Headline Heads Up — No. 15

One Tues­day every month, I’m going to round up a cou­ple (maybe a few) awe­some dis­play type­faces to show­case and give a lit­tle break­down on each one. If you have a sug­ges­tion you want me to take a look at, drop me a line. Let’s jump straight into some head­line goodness.

47

Foundry : Moinzek

Designer(s) : Hendrick Rolandez

Cost: FREE

First up is an Art Deco treat. Named 47, I like it for the num­bers. They would look great cast in metal and hang­ing on a house for the street address. I could also see using the glyphs as the base for a logo and build­ing on their shapes. It’s all upper­case and num­bers at the moment, but there is also an ital­ic that adds a lit­tle for­ward move­ment. It would look good on the side of a car for a name­plate or some­thing. Get 47 on Dribbble, and check out some exam­ples on Behance.

 

Glidesketch

Foundry : Typedepot

Designer(s) : Alexander Nedelev & Veronika Slavova

Cost: FREE

Glidesketch has some of the same inspi­ra­tion in its curves as 47, but is in anoth­er realm because of its weight, con­trast, and the way the curves come togeth­er. Slightly futur­is­tic, the tight shapes and rep­e­ti­tion great­ly reduce the read­abil­i­ty, but that’s why it’s a dis­play face for head­lines, logos, posters, and other big appli­ca­tions. There is also a filled in, smooth ver­sion called Glide that is avail­able for $35.

 

Bispo

Foundry : Type Curitiba

Designer(s) : Jackson Alves

Cost: FREE

Last on this mon­th’s list is Bispo, an ital­ic chancery script straight from the nib of a cal­lig­ra­phy pen. It’s a very straight­for­ward dig­i­ti­za­tion of cal­lig­ra­phy but exe­cut­ed to a high degree with OpenType alter­nates and swash­es to help a design­er build more inter­est­ing com­po­si­tions. Overall, very charm­ing, ele­gant, and sophis­ti­cat­ed. Also, did I men­tion it was FREE? And while I’m on the sub­ject, def­i­nite­ly check out Jackson Alves port­fo­lio because there is more great cal­lig­ra­phy, black­let­ter, and over­all typo­graph­ic awe­some­ness you should check out.