The Sublime Art of Hand Lettering

With all the computer generated fonts and the poor design that results from it, it’s inspiring to look at the art of typography in it’s purest form — hand lettering. Here are some exquisite examples, including those of the absolute master, David Smith, who has designed CD covers for artists such as John Mayer and Michael Jackson.

Smith has also mastered hand crafted reverse glass signage. To view more of his work, go here.

5 Reasons to Love Helvetica

There are hundreds of reason to love this sometimes berated, underrated workhorse and unobtrusive font, but here are five random examples of its steadfast beauty and durability.

1. We can’t live sans it.

2. It’s easy on the eyes.

3. It has a rich history.

4. It’s minimal, but compelling.

5. It guides us.

If you love Helvetica, you’ll love the movie, helveticafilm.com.

Great Free Fonts Friday

There’s nothing better than finding free fonts that are useful and beautiful. I chanced on these free fonts on creativebloq.com and liked the variety that could add pizazz to any numer of projects.

Here are just a few of my favorites.

I’d been looking for a nice chunky font for interesting titling and here it is, Chunkfive, by the League of Moveable Type. It looks great when creating blocks of information for infographics.

Pedro Arilla created Valentina and it will add elegance to a classic design. It is compiled of 457 glyphs, with 125 alternative lower cases or the 46 ligatures.

I can’t get enough of script fonts. Created by designer James T. Edmondson, Lavaderia comes in a range of open type features and three weights. You can’t beat that for a free font.

For all 15 free fonts click here.