Tag: multilingual

Dirrrty Font

The Three Degrees had a song called ‘Dirty Ol’ Man’; Christina Aguilera danced around to the tune of ‘Dirrrty’ and my three kids leave everything that way after they have finished their meals, so I guess I really had no

Uncle Oscar Font

I don’t have an Uncle Oscar, so the font is not named after someone I know. The name just kind of stuck. Uncle Oscar is a pencil font, made with a black ‘Lamy’ pencil I took from my son Sam’s

Hyggelig Font

After watching a bunch of Danish series like Dicte, Bron and The Killing, I figured it would be nice to give my newest font a Danish name. It became Hyggelig. Hyggelig, like the Dutch word ‘Gezellig’, cannot be translated into

Borrowdale Font

Borrowdale is a valley and civil parish in the English Lake District. In the 16th century a major deposit of graphite was discovered near Seathwaite, which kickstarted the pencil industry. Borrowdale font was made with one of my son’s coloring

Knockdown Font

Finding my long-lost inkwell was a lucky moment for me and it resulted in a whole bunch of brushy/inky fonts. The latest font to leak out of this well is Knockdown. It is a bold and wild brush face, but

Cortese Font

As usual, I stumbled upon a great 1971 Italian movie poster when looking for something else. The poster for “La Morte Cammina Con I Tacchi Alti” (directed by Luciano Ercoli), was made by an unknown artist and comes with a

Black Bamboo Font

Black Bamboo is a beautiful plant. My father in law, who recently passed away, loved it and had a prized specimen growing in his garden. This font was named in his honour. Black Bamboo font is a bold typeface, created

Garden Bed Font

A couple of weeks ago, I found my ink well, which I thought I had lost. I decided (there and then) to create a bunch of inky brush fonts, which resulted in Dirrrty and Scrawny Cat. And now, Garden Bed.

Interval Next Font

Interval Next is a modern sans serif font family that is the successor of the successful Interval Sans Pro. Designed by Olivier Gourvat, Interval Next typeface consists of 16 fonts in 8 weights — Ultra Light, Light, Book, Regular, Medium,

Kareemah Font

Kareemah is a humanist typography, composed by roman and italics with 16 styles and 08 weights (800 glyphs) including ligatures, alternates, small caps, old styles figures, fractions, superiors, inferiors and more. Perfectly legible and clean in the long, simple texts

SmytheSans Pro Font

SmytheSans Pro is a contemporary workhorse sans serif family that is eminently readable on-screen and in print. It is an updated version of our popular family Smythe Sans—we extended the characters sets, redrew most of the characters, rigorously spaced and

SmytheSoft Pro Font

SmytheSoft Pro is a contemporary workhorse sans serif family that is eminently readable on-screen and in print. It is an updated display version of our popular family Smythe Sans with custom rounded terminals, rigorously spaced and kerned. Smythe Soft Pro