the Linotype library designer Alan Meeks. Although Algerian is reminiscent of Victorian era woodcut types, both styles were created in 1988.

Algerian is reviled for its overuse.^[1][2][3][4] Originally, the Algerian font only had capital letters, but Michael Hagemann, with the FontMesa publisher developed in 2005 a complete typeface which includes non-capital letters with the name of Algerian Mesa (as seen in the image).^[5]

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