Pater Noster is an uncial-style typeface that Dan Reynolds first created for one of Prof. Dieter Lincke’s illustration projects at the HfG Offenbach.
Instead of looking at insular manuscripts for his inspiration, Dan explored the unknown world of German 20th Century calligraphic uncial interpretations while he was making his initial Pater Noster drawings. Dan hopes that his Irish ancestors will forgive this slight.
As traditional uncial typefaces were often unicase, Dan has made very little differentiation between Pater Noster’s upper and lower cases. In fact, some lowercase letters are just scaled down versions of the uppercase (e.g., t, e, and r).
Dan is particularly proud of the Gaelic setting of Pater Noster, as well as the font’s numerals. Please check them out, and let Dan know what you think.
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33 responses to “Pater Noster”
beautiful-inspiration for my tattoo
Bardzo ?adny font… Chocia? troch? to “f” niedopracowane. Ale ogólnie naprawd? jest ok.
Pozdrawiam…
Hey Ireneusz, I don’t speak Polish… but I did translate your comment with an internet translator. Thanks! / Hallo Ireneusz, I kann leider kein Polnisch lesen… aber ich habe deinen Beitrag mit Hilfe des Internets übersetzten können, Danke!
Dziekuje!
can you translate the letters for me? so that i can read it, i cant read gaelic. but it looks pretty.
Kat, the gaelic text is just the Our Father prayer. I can’t read gaelic either ;-)
Dionise
Well begun is half done…
As a caligraphist, I can only say: exellent!! It would be a peasure for me to see the Pater Noster in a Gaelic version. and in a Latin version. For me, a German it is a historical call.Gaelic Priests brought this Letters to Germania.
Thanks for vour fine Work
Yours Chris Palatine/ Germany
Thank you!
hi..i love the gaelic font so much, i would really love to use this font in a tattoo is there any way you could translate something for me in this font?
Ashleigh/ Dubai
Well, what is the word that you’d like to tattoo? Maybe I can work something out!
i would really really love to have the word ‘karma’ but im thinking maybe of a phrase such as ‘time is all we have’.
thanks
I Love this font. would you be able to do a image with this saying in the pater noster font? PLEASE?
I want to get mo deirfiúr mo chroi
it means my sister my love
Here you go, Kirsty…
hi dan, im getting the irish claddagh design tattooed and i was wondering if you would be please translate ‘let love and friendship reign’ and type it in your writing?
it would be a GREAT help.
maybe email through my hotmail so i can copy it and print it out for my tattoo artist.
BIG BIG THANKS!!!
tahlia.
Hi Tahlia,
Translate it into what? I don’t speak Irish or any Gaelic (just English and German).
Cheers,
Dan
hi i love your font i was wondering if you could write a frase for a tattoo im getting says ‘S Rioghal Mo Dhream meaning my race is royal id love to see it in the
Hi Dan,
Can you write WELCH and BREATHNACH in pater noster.
Thank you!
Hi there,
Pater Noster font is great.
Wondered if you could typeset the following for me?
Suaimhneas síoraí duit, a Harry
Its for a tattoo, I’d be so grateful if you could.
Clare
Can you please write intranslation in Geilge-
“Irish Pride”
“Ryan Bailey”
Please and thank you
RYan Bailey
Hello Dan,
I would like just ask you is it possible to download Pater noster font. I would like to use it for my tattoo – of course like everyone else :) It’ s a great!! Really good inspiration. Thanks very much
Milos
Hi there I love you work I was wondering if you could translate 3 words for me because my mother and I are getting gaelic tattoos for mothers day. Could you please send me what it would look like for Daughter, Mother, and Sister? the Gaelic words are iníon, máthair, deirfiúr. Thank you thank you thank you!
In Dreams and in Love there are no impossibilities
tattoo on my back
please and thank you.
I love this font is there a way I can download it or something for a tattoo??
Hi, awesome font! How do i get it? I would love to have
Let love and friendship reign
Julia and Dru
For a part of my partners new tattoo.
Thanking you in advance
Jules x
Hi Dan, I agree with many of the others…. this is an absolutely BEAUTIFUL font, and is exactly what I’m looking for to get my Gaelic tattoo done in. How could I go about using it? Can I buy a sample from you? How would that work? You have simply gorgeous work, and I would be so thrilled and honored to be able to use it.
I have been searching everywhere for just the right font for my next tattoo. Pogue Mahone. If you could write Pogue Mahone in this font for me, I would be eternally grateful. You see it has more meaning to me than simply the irish slang of “kiss my arse” My last name is Pogue ;)
Thanks!
-Clancy
Well, it resembles medieval Gothic capital letters (majuscules) rather then Gaelic script. Besides, the letter “f” is not consistent with the others.
But as a whole, it is quite good work. Finish it.
Thanks!
Love this font! It’s beautiful. Can you please write
The Weasel’s Den in this font we would really appreciate it!
Thank you!!
Hey Dan,
Can I please ask you to write an image for me in the Pater Noster font for the following two words, fighting irish.
Many Thanks.
Dan,
The PATER NOSTER font is awesome… I was wondering if you could e-mail me the phrases – ERIN GO BRAGH., TURRIS FORTIS MIHI DEUS., TENDIT AD ASTRA FIDES., and OB PATRIUM VULNERA PASSI.-using this font. I would greatly appreciate your time and effort.
Go raibh mile maith agaibh,
BURT.
hi dan this is just what im after.do you think i could get ‘S RIOGHAL MO DHREAM in this font.im getting it tattooed under the rampant lion.thanks heaps
Hi Dan,
I’am getting a remembrance tattoo for my father’s passing. It is “Ter nagedagtenis aan” which is in memory of in afrikaans. We took the trip of a livetime before he died to South Africa so I would like to remember him in a language he loved. Would you mind sending me an image using pater noster? Thank you!
HI DAN:
IT’S AN IMPRESSIVE FONT. CAN IT BE DOWNLOADED?