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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...

September 15, 2021

Bounce with Boldie

According to designer Ramandhani Nugraha, Boldie Slab is what might happen if "...the old west and the 70s had a lovechild." That's correct. What is it about the 70s and the old west that makes this blend so appealing? Is it because our understanding of the "old west" is so heavily influenced by...

July 5, 2021

The Surfbird Has Flown

Every cultural allusion hides a small eternity, and if a work of art pointedly alludes to more than one cultural thread, well...look out. You might have thought a little background on the tune Surfin' Bird and a brief nod toward spaghetti westerns was a good starting point for describing The Sur...

June 25, 2021

A Dripping and Melting Font Design

Here you are again, trying to select a birthday gift for those two difficult girls, those twin cousins of yours that make you uneasy for some reason—especially when you visit that remote hotel they live in, and see them standing at the end of a hallway holding hands asking you to come play with ...

March 29, 2021

New Fonts by Yellow Design Studio & Mark Simonson!

Cardium by Yellow Design Studio Cardium is a hard-working 54-font modern geometric sans. It’s versatile, clean, legible, and slightly dissident. Cardium shares much of its DNA with our Draft type suite but is more utilitarian. It’s a comprehensive family with nine weights from Hairline to Black ...

December 22, 2020

Biff Bam Boom: A Loud And In-Your-Face Comic Font By Comicraft

If you grew up reading comic books (or still read them as an adult) you’ve likely seen the work of Richard Starkings and John Roshell, whose work has greatly impacted the comic industry for nearly 30 years — whether you’re aware of it or not. Founding Comicraft studio back in the 1990s, the pair...

September 4, 2020

LD Funbites: A Cheerful Display Font From Ludere Studios

Emerging on the scene just this year in Bogor, Indonesia, Ludere Studios is a graphic design studio and type foundry established by illustrator Muthia Fajrijannah and type designer Andika Setiawan. Specializing in designs focused on playful themes, Ludere Studios composes children's book illustr...

August 4, 2020

Gimbo: A Super-Bold Display Type Family From Letter Omega

Based in Jakarta, Indonesia, the Letter Omega type foundry was established by designer Doni Sukma. Letter Omega is largely focused on crafting character sets with a decidedly contemporary spin, exploring modernist themes that occasionally border on the weird side. The foundry and studio focuses ...

May 14, 2019

Halau Serif is Like a Day at the Beach, 60s Style!

What’s old is new, or so the saying goes. While contemporary design certainly has its share of modern elements, there’s something wonderful about the use of vintage aesthetics in graphic design projects. The world loves nostalgia and when it comes to typography, retro design elements are a speci...

March 1, 2019

Show Some Team Spirit With Sports, A New Vector Collection From YouWorkForThem

If there’s one thing that can simultaneously bring people together and pit them against one another all in the very same moment, it’s sports. Around the world, people cheer and jeer at the top of their lungs while wearing their team’s jersey colors as a show of their undying support, and there’s...

February 25, 2019

Liliana: A Sans Serif With Beautiful Cursive Script Detailing

Juan Pablo de Gregorio is a typographer and graphic designer based in Chile. He established Letritas, a foundry whose name translates to “Little Letters,” to provide graphic designers with type designs built with innovation and high functionality in mind. Juan Pablo began designing type back in ...

November 29, 2018

Create A Jazzy, Visual Rhythm With DoubleBass From Zetafonts

Zetafonts is an internationally known type foundry based in Florence, Italy, that emerged more than a decade ago. Established by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Francesco Canovaro, and Debora Manetti, Zetafonts is a source of high-quality type designs that always manage to carry a sense of timelessness....

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