Reina is Maximiliano Sproviero’s newest project, and it’s definitely our font crush this week. A little history behind it: “…inspired by many calligraphy and typography masters of our past such as Didot, Bodoni and the incredible Herb Lubalin, its aim was to incorporate the decorative accolades from blackletter and copperplate styles of calligraphy into [...]
I find Jacques & Gilles to one of the most interesting hand-lettered fonts I’ve seen (by a fave font designer, Emily Lime). It has a split personality! You see, the main idea behind this font is that there are two “personalities” depending on how you use it. What do you mean? Well, you can [...]
KatieRose is such a lovely font. According to the calligrapher who designed it, it was made “to have an elegant, handwritten feel, without the fussiness of traditional calligraphic scripts.” Its sculptural strokes are easy on the eyes, luckily, at both big and small sizes. If your budget is such that you have to pass on traditional [...]
Accolades C is a collection of ornaments. No, not the ornaments you put on your Christmas tree, the kind of ornaments that are used in design. They usually come as a collection or family, and are basically extra embellishments to accentuate or finish off a design. Like the examples above, ornaments are often used in [...]
Dear world, meet Love Potion. I’m very attracted to the hand drawn look of this serif type family. It was designed to be used in a myriad of applications like food, clothes, living, and (our favorite!) wedding stationery! Basically, anywhere love shows up, Love Potion will be right there waiting, too. Am I allowed to call [...]
This typography post features the lovely Fluence. It’s a calligraphic typeface with rounded forms and gorgeous endings. Fluence has a lot of personality, and I even get a sense of rhythm when I look at it, like it will dance off the page! For an invitation design, we would use this font to highlight the [...]
This typography post features the new Dada Sans Pro. When I look at it I see a simple, sans-serif font, but it has an elegant feel to it as well. Designed by Dada Studio, out of Poland, this thin font works well for body copy, and especially for couples who want a modern, elegant feel [...]
