Behind the type
Creating color bitmap font in photoshop using fontself maker
Never even gave it a thought. Funny that as I was asked by the Fontself team if I would be interested in trying out their new Fontself Photoshop extension. It makes creating color bitmap fonts in Photoshop a breeze. I've been using Fontself Maker for Illustrator for a while now. It really helps speed up my workflow when creating fonts in Illustrator. No more copy, paste, copy paste. I thought this new Photoshop extension sounded interesting, I was intrigued—let's take a look-see. Color Bitmap Font - Let That Sink In I quickly realized that the Photoshop extension won't just create...
Lawless font a handmade slab serif with 4 styles
I first started Lawless font over a year ago, but never finished it owing to the fact that I accidentally deleted the file. Yea that happened and it was painful, a bit like losing a £20 note from your back pocket (I've done that too). So I started it again but took it in a slightly different direction. Originally it was very clean and angular. This version was hand-drawn and then traced into Adobe Illustrator. Lawless Font Inspiration I first had the idea for Lawless when I was working on social images for the movie Slow West. It's a western...
Not my type font a real typewriter typeface
Not my type isn't my first typewriter font. I have done one before called Type old writer. So why do another? Well, the answer is simple, I bought an old typewriter for a photo shoot for my picture frame studio pack. It's been sitting in a cupboard gathering dust, so I thought I might as well get it out and get this font done. Plus now I can sell it as I have no use for it now. Hanging out at Antique fairs This typewriter is an Oliver courier portable typewriter. I think it was originally made in the 1960's...
Roadhouse Blues font a handmade cursive typeface
Roadhouse Blues was inspired in part by my own hand lettering experiments and the awesome work I'm seeing by people who I follow on Instagram. I love handmade lettering—I'm an addict. Handmade lettering I'm addicted to finding quotes and lyrics that I can draw, to fuel my Instagram addiction. Sometimes I hear someone say a particular phrase and I think I could use that. Normally it's music that I'm listening to that gets me. I tend to sketch out my ideas on paper first. I then scan that into illustrator and change everything. The layout, moving and rotating each word...