Ballpoint Label

by Matthew | Feb 29, 2024 | design, news, process

Most every member of GEN-X remembers the label makers from their youth. As the result of this simple memory we began a simple experiment to extend one of our established fonts, Ballpoint Regular, to reflect the sensibilities of those crudely stampled letters. It will be a limited display set, but one that might be useful for just that one thing.

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