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...
by Matthew | Jan 17, 2024 | art, design, illustration
Complete character set of a 26 upper case alphabet rendered in 3D out of Adobe Illustrator with alpha channel shadow. Available for sale now on our Gumroad store. Ballpoint 3D Complete character set of a 26 upper case alphabet rendered in 3D out of Adobe Illustrator...
by Matthew | Jan 15, 2024 | art, design, process
Announcing the general availability (GA) of the new Ballpoint Display font family, based on a sign painter’s display from the early 20th Century that contains several versions of the typeface: BallpointRegular.otf BallpointRegular-Italic.otf...
by Matthew | Jan 12, 2024 | art, design, news, process
Continued development on the Ballpoint Display typeface; based on a sign painters font from the early 20th Century it will be a purely display family. Working through a variety of styles to complement the simple face but will allow for a robust set of options to meet...
by Matthew | Jan 9, 2024 | art, design, illustration, process
New year, new font; an ornamental roman display font that is based on a sign painter’s alphabet from the early 20th Century. Determining whether I will stick with just the display elements or build it out to a more complete font set with punctuations,...
