The roly-poly serifs, inspired by West Banjo, designed by Dave West, add such irrepressible charm to this typeface that you just want to pinch its little cheeks, if you are so inclined. Equally at...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
An exuberant typeface named “African Queen”, designed by Dave West for Photolettering in the 1960s, provided the inspiration for this exercise in typographic minimalism. The result is stark and somewhat raw, with a unique...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
Letterforms from the 30s, inspired by Bauhaus Bold, combine with super 70s styling to create this disco-era delight. The bold characters, rendered by prismatic multilines, create striking headlines with a strong architectural feel. Both...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
The Player family started as a straight-forward revival of a film face called Ivy League, an early 1970s VGC classic that was very popular with designers of sports paraphernalia. A few hundred liters of...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 18, 2024
Another tip of the hat to the halcyon days of woodtype, this cap-small cap typeface takes its name from the bustling Mexican metropolis just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas. Both versions of...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 19, 2024
Drunken Tower may look like a bit like my a Drunken Hour and Drunken Shower fonts. But there are a lot differences! This font is way more distorted and rugged than its brothers! The...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
La Carte Pen is a paper textured version of the popular La Carte font. Inspired by a series of handwritten menus produced in 1980, La Carte is a stylish but easy-to-read script that sets...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Jacqueline is the culmination of successive attempts to render the loose but controlled script of the eponymous writer’s hand. The result is a fluid script that resembles pencil or chalk and flows legibly and...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 19, 2024
CA Normal is a typeface aiming for beauty without ostensible effects, merely relying on clarity and well balanced proportions. True beauty is not to be found in perfect geometry, so slight irregularities and inconsequences...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Zodor JNL is modeled from the packaging for injection-molded plastic letters used as a teaching toy for youngsters in the early 1960s. The hand-drawn alphabet on the sides of the package was quirky enough...