May 6th, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. High Quality Free Font O’ The Week: Merge Download it now. Simple lines, combined with some unexpected surprises, distinguish this creation (shown above) by Philatype type foundry. OpenType format, free for personal and commercial use.
April 8th, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. High Quality Free Font O’ The Week: Sketchetik Download it now. Technically speaking only the light style is free, but I fell in love with the hand-drawn awesomeness of this Hiekka Graphics creation. The other weights in the family are a steal at only [...]
March 25th, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. High Quality Free Font O’ The Week: Kaine Block Download it now. This solid and sassy slab serif is the work of type designer Jonathan Hill from The Northern Block. I really like the stencil-like blockiness and the hand-cut feel to the lettershapes. Free [...]
March 18th, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. High Quality Free Font O’ The Week: Quicksand Download it now. Quicksand is the work of designer Andrew Paglinawan. It’s open and clean with some nice unexpected touches. The complete family comes in 7 styles including a dash version (which I love). Free to [...]
March 11th, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
My weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. High Quality Free Font O’ The Week: Body Hunter (shown above at 72pt). Download it now. Body Hunter is the work of font designer Billy Argel. I really like the letterpress/stamp feel. Free for personal use, please contact him for commercial licenses. (via BittBox)
March 4th, 2010 | by mykl | published in typography
Welcome back, after a (not-so) brief haitus, to my weekly round up of typographic goodness from around the web. High Quality Free Font O’ The Week: Kilogram font (shown above at 75pt). Download it now. Kilogram is the work of Karl from Kalle Graphics and was based on a font called Anagram by Nick Curtis. [...]
October 2nd, 2008 | by mykl | published in typography
Which one would she be? That’s the question I posed earlier today. I got a great response via Twitter and Facebook. Lots of votes for simple san serifs and a few dingbats. My favorites were the decorative fonts, chosen for their name (Chiller – wr3n) or appearance (the very circus-like Rosewood – johnny_bones). Some shared [...]
Hi there. I'm Mykl Roventine. I design things like web sites, WordPress blogs and social media strategies. This is my personal blog (not affiliated with any employer or client) where I write about the social web, typography and coffee. More →
