font_foundry: Eclectotype

Astrid Grotesk

Astrid Grotesk font

Astrid Grotesk is a normalized version of Schizotype Grotesk. Normalized; not neutralized. Where many neo-grotesks appear cold with their harsh neutrality, Astrid has a warmth, eminating from its (for want of a better word)...

Asterisk Sans Pro

Asterisk Sans Pro font

The market for humanistic sans serif type families is saturated, so what can a new release add, and what does it take to stand out from the crowd? Asterisk Sans Pro (named after my...

Aziga

Aziga font

In a typeface category that has been sorely under-represented until now, Aziga is a high (occasionally reversed) contrast, postmodern, deconstructed-reconstructed, serifless (mostly), fashion didone! Aziga lends itself to being set loud and proud…

Revla Serif

Revla Serif font

Meet Revla Serif, an unashamedly spirited font, with a spring in its step and a lust for life. Loosely based on a few letterforms from a mid century poster, it takes the feel of...

Hazel Script

Hazel Script font

The design process of this font was rudely interrupted on August 11th, 2015, when my first child, Hazel, was born. Thinking up names for fonts can be tricky, as can thinking up names for...

Mastadoni

Mastadoni font

Mastadoni is a bold headliner/masthead typeface, with high vertical contrast in a Didone style. That’s the starting point at least. There’s much more to this font than another modern clone. It is a specialized...

BMX Radical

BMX Radical font

BMX Radical is inspired by the titles of the cult 1980s BMX movie “Rad”. The characters R, A and D were designed after this, with the rest of the character set being completely made...

Sickle

Sickle font

The Wild West meets Russia and India in this heavy duty display face. Although it’s uppercase only, most of the characters vary between the uppercase and lowercase alphabets, so it’s easy to give your...

Toothpaste Two

Toothpaste Two font

Toothpaste Two is a reworking of Toothpaste. The new font has all the features of the original Toothpaste, but is now even crazier, with the line twisting and turning over and under itself, making...

Masonic Lodge

Masonic Lodge font

As part of the day job I had to trace an old hand drawn logo of a Masonic Lodge from a very poor scan. When I finally got to the end of it I...