First Round Completed

by Matthew | Jan 19, 2024 | art, design, news, process

First round competed of the new Ballpoint Regular complete character set which is based on a sign painter's sample from the early 20th C.

Continuing my work in progress with the first round competed of the new Ballpoint Regular complete character set. It is based on a sign painter’s sample from the early 20th Century; as such it was limited to the upper and lower cases, as well as a number set. I have finished a complete character set with this first pass and will be working on the refinements in size, shape, and spacing as the next step progresses.

Cara

Cara is our latest release from the designomatt's Foundry. Cara means friend in Irish and is fitting for a font that was inspired by a sample from a book that was meant to inspire the creative community of the early 20th Century. In updating and modernizing the...

Ardnaree

Ardnaree is our latest release from the designomatt's Foundry and its name is another nod to our Irish Ancestors and the area from which we hail in County Mayo.Working with a sample from 1918 in the book Lettering for Commercial Purposes, by Wm. Hugh Gordon, we worked...

Mór

Aptly named, “Mór” in Irish means BIG and this is a super-sized serif suitable for brand work, logos, and adding emphasis in your typesetting.There is the standard font in compressed, regular, and extended versions as well as a limited version of the glyphs with...

Happy Birthday Dolores

Dolores O'Riordan, the vocal powerhouse behind The Cranberries, was born 6 September 1971 in Ballybricken in County Limerick, Ireland. She was said to have begun singing before she could speak and has a lifelong catalog of musical hits and legions of fans around the...

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