Saskya

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What is the Saskya font?

While I was in Boston in 2014, I visited the Museum of Fine Arts and to my good fortune there was an exhibit of etchings by Rembrandt, one of my favorite artists. As to be expected, many were simply gorgeous, but one especially caught my eye. It was an etching of a priest (Jan Cornelis Sylvius, Preacher) with an extensive amount of writing in Latin. While I’m not certain that it was Rembrandt’s own hand, the script was beautiful and I was fascinated by it because it had to be written on the etching plate in reverse. I snapped a few photos using my phone and later found other editions on line. I was so taken by the script that it begged me to create a modern typeface from it. The result is Saskya, named after Rembrandt’s wife Saskia. More…
There were many ligatures and glyph variants in the print, of which I captured many of them and made them accessible via OpenType features. The complete alphabet was not present in the sample, however, I discovered some other source material to sensitively fill in those gaps, with a remaining last few that I created myself.
A truly romantic hand, Saskya will work well for invitations of many sorts, and when you’re looking for that ‘old thyme’ scripty feeling in your graphics.

Saskya Font families

The Saskya includes the following font families:

  • Saskya

Saskya Preview

Here is a preview of how Saskya will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.


Is Saskya A free font? Is Saskya Free to Download?

No,Saskya is not free to download. You will need to pay for it I'm afraid. Almost every font that we list on HighFonts.com is a paid-for, premium font. We do have a Free Fonts section where we list free fonts that you can download. There is no point trying to find a free download of Saskya so please don't waste your time looking.

It is highly unlikely that you'll be able to find Saskya for free. There's a lot of websites that will say "Free Download" but these are just attempts to get you to click on a link which will either take you to an ad landing page or you risk getting viruses on your computer. In the rare occasion that you do find a free download for Saskya remember that it's illegal to use a font if you didn't pay for it!

If you really want Saskya and you want to truly own it the legal and safe way, then click here to visit the download and purchase page on MyFonts.com. Here you will be able to obtain the proper license. The designer and publisher deserves to be paid for their work, as they have put in the hours and the creativity to produce such an amazing font. Good luck with your purchase and future use of this font. :)