A farewell to The Quick Brown Fox....
I’m finishing up a font with some extremely finicky kerning so this list of words with awkward letter combinations from the Hoefler&Co. blog is fantastic. There’s even a Github repo with PDFs.
I’ve been in a real sixties retro design mood lately (or, if you look at my fonts, maybe I always am at least a little bit). So Ducky Manly by Allmo Studio really hits the spot. It’s free for personal use and the commercial version comes as a duo.
Download at dafont.
What’s up hot dog?
I’m a sucker for a sixties style font, especially one with skinny inner lines, so I’ve gotta recommend Hot Dog by Toko Laris Djaja. It’s free for personal use only.
Download at dafont.
Fontjoy helps designers choose the best font combinations. Mix and match different fonts for the perfect pairing....
This a great tool for testing out font pairings and exploring new fonts. Plus, the machine learning details are super interesting.
Back to my very sporadic “monthly” font highlights.
I’m really loving Together of Love by goodigital. It’s a really playful, hand drawn font with fun inner shapes and shading. Free for personal use only.
Download at 1001 Fonts.
The first three days of this year were still winter break and I certainly didn’t want to interrupt my lounging so here’s a first Monday of the month font rec.
That background image may be getting to me but Jagiq by twinletter is a hand drawn, kind of noodle-y feeling font. The family includes two versions but I definitely prefer the “Awesome” option (I mean, it’s right there in the name). You can try it free for personal use only.
Download at Font Space.
In all the excitement* of the election season, I haven’t spent nearly enough time downloading and sharing fonts. Hello Farmer by Nurf Designs is a handwritten, casual number and it’s free for personal use.
Download at Font Space.
* overwhelming, all-consuming stress
If you find yourself needing a slightly different version of a font, don’t hesitate to ask! A user email years ago is how Horseshoes entered the Horseshoes & Lemonade family and a recent request lead to Roundabout Fill Full (the name is a little clunky but Fill was already taken).
While I was creating the new option, I also made some kerning improvements across the family so download (or re-download) the whole package here.
Really loving the font Potra by Alejo Bergmann of Rostype. It feels very clean and futuristic and it’s free for personal and commercial use (donations accepted at the Rostype website).
Download at dafont.
