Campi, a great display font by Intellecta Design. Contains only capital letters.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Download Cabrito Font Family
After my son was born, I found myself reading him a lot of books. A LOT of books.
Some were good, some were great, but I found myself wanting to develop something using my skills and interests to make something that only I could make.
In short, I realized my son needed to be indoctrinated--I mean, introduced into the wonderfully wild world of fonts.
So, I set about to make a board book to teach about typography, called “The Clothes Letters Wear.” You can learn more about the book here, and pledge to receive a copy on Kickstarter.
I've made the captivating illustrations bright and colorful, and the use of different letter forms makes for a fascinating read to delight ages young and young at heart.
And, as an added bonus, this children’s book has a custom designed font.
I'am always looking for an excuse to design a new font, and this book created the perfect alibi.
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This new serif typeface incorporates the latest research on typographic legibility for children, features to make it--well, extra legible. A little background: studies show that Bookman Old Style is one of the most readable typefaces, and as a consequence or perhaps the reason why, it is used thoroughly for childrenÃs books.
This font became my initial inspiration for the typeface. Then, I found more legibility research saying that (brace yourselves) Comic Sans is also very legible for beginning readers, much due to the large x-height and softer, easily recognizable forms.
In addition, forms that are closer to handwriting also seem to be more legible. Once I threw all that into my cauldron and stewed it a bit, the result was a pleasantly rounded typeface that includes not-so-strictly geometric, handwriting-inspired forms for the b, d, p, and q.
Es guapo!
Splash a little more color on the page with the firmer look of the thicker weights. Cabrito’s upright variations across all weights are matched by optically altered italics, too, giving you even more variety with the font family.
The fashionable options involve a significant team of alternates, swashes, and meticulously refined aspects with ball terminals and alternate titling caps to decorate the font. Also bundled are swash alternates, old style figures, and small caps.
Peruse the PDF brochure to check out these options in motion. OpenType-enabled applications like the Adobe suite or Quark allows comprehensive control of ligatures and alternates. This font family also provides the glyphs to aid a variety of languages.
Use it to convey warmth and friendliness on anything from candy and food packages to childrenÃs toys, company IDs or run-of-the-mill promotional material. Cabrito’s unique appearance and high legibility make it equally at home in print as it is on a screen.
Download Business Penmanship Font Family
family of 1 font from Sudtipos
Business Penmanship is an ode to the business handwriting from the era penmanship was a highly-valued part of business education and practice.
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Download Burnstown Dam Font Family
family of 1 font from Typodermic
Burnstown Dam is a small caps, plank font from out in the sticks. Perfect for moonshine labels, hillbilly weddings or corn roasts.
Download Burgues Script Font Family
family of 1 font from Sudtipos
Burgues Script is an ode to the late 19th century American calligrapher Louis Madarasz, whose legendary pen has inspired schools of penmanship for over 100 years. His talent has caused some people to call him “the most skillful penman the world has ever known.â€Â
Download Bundle Of Joy NF Font Family
family of 1 font from Nick's Fonts
This in-yer-face kinda face is based on a broad brush font from “The New ABC of Showcard & Ticketwriting” by C. Milne, published in Australia in the late 1930s. Brought to my attention by Ms. Kat Black, and named in honor of Ms. Kat’s grannie, to whom the book originally belonged.
