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Flax JY
David Philpott was inspired by the flax growing on the side of the motorway out of Wellington, New Zealand, and crafted this very distinctive, natural typeface family based on the plants.
Artemis JY
Mark Geard’s Artemis is a contemporary humanist sans serif. Its flourishes and unusual cuts give the typefaces huge distinctiveness—yet they remain highly legible. Glyphs begin with something that resembles a serif, leading the eye...
Tussilago
It’s a sturdy, extended sans-serif typeface called Tussilago. Standard geometric models don’t apply to this type of design. Many mid-twentieth-century typefaces can appear neutral, but this interpretation of the genre has a distinct personality....
5 AM Chance No 01
The original version of this font (Vespers) was created because I thought there was no font that already existed with the letters from Bjork’s Post album. So I set out to rectify it. It...
5 AM Andrew
This font was inspired by some calligraphy examples that came with some calligraphy pens I bought at Barnes & Noble. It was the kind where you dip the pen in the ink and draw....
Nicholas
Nicholas is a headline version of Goodchild, Shinntype’s version of Jenson. It has been specially modified with very fine details and an ultra-tight fit for headlines that really get noticed.
Whinter
Whinter is a rather plain face designed using a plain line and quarter circle.
Carnova
This is a standard, plain face with no special distinguishing features. It was created over a period of four months for use in small text in a cartographer package. While the face was extremely...
Hedgerow
Hedgerow is calligraphic lettering with an Art Nouveau tone. Provoked by the liner notes of Led Zeppelin IV, Hedgerow imbues words with a mystical, bewitching voice. In OpenType savvy applications, some letter combinations are...