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Smooth Brushings Font - Image 1

Smooth Brushings  Font

When I was painting this font, I suddenly had the movie Cool Runnings (1993, directed by Jon Turteltaub) in my head. I had to name the font, so I came up with Smooth Brushings. Of course, this font has nothing

Midnight Chalker Font - Image 2

Midnight Chalker  Font

Midnight Chalker is, well, a chalk(ish) font and it was (fro the greater part) created around the midnight hour. That’s usually when I get my inspiration. Midnight Chalker is a tall, eroded font – all caps, but the upper  and

Rail Font - Image 3

Rail  Font

Rail type family is a tough conveyance mechanism for large and lengthy information packages. It offers great reading comfort and avoids unnecessary friction. The precise construction of this slab serif signals greater legibility and capacity. Rail is designed to provide

Alethia Pro Font - Image 4

Alethia Pro  Font

Alethia Pro is a grotesque sans-serif typeface with high contrast in all weights. It has been designed to serve as a display typeface in various editorial projects, such as magazines or corporate brochures, as a sans-serif pair to serif  types

Cutlass Font - Image 5

Cutlass  Font

Cutlass was just for fun. A decade ago or so, someone on typophile showed a scan of the word “Ciruelo”. I liked it. Those were the only letters I had and no one ever came up with the name  of

Yuli Font - Image 6

Yuli  Font

Yuli is my daughter – she was born on February 13th, 2014. I named this font after her, because there are some similarities. Both are bouncy and happy, playful and quirky, funny and happy – and above all: cute  and

Tartufo Font - Image 7

Tartufo  Font

A Tartufo is a truffle in Italian. I have to admit, I have never eaten one, so I couldn’t really tell you if they’re any good. I suppose they are, but you’ll have to find that out for yourselves! Tartufo

Sheepman Font - Image 8

Sheepman  Font

Sheepman font was named after my favorite Haruki Murakami character: the Sheep Man. Sheepman font is handwritten, messy, but legible and complete. It comes with alternates and ligatures. Published by HanodedDownload Sheepman

Crypt Font - Image 9

Crypt  Font

Crypt is a seemingly lovely font that will look good in just about any design. But if you take a closer look, then Crypt is actually quite a scary font: it has jagged edges and a sinister undertone, making  the

Addington CF Font - Image 10

Addington CF  Font

Addington is a graceful and reliable serif, useful in any situation. Beautiful yet practical, Addington is designed for excellence in text-heavy settings while doubling as a capable and strong display typeface. Complete with seven weights, true italics, and many OpenType

Attaboy Font - Image 11

Attaboy  Font

Attaboy is a posh word for ‘well done’. It was made with a broken marker pen to give it that ‘eroded’ look. It is an all caps typeface, but upper and lower case can be mixed. Attaboy comes with stylistic

Rama Gothic Font - Image 13

Rama Gothic  Font

Rama Gothic is an antiqued sans serif designed inspired by 1800s-style wood type. All glyphs had been designed carefully to be retro-looking of the old time and to fill all with nostalgia. This condensed font family with 18 styles  will

Lampion Font - Image 14

Lampion  Font

A lampion is a paper lantern. They are very popular in Asian countries, where they are used at festivals. Lampions are mostly made from rice paper cuttings which are glued to a bamboo frame. Lampion font is a tall,  narrow

Carte Blanche Font - Image 15

Carte Blanche  Font

Carte Blanche literally means ‘Blank Ticket’. Yeah, yeah, it is also a very 007-ish catchphrase, but I wanted to give this elegant font a ‘stylish’ name and Carte Blanche popped up. All glyphs were hand drawn on a rather expensive

Quiza Pro Font - Image 16

Quiza Pro  Font

Quiza Pro is a geometric display sans with added playfulness created around a single dot. Its peculiar rounded diamond shape has inspired many additional details such as similar cuts in diagonal strokes, or occasional serifs in ascenders and capital letters.

Scurvy Dog Font - Image 17

Scurvy Dog  Font

Aye, me lovelies, this be Scurvy Dog, a grand font! The letters were etched into a dead man’s chest with a blunt rapier, pickled in brine and covered in spew. Ye could be using this crafty penmanship for yer  logs

Buntaro Font - Image 18

Buntaro  Font

I am reading a great book by David Mitchell, called Number 9 Dream. One of the characters is called Buntaro, so I decided to call my new inky font after him. Like the book, Buntaro is quite unusual: it  has