Behind the type

How to Use Ink Splatters Without Ruining the Layout. See how Paint Brush Splatter Set can bring stronger character, clearer purpose and a more human finish to the work.

Learn what custom font design costs in the UK, what affects the price and how to get a useful quote for a bespoke typeface.

How to Layer a Chromatic Font for Letterpress Colour. See how Circus Freak can bring stronger character, clearer purpose and a more human finish to the work.

Grunge Brush Typography for Streetwear Branding. See how Atomic Dustbin can bring stronger character, clearer purpose and a more human finish to the work.

Discover Just Like Heaven Font, a bold handmade brush typeface with four OpenType alternates for distinctive posters, branding, packaging and music artwork.

I created the name Hello Monday, checked it was unique and released the original hand-painted OpenType SVG font in 2018.

Love this life font, let me tell you, It's a font that's as strange as a cat in a spacesuit. It's an new style OpenType SVG font, and is just bursting with energy and colour. It really attracts attention, due to its bold 3D shapes and black outline. All drawn by hand on my IPad pro. Two fonts in one You take the main font and you pair it up with the script font, and bam! You've got yourself the perfect trendy font duo. I mean, these fonts, they're like the Lennon and McCartney of the typography world. You can...

Choose Love is a bold display typeface rolled out by hand with an ink brayer, with at least three alternates for every letter and a set of ligatures in their own font. It exists because of a grumpy fictional footballer.

Higgs Boson Blues was hand-carved onto lino blocks, yeah really. I bought a pack of 10 lino blocks mounted onto wood just to create this typeface.  Now, you might be wondering why I'd go through all this trouble just for a typeface. Well, let me tell you, I find carving lino therapeutic, and it's a good escape from the computer screen—always a good thing, isn't it? What's Lino? If you have never heard of linocut, it's basically the easiest way to start printmaking. Linoleum, to give it its full name, is not the same as what's in your kitchen or bathroom floor....

Discover Wild Irish Rose, a hand-painted OpenType-SVG brush script font for branding, packaging, posters, weddings and social graphics.