font_designer: David Kerkhoff

Lachrymose

Lachrymose font

Lachrymose is a word that stems from ‘lacrima’, the Latin word for tear. It means ‘tearful’, or ‘given to weeping’.Now, before y’all think I am depressed or so – I am not. I just...

Sing Along

Sing Along font

We just had the Eurovision Song Contest here in Holland. I quite like to watch it, as it is usually a freak show of kitsch, political incorrectness and often really bad music. But it...

Adieu Mon Ami

Adieu Mon Ami font

No, I am not leaving and none of my friends or relatives have packed up and left. I needed a more ‘letter-like’ name for this font and I found Adieu Mon Ami (farewell, my...

Utroligt

Utroligt font

I am (trying to) learn Danish using an app on my phone. The grammar and vocabulary are not that difficult, as the Danish language is very close to the Dutch language. The pronunciation, however,...

Daily Challenge

Daily Challenge font

My daily challenge is how to get my kids out of bed, feed them breakfast, get them to dress, wash and pack their school bags and drop them off at school before the bell...

Juicer

Juicer font

We use an old hand juicer at home: a cheap plastic one that we bought a long time ago at a Swedish home appliances and furniture giant. We haven never considered upgrading to an...

Starboard

Starboard font

The term starboard derives from the Old English steorbord, meaning the side on which the ship is steered. Before the steering wheel, boats were steered by an oar at the stern of the ship....

Meteor Strike

Meteor Strike font

My kids asked me what killed the dinosaurs. I told them it probably was a meteor strike off the coast of Yucatán in Mexico. So, when I made this font, that little talk about...

Crayon Works

Crayon Works font

My kids had been playing with crayons, so I stole a nice dark one to make a fonts with.Meet Crayon Works – a rounded, handmade childlike font made with my kids’ crayons!

Gravity Well

Gravity Well font

I seem to be in my astronomical phase right now. I recently released several fonts with names relating to space! Don’t worry, it is just a phase and this too will pass…Gravity Well is...