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July 21, 2022

An Astounding New Display Font from Connary Fagen

Designer Connary Fagen describes his new Mezzotint CF font as, "a daring and playful display typeface perfect for logotypes, posters, and editorial use. High-contrast strokes, flared serifs, aqueous connections, and inky terminals give Mezzotint CF its striking and rakish personality." Mezzotint...

March 22, 2022

A Font Inspired by Too Many Energy Drinks

"Disclaimer: An unhealthy amount of energy drinks were consumed while creating this product." So states Set Sail Studios regarding this fabulous, colorful explosion that also spells words: New Retro. Set Sail's Sam Parrett is the one sacrificing his health so we can take a retro trip to the high...

February 21, 2022

Floppy Disk Design Mockups: Vintage Magic from Indieground

One day our A.I. overlords will find it charming and quaint that human beings made "mockups" of the earliest versions of the technology that would eventually evolve into mechanized alpha predators ruling the solar system from castles within Neptune's atmosphere, pressure-proof kingdoms where the...

November 19, 2021

Wild Star Font Duo Rocks Hard, Rides Free

If you don't like heavy metal, okay—fair enough. Many don't, and that's fine. And there are times when even the most ardent metal fan would rather hear birdsong than Judas Priest. The morning after a Judas Priest concert, for example. But most people most of the time have at least a couple power...

July 18, 2021

Mocking the Past with Cassette Tape Mockups

Hey, Indieground, leave us 1980s veterans in peace! Sure, we know those cassette tapes. They were in our collection when we deejayed the junior high dance in 1981. Turntables? Mixes? Mashups? Nope. We brought our Panasonic tape player from home, and we played your cassettes into a microphone tha...

July 14, 2021

Hot Rush Forward, Cool Memories Rush Back

How people perceive past decades oscillates between facts and nostalgic reinvention. In Midnight in Paris, the main character's novel begins, "Out of the Past was the name of the store, and its products consisted of memories: what was prosaic and even vulgar to one generation had been transmuted...

April 6, 2018

The Handwriting Collection – The Ultimate Bundle Of Organic, Hand Drawn Fonts

Over recent years, there's been an increasingly upward trend in the public's demand for organic agriculture and organically made products. More and more people are preferring foods with minimal processing, clothing derived from natural fibers, and beauty products free of potentially harmful chem...

January 8, 2018

A ‘Soft-Serve’ Sans Serif From Connary Fagan: Visby Round CF

When it comes to strong type design, the name, "Connary Fagan," should be at the top of your list of typographers. His work is consistently well done, providing graphic designers with letterforms that boast beautifully executed architecture and extensive functionality. As a graphic designer and ...

December 6, 2017

A Dynamic Slab Serif From Connary Fagan: Visby Slab CF

Connary Fagan has really created a name for himself in the field of typography, a well-earned status if his portfolio is anything to go by. A graphic designer and typographer with a solid background in identity, branding, art direction, and illustration, Connary has a deep understanding of the r...

March 8, 2017

Argent CF Offers Expressive Sophistication

Connary Fagen has a considerable background in art direction, branding and identity, illustration, UI and web design, and motion graphics. As a prolific graphic designer, Connary has an exceptional understanding of the role that typography plays in his field of work, a perspective that ai...

March 2, 2016

The Fascinating Font That Inspired URW Clarendon

URW Clarendon is a version of one of the world's most ubiquitous font families. Clarendon, named after the Clarendon Press in Oxford, England, was designed in 1845 by Robert Besley for the Thorowgood and Co. foundry. The typeface was registered under Britain's Ornamental Designs Act of 1842, the...

June 16, 2015

Argent CF by Connary Fagen

Argent CF is a new serif font family from Connary Fagen, featuring charming and expressive letterforms, a tall, breathable x-height and a compliment of italics. Open, fluid shapes evoke another time and place; the thinnest weights are airy and smart, while the super bold weight is candid and bra...

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