Category: typography
October 11, 2012
Free Font of the Day
Lost Type Co-op is one of my favorite sources for beautifully designed typefaces available online for free. Donations are accepted and encouraged to support the designers but you can enter $0 in the amount and download for free if you choose. In this case, Haymaker was designed by Trevor Baum and is a throwback to the lettering of baseball jerseys from the 1930s and 1940s. Next week I’ll be featuring a free printable design featuring this font, so be sure to check back for that, or grab it now and come up with your own!
June 26, 2012
More than anyone on the earth
via: OhMyDeer
Absolutely gorgeous hand drawn type (and e.e. cummings!) by Etsy shop OhMyDeer of Nashville, Tennessee. Only $12 for an 8 x 10″ print. It’s absolutely lovely but I wish it was bigger.
May 31, 2012
The Carton
via: Nick McCosker
I mistakenly read the name of this font as “Carlton” and all kinds of Fresh Prince of Bel Air nostalgia washed over me. But alas, it’s actually Carton, and what it lacks in sweet dance moves, it makes up for in sleek serifs. In fact, the designer describes it as “A strong yet sensitive slab-serif inspired by letterpress.” and I couldn’t agree more. I am loving the arms on that uppercase “T”. You can download it for free here, but donations are accepted/encouraged.
Here’s an example of this font in use, made by the designer himself. No big surprise that a font inspired by letterpress would look so darn gorgeous in letterpress. I don’t even like beer and this poster makes me want one.
May 24, 2012
Swoon.
hand drawn caligraphy via: Molly Jaques
I am just over the moon about pretty much everything that Molly Jaques does. She posted this sneak peek into a project she’s working on with Nicole of Coral Pheasant and I couldn’t be more jealous of her talent. BRB, practicing my letter forms for hours, you guys.
May 2, 2012
The Wonder That’s Keeping The Stars Apart
via Lisa Congdon
I’ve been following Lisa Congdon’s work very closely lately. She’s on a mission to complete 365 days of hand lettering on her blog Today is Going to be Awesome. I loved her submission today and felt the need to share. I’ve never been a huge poetry buff, but I’ve always loved the work of e.e. cummings. It’s like one of those things where your brain can read a sentence eevn if all teh ltteres aer mxied up if teh frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. I think e.e. cummings poetry works in a similar fashion. Sometime the individual sentences don’t make much sense, and you’re not even sure what you’re reading, but somehow in the end, the poem as a whole makes sense to you and leaves you with a profound feeling of understanding.
April 4, 2012
Adios Amigos
I am loving this scripty font designed by Alejandro Paul. It’s called Adios Script Pro and it is unfortunately not a free font, but if you’re feeling it, you can purchase it here for $99.00.
March 29, 2012
The Truffle Shuffle
Here’s another delightful free font for you guys. It’s called Chunk and it would look oh so lovely in a nice editorial layout, don’t you think?
March 21, 2012
Come Nadia,
Let us dance like children of the night. Anyone recognize that movie line? It’s from one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies. Anyway, I digress. Just wanted to share this lovely font nadia serif with you.
The website is in German, but you can view it translated if you’re using a web browser like Google Chrome. The font is free to download although they do ask that you send them a PDF or copy of projects you want to use it in.
March 20, 2012
Did you notice?
ThePaperGnome has a new logo, and it’s made of paper! I like the direction it’s going in, but I want to make it again and try to get it a little cleaner, more uniform line weights and what not. What do you think?
