font_designer: Jim Ford

Ernie

Ernie font

Ernie is a new animated typeface by Jim Ford, intended as a complimentary serif design to Freeman Craw’s fun retro hit, Ad Lib. The serif drawings mimic the behaviors of Ad Lib, on a...

Dempster

Dempster font

Dempster is a geometric sans serif design by Jim Ford. It is tall, bold and square with interesting details such as the angled terminals on the lowercase letters and friendly-looking punctuation. This typeface could...

Guzzo

Guzzo font

A playful caricature of a midcentury grotesque, Guzzo is a fresh addition to the Monotype Library. Somewhat eccentric and full of surprises, its unmistakable quirk can be found on closer inspection, stemming from details...

Posterama

Posterama font

The Posterama™ typeface family contains 63 fonts and is a true journey through space and time. Designed by Jim Ford, each Posterama family contains 7 weights from Thin to Ultra Black, in 9 distinct...

Masqualero

Masqualero font

The Masqualero™ family is a versatile solution for a deep and broad range of applications. In large sizes, the heavier designs are dark and handsome, while the lighter weights are charming and friendly in...

Hideout

Hideout font

Jim Ford’s Hideout typeface is definitely walking on the wrong side of the law. Inspired by the flared serif lettering of antique tobacco tins, its sturdy shapes are confident, eye-catching, and hark back to...

Beefcakes

Beefcakes font

Inspired by butcher shop and supermarket window advertising, Beefcakes™ emulates “big brush” style lettering – with a contemporary twist. Not for the typographically timid, this is a design that makes a powerful and friendly...

Alfie

Alfie font

Alfie™ is lively, friendly, inviting and easy on the eyes. What more could you want in a script? How about four flavors of the same design? Alfie Script is a delightful connecting script with...

Richie

Richie font

The Richie™ typeface grew out of a lettering experiment inspired by the work of Czech type designer Oldrich Menhart (1897-1962). Menhart’s typefaces were primarily text designs with a strong personal calligraphic influence. Monotype Studio...

Segoe Chess

Segoe Chess font

Segoe Chess font is part of the Segoe of fonts from Microsoft. The Segoe Chess font contain the chess figurines and symbols for creating chess diagrams. Segoe Chess is a symbol-encoded font.