Headline Heads Up — No. 22

August 19, 2014 at 8:15 am

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.

HWT Artz

Foundry : Hamilton Wood Type Foundry
Designer(s) : Erik Spiekermann
Cost: $24.95

HWT Artz by Erik Spiekermann Alphabet Example, wood block type, digital version, all uppercase characters

Everything old is new again. HWT Artz is a dig­i­tal ver­sion of wood type designed by Erik Spiekermann and cut by the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum. It’s built for large, blocky head­line work and would be per­fect for posters and large dis­play sig­nage. Its round­ed cor­ners are a nod to the pro­duc­tion process of wood type; sharp cor­ners would require more hand-finished pro­duc­tion time. You can also feel good about your pur­chase because pro­ceeds of sales ben­e­fit the museum’s ongo­ing operations.

 

Peaches and Cream

Foundry : Fenotype
Designer(s) : Emil Karl Bertell
Cost: $35 per style

Peaches and Cream Typeface by Fenotype Lowercase, brush script, connected lowercase letters

I’m always a suck­er for a good brush script, espe­cial­ly one with plen­ty of OpenType alter­nates. Peaches and Cream has styl­is­tic, swash, and titling alter­nates for every glyph. It also has quite of few unique lig­a­tures. All that com­bines to make a dynam­ic type­face per­fect for build­ing head­lines, logos, and other cus­tom feel­ing pieces with­out pulling out the pen and ink.

 

Grandstander

Foundry : Tyler Finck
Designer(s) : Tyler Finck
Cost: $19

Grandstander Typeface by Tyler Finck Alphabet Example, handmade block letter font, numerals

Last on the list this month is Grandstander by Tyler Finck. This hand­made block type con­sists of four fonts. There is a clean ver­sion, a dis­tressed print ver­sion, the indi­vid­ual shad­ow ver­sion, and final­ly the full ver­sion lay­ered for your using plea­sure. It’s fun, boun­cy and play­ful which makes it per­fect for laid back com­mu­ni­ca­tions and chil­dren’s appli­ca­tions. Oh, and you can get the clean ver­sion for free which is awesome.grandstander_versions

Headline Heads Up — No. 18

January 22, 2013 at 9:53 pm

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.

Thirsty Rough

Foundry : Yellow Design Studio
Designer(s) : Ryan Martinson
Cost: $9 (introductory offer)

Thirsty Rough by Yellow Design Studio - Alphabet Example, Distressed Wood Type Script

First up this month is anoth­er great release by Yellow Design Studio called Thirsty Rough. It is a pick your poi­son of dis­tressed fun. With four weights and four lev­els of increas­ing weath­er­ing for each weight you get six­teen fonts to play with. Then there is an off­set shad­ow ver­sion for each weight, plus a fun set of tex­tures to round out the font count at 21. The block print­ed feel rein­forces the vin­tage qual­i­ty of the script mak­ing it per­fect for retro appli­ca­tions in pack­ag­ing and poster design. (If dis­tressed type isn’t your thing, there’s also Thirsty Script to check out.) Continue read­ing →

Headline Heads Up — No. 16

August 21, 2012 at 8:15 am

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.

Mission Script

Foundry : Lost Type Co-op
Designer(s) : James T. Edmondson
Cost: Name Your Price

Mission Script Typeface Alphabet by James Edmondson - Casual Brush Script Font

First up this month is a gor­geous brush script inspired by the sig­nage of San Francisco. Mission Script by James Edmondson is a casu­al design with good flow. A few Opentype lig­a­tures and con­tex­tu­al alter­nates for repeat­ed let­ters like “ll” and “ss” are includ­ed. I love the weight and con­trast of the type­face — not too thick, not too thin. Plus, it has an awe­some amper­sand so how can you say no. Get your a copy of Mission Script at The Lost Type Co-op. Continue read­ing →

Headline Heads Up — No. 11

January 10, 2012 at 10:31 pm

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.

Bready

Foundry : Måns Grebäck
Designer(s) : Måns Grebäck
Cost: $5 — $79 (depending on license)

Bready Typeface Alphabet Example by Måns Grebäck - Brush Script, Lettering Alternates

Continue read­ing →

Headline Heads Up — No. 7

July 19, 2011 at 8:05 am

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.

Vintage Vectors Ornamental Letters

Foundry : Unknown
Designer(s) : Unknown
Cost: FREE

Ornamental Letters on Vintage Vectors

First on the list this month is not a font at all but an .EPS of over-the-top orna­men­tal let­ters. They are full of tex­ture and old world looks. They would work great as a drop-cap or blown up real big as a back­ground ele­ment. There’s a ton of other great vec­tors of vin­tage engrav­ings over on VintageVectors.com so go check them out.

 

Sugar Pie

Foundry : Sudtipos
Designer(s) : Alejandro Paul
Cost: $79

Sugar Pie by Sudtipos

Next is the lat­est release from Sudtipos. I seri­ous­ly can­not get enough from these guys. Sugar Pie is an amaz­ing brush script with swoop­ing curves that cul­mi­nate in sharp point­ed ter­mi­nals. Nicely weight­ed strokes and plen­ty of per­son­al­i­ty let this type real­ly hold a space which makes it per­fect for pack­ag­ing or point of pur­chase sig­nage — espe­cial­ly in food relat­ed appli­ca­tions. And of course being from Sudtipos, there are plen­ty of extra alter­nate char­ac­ters and lig­a­tures to keep things inter­est­ing and help vary your words. So open up that glyph palette and dig into Sugar Pie.

Sugar Pie Typeface - Brush Script Type used to set "Amazing Apples"

 

Marlowe

Foundry : FaceType
Designer(s) : Marcus Sterz
Cost: $80 for a family of 4 styles

Marlowe Regular Alphabet by FaceType

I’ve been hold­ing on to this a few weeks after see­ing it in a Typedia post. Marlowe is a fam­i­ly of four styles; the basis is an Art Deco sans serif. Then comes the vari­ants — Cocktail, Swirl, and Escapade. They build on the reg­u­lar in dif­fer­ent ways, and its real­ly hard to explain all of them. So take a look at the sam­ple below to get a bet­ter idea. There’s also some OpenType lig­a­tures and alter­nates through out the styles, so check those out too. Pick up copies on FaceType’s web­site or over on Fontspring with @font-face web licensing.

Marlowe Showcase of 4 Styles - Regular, Cocktail, Swirl, Escapade

Marlowe Ligatures Showing Unique Letter Combinations

 

Quintet

Foundry : ShoType Design
Designer(s) : Kunihiko Okano
Cost: Unknown

Quintet Script Typeface - Formal Script Fonts Built for Layering

Last on the list this month is more an inspi­ra­tion piece. For now, it’s still stu­dent work and not for sale any­where. Part of the TypeMedia 2011 class, Kunihiko Okana has put togeth­er some­thing truly amaz­ing — a for­mal script with five vari­a­tions built for lay­er­ing and off­set­ting to build ele­gant head­lines and dis­play pieces. You have to go check out the port­fo­lio page on TypeMedia2011.org to see more great com­bi­na­tions along with an accom­pa­ny­ing Quintet Serif to carry body copy. You bet­ter believe as soon as this becomes avail­able for use, I’m jump­ing all over it.

Quintet Script Example "Beautiful Day" - Three layered formal script

 Final Mentions to Check Out