Behind the type
Take me to the river handmade brush script
Take me to the river is what I'm calling my new brush script font. The name is taken from a song by Al Green, but I've only ever known the Talking Heads version—and I love it to bits. I swear this will be the last script font I do for a while. It's been a real slog to finish this font. Not the drawing of the letters but just putting it all together, technical problems and kerning. I don't mind admitting it was a struggle. The perfect brush font I'm still on a mission to create the perfect random-looking brush...
Atomic Dustbin font urban grungy handmade brush typeface
The Atomic Dustbin font was handmade with a watercolour brush, black ink, and paper. I was trying to get that dry brushmark, with all the lovely detail that can produce. It's like Déjà vu Creating a dry brush font is something of a recurring subject for me. I've never quite got the result I was after. I can picture the font in my head but getting it down on paper is another thing. Constraints can be good I might try and do it left-handed next time or time limiting myself. Having a constraint can lead to unexpected results that I...
Mind the gap stencil font each and every letter cut out by hand
Mind the Gap font just released—but first, let me make a short story longer. If you have ever visited London the chances are you have travelled on the Tube. As a tourist, it's one of the easiest ways to get around—it's like a big adventure and buzzing with energy. Commuting, on the other hand, is generally not an enjoyable experience. In fact, it's the exact opposite of enjoyable. Lost hours in limbo travelling to and from the office, packed in like sardines—soul destroying. Lucky for me I decided life was too short to be spent in a hellishly hot tube....
Munky font a fun bold slab serif typeface
Introducing Munky font, a big plate full of a slab serif. Now to be totally honest I'm not sure about the name. It's been bugging me. I was planning on calling it Heffalump because it's such a big lummox of a font. I thought that was a perfect name and I'd nailed it. But I changed it to Munky as it was shorter and catchier (is that even a word?). But it's still bugging me. Being creative is a lot more than just creating. Naming the font should be the easy part. Anyway back to the doing. Munky was created...