Free Hero fonts!
Fontfabric’s free sanserif Hero fonts. Two weights, multiple language support.
Grab em here. Fontfabric has a great section of other freebies too.
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Zed
Pictured: Cap Z from Penabico, a new font based freely on ‘the copperplate script styles to be found in the Universal Penman.’
Available at MyFonts. And currently trending as one of their best sellers.
More detail here.
‘When (were you born)?’
Leo in Lanvin
British Vogue takes a look at astrology.
Photography by Tim Gutt, styling by Kate Phelan, sets built by Shona Heath and at the center of it all, model Siri Tollerod.
More signs here.
Virgo in Christopher Kane
Aries in Alexander McQueen
Capricorn in Chloe
Sagittarius in Givenchy
Typographic accessories
‘Originally used on hand-cranked Vandercook Proof Presses, each piece of type used in these necklaces were worn out ever so slightly by normal printing use . . . These obsolete pieces (each measures a little under 1 inch long) have been rescued, plated in silver, and hung from a 22 inch silver-plated brass figaro chain.’
Erica Weiner’s Double Letterpress Necklace.
Also available in Gold. And brass chain options [Silver and Gold].
Kawamura’s Typographic Ts
‘T shirts that were designed to have the silhouette of 5 famous typefaces; Helvetica, Caslon, Baskerville, Courier and Cooper Black.’
Masashi Kawamura makes type into clothing. Details here.
Found via Tiffany Valdez
Orzechowski letters Star Wars
‘Orzechowski modeled his lettering on the Flash Gordon newspaper strips of the 1930s. Another influence was Robert Crumb’s Zap Comix: Orzechowski recognized that Crumb’s title work was clearly derived from the brush techniques of that same era, the 1920s and 30s.’ –Wiki
One of the first times I really became aware of hand lettering in comic books came with Marvel Comics’ 1977 Star Wars movie adaptation. From issue #2 thru #5, the lettering had this smooth, compact quality to it. With cool titles up top.
Behind the scenes was lettering artist Tom Orzechowski – working for the Mighty Marvel Bullpen. [Read more →]
Comic Slab font
A.J. Maher’s funky serif version of Comic Sans.
Snag it free here.
(Screw with the Comic Sans haters. Start using it all over the place. They won’t know what it is.)
The real Comic Sans
‘It’s just a shame they couldn’t have used just the original font, because [Comic Sans is] a real mess.’ -Dave Gibbons, interview in The Guardian
Sick of Comic Sans? Why not try something more authentic . . . .
Vincent Connare based the design of his Comic Sans fonts on the lettering work of comic book illustrator Dave Gibbons. With infamous results.
But the comic book lettering gurus at Comicraft have something a bit better: Real Dave Gibbons fonts.
They won’t come preloaded free on your PC. But if you want to put your money where your mouth is, the ‘DaveGibbons’ fonts – available in upper, lowercase, international, journal and splash page titling versions – should be up to the task at hand.
Snag em here. Multiple purchase options available, including some ‘Gibbous Packs.’
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