Tag: legible

Bodiam Font

Two years ago I went on a camping holiday in England with my wife and (then two) small children. The first stop was a nature campsite near the village of Bodiam in East Sussex. My son wanted to see a

Sushi Bar Font

Since I am still in a Japanese mood, I decided to name this font after my favourite pastime in Japan: hunting for the smallest, nicest sushi bar in town. After all, there’s just nothing like eating freshly made sushi and

Oranjerie Font

Oranjerie is a very nice, handmade and legible font which will fit in just anywhere. The glyphs differ slightly in width and height, giving it a unique look. Upper and lower case letters can be freely interchanged. Published by Hanoded

Hangman's Delight Font

Hangman’s Delight is a scratchy, all caps font. The upper case letters come with swirls and curls, but the lower case letters are unadorned. A bit of an unusual font, I admit, but it would look nice on book covers

Formosa Font

Formosa is the old, colonial name for Taiwan. Formosa means beautiful in Portuguese and I think this handwritten typeface has a certain beauty itself. It comes in three styles, all of which make extensive use of ligatures, to give the

Psycho Killer Font

Psycho Killer is a song by the Talking Heads. It is also one of my favorite songs, so I figured I’d name a font after it. Psycho Killer is a script font; it contains some messy glyphs and gives the

Momotaro Font

Momotarō is a Japanese legend about a boy who came to earth inside a giant peach. He was found by a childless woman and grew up to be a hero. I’m in a Japanese mood – mainly because lately I

Mama Bear Font

Mama Bear is a playful, neat, children’s book typeface. It is cute and happy, very legible and comes with extensive language support, including the ‘schwa’ glyph found in a handful of languages. Mama Bear was inspired by my 16 month

Downward Fall Font

Downward Fall owes its name to one of my favorite Opeth songs, called The Funeral Portrait. The song itself is an uptempo metal composition with rather dark lyrics. This peculiar combination, a mix of good and evil if you will,

Karben 105 Font

Karben 105 is inspired by the classic, no nonsense DIN, and has a form that follows its highly legible function. Based on a lozenge, it has a clean and pure geometry with even stroke weights. Karben 105 is available in

Haboro Serif Font

The polls are in. Now here by customer request–Haboro Serif, the newest edition of the Haboro Hyper family. The Haboro fonts are an outstanding upstart success from the first part of 2016. Following the release of the popular Haboro, Haboro

Sanseki Font

The term Sanseki (Japanese for Three [Brush] Traces) is used to describe three famous Heian period calligraphers: Yaseki, Gonseki and Saseki. Not that I would ever dream of comparing my messy brush-work with theirs, but the name stuck and I

Canoodle Font

To canoodle means to hug and kiss passionately. I leave the rest to your imagination. Canoodle is also a very adorable font – some would even go as far as calling it kissable. It is an all caps typeface, but

Pastis Font

Pastis is an anise-flavored drink from France – and a lovely font as well. Pastis is an all caps typeface with a different set of glyphs for upper and lower case. Use it for books, posters, ads and product packaging.

Same Same But Different Font

Same Same, But Different is a loose, handwritten font with excellent legibility. It evokes post-it scripts, or notebook doodles and can be used virtually everywhere! Published by HanodedDownload Same Same But Different

Oyko Font

A geometric typeface that follows the grid but understands the rule to go off-grid. The design is sharp, square and engineered yet has plenty of craftsmanship in each character to give it a more human and friendly touch. Oyko is