Buckley is my newest font creation, drawn with a fat Copic pen on paper and painstakingly digitized into a fresh new typeface—yeah! I nearly called it Bulldog—here is a Bulldog drawing—nice.
Drawn with a Copic pen
It's surprisingly hard to draw a straight line with my Copic pen as the nib is so heavy. Even with the lightest touch, it bleeds into the paper. It creates uneven, wobbly edges but I liked the result. It was just the look I was after for this font that I'm calling Buckley—wobbly lines give it personality.
Buckley font style
I've been looking at a lot of older typefaces of late—research for commercial projects. My last font "Bold Riley" was an earlier attempt at a hand-drawn older typeface. I've also become a little bit obsessed with old Victorian adverts.
Illegitimate love child
I think Buckley is the illegitimate child of Garamond and Cochin with a touch of decoration thrown in for good measure. Take a look at the cute animation—it's not a cat.
What about the name—Buckley
I was going to call it Bulldog, but it turned out more delicate than I intended. It wasn't right. Bulldogs are tough, big, and muscular. No to Bulldog—but I did have fun drawing them. I spent the whole day thinking, and naming and checking and changing but I had nothing. Then in a flash "Song to the Siren" came up on Spotify. So I named it after Tim Buckley, it was fate and I liked the name. It was meant to be. I think from now on I might name my fonts in alphabetical order, it might help. Might.
Using Buckley
With its unsteady lines, Buckley will give your work an informal look and feel while retaining a little bit of that French style. It's quite delicate so is best suited as a display type, having said that its remarkably readable for areas of large body text. Buckley includes:
- One weight
- Upper and lowercase
- Numbers
- Punctuation & Symbols
- Western European characters
- Central European characters
- South Eastern European characters
In total, it includes 358 glyphs, please check the screenshots for the full list.
Get Buckley now
It's a delicate hand-drawn serif and includes all the usual uppercase and lowercase letters. It also includes Punctuation, symbols, numbers, and Western, Central, and South-Eastern European characters. The typeface comes in TTF and OTF formats.
Written by Simon Stratford, type designer and graphic designer. These are my opinions, reached after too little sleep and too much coffee. You can also follow my antics on @itsmesimonok, or leave a comment below. Despite all the opinions, I’m actually quite nice.