The Scriptorium's Pyle collection features a large selection of images (both color and black and white), taken from
various illustrated works, including magazine articles, books and other sources. They include illustrations on historical themes, such as Pyle's
classic pirate illustrations, plus historical, fantasy and fairytale topics. Also included are a variety of Pyle's unique decorative border and
frame designs and full decorated pages in his unique style.
Our Pyle collection also includes a selection of fonts based on Pyle's original lettering.
These include Pyle Gothic, based on his black letter style from Arthurian works, Courthand based on the lettering in
his Lady of Shalott, Buccaneer from his pirate lettering and a set of decorative initials based on one of several sets
which he designed. We are working on more pyle fonts for the future, but the current set of five is a nice sampling of
his lettering work.
All of the images in the collection are in high resolution suitable for
use in print and are licensed for reprint within limitations specified in our standard license. All fonts come in
both True Type and Postscript format for both Macintosh and Windows based computers. The whole collection is only $49. To order
your own Howard Pyle collection remember the stock number (AT103) and give us a call at 1-800-797-8973 (1-512-276-7352), or visit our online
ordering page -- ONLINE ORDERING Note that
there is also a speciala Howard Pyle Combo package available which includes the basic Pyle package, all the Pyle angel illustrations and
the complete Lady of Shalott on one CD for a substantial savings at just $99.
If this package interests you check out our two other Pyle packages.
We have a specialized package of Pyle's angel illustrations and a special CD based on his illustrations
for Tennyson's Lady of Shalott. To visit them, just click here: ANGELS or SHALOTT
If you want to try out one of our Pyle fonts, just download the demo
version of Pyle Initials using the link below. The full version is in the Russian Folk Art collection.
Download
Pyle Initials for Windows (PKZip). Download
Pyle Initials for MacOS (StuffIt).
Pyle's talents were
varied and in addition to doing fine color book plates he also did humorous line drawings, marginal decorations and even wrote poetry
and fairytales. Some of his most interesting books like The Wonder Clock and Pepper and Salt are ones which he wrote, decorated and
illustrated himself, with lavish - full size decorated pages. Perhaps the most dramatic example of Pyle's originality is his illustrated edition of
Tennyson's Lady of Shalott, which has every page decorated and illustrated in full color with the text of the poem hand
lettered and integrated with the illustrations. In many ways it is the ancestor of the modern
comic book.