by Matthew | Jan 29, 2024 | art, design, process
First full round of design on a new display font, Fauxsaic Display, based on type styling from an earlier illustration celebrating Walt Disney’s original 9 Old Men. Some refinements to come, but the character set is complete since this is merely a decorative...
by Matthew | Jan 25, 2024 | art, design, news, process
Announcing the general availability of our newest font family, Ballpoint Roman; based on a sign painter’s sample sheet from the early 20th Century and complete with some alternate characters and ligatures. The font family is available to purchase from our...
by Matthew | Jan 22, 2024 | art, design, news, process
Although watching a font being created in near realtime can be as exciting as watching the grass grow for most. However, we continue with the refinements to the Ballpoint Roman (née Regular) face with alternate characters and ligatures to extend and enhance the font....
by Matthew | Jan 19, 2024 | art, design, news, process
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...
by Matthew | Jan 18, 2024 | art, design, news, process
Work in progress on the iteration of the Ballpoint family; extending it to a regular version with a complete character set for all uses. Currently have the first draft of the upper and lower case letterforms. Next step is refine and balance these forms and then move...
