font_designer: Jim Parkinson

Dreamland

Dreamland font

Montara

Montara font

Montara is a design by Jim Parkinson, inspired by “Gothic” (sans-serif) showcard lettering. This kind of lettering was typically done with a flat brush, by American signpainters in the first half of the twentieth...

Mojo

Mojo font

Jim Parkinson’s Mojo is an adaptation of a lettering style that was popularized by 1960s artists Wes Wilson, Victor Moscoso, and Rick Griffin. During the heyday of rock concert impresario Bill Graham, their psychedelic...

Jimbo

Jimbo font

First used by the designer on his personal letterhead, Jimbo has an informal modern style. Use the Jimbo font family on posters, in advertisements and on packaging.

Fancy Stuff

Fancy Stuff font

Meatball

Meatball font

Meatball is a fat and happy display font based on some lettering on a mid-20th century poster for the movie Bringing Up Baby. The lettering for the names of the stars, AudryHepburn, Cary Grant...

Hoosier Daddy

Hoosier Daddy font

Hoosier Daddy is based on Foundry Type samples from various mid-19th century specimen books. This shaded slab serif was made by conforming several different cuts of the styles, filling out the character set, and...