Technojunk
I came across an article in which the author warned about the growing pile of technojunk. It appears we throw away 50 million tonnes of unwanted gadgets EVERY YEAR – and, yes, that number...
font_foundry: Hanoded
Amoebica
Amoebica font was created during a nasty bout of the flu. If you think it looks weird, well, I must have been hallucinating when I drew the glyphs! Amoebica is a fun, weird, unusual,...
Coliseu
Coliseu is a gorgeous, all caps Art Deco style font. Clean lines, rounded edges and an appealing style make Coliseu a very useful font. It was named after the beautiful Coliseu do Porto –...
Majolica
If you’ve ever visited Spain or Portugal, you would have seen some beautiful Majolica (glazed tile) murals – often signage for long forgotten bakeries, butchers and clothing shops from the interbellum. Majolica font was...
Paviljoen
Paviljoen (meaning Pavilion or Gazebo in Dutch) is an Art Deco typeface which was modeled on cast-iron lettering on some monumental buildings in Amsterdam. I only had a few glyphs to work with, so...
Bloemgracht
In the old Amsterdam neighborhood of ‘De Jordaan’, you will find a canal called Bloemgracht (Flower Canal). For many years, a coffee store called Schildmeijer could be found here. Their paper coffee bags and...
Tobu
Tobu means ‘to jump’ in Japanese. I came across a haiku by Matsuo Bashô wich reads: The old pond… a frog jumps in… the sound of water (Furu ike ya… kawazu tobikomu… mizu no...
Mandolin
Mandolin is a handmade ‘Didone-ish’ font with a bit of a rough edge. Mandolin was created using a wonderful (and expensive) pen I found in Canterbury, England. I am aware that this information isn’t...
Douceur
Douceur (pleasantness in French) is an all caps, serif typeface with a flourish. It was created by hand in one go: no sketches, no try-outs. The font comes in two styles: regular (outlined) and...
Andorra Script
Andorra Script is a hand written font – it is very legible, quite elegant (in an informal way) and useful. Andorra Script comes with all diacritics.