Category: Lettering

0. Introduction So, yeah, I’m a type designer. And there are numerous situations where I end up stating that “I make fonts”, so that people can have an idea about what I do for a living. But drawing letters and packing them into working fonts is just a slice of it: I very often find […]

Part I: Introduction | Part II: Learning To See | Part III: Overshooting | Part IV: The Stroke (Optics) 0. Introduction Welcome back! I’ve been rewriting this article for ages now, so I’m glad to finally share this with you! Today we’re going through a subject that it’s apparently simple, but the degree of complexity and abstraction can escalate pretty quickly, […]

Edit: Since the release of this article, a couple of things changed: the project is now called Typerobics and it has a dedicated microsite! If you’ve been paying attention to my Facebook or Twitter feeds (or even Behance, but not as much up-to-date), you’ve certainly noticed that I’ve been posting a custom lettered word (almost) […]

If you’re following me on Facebook, you probably know that I’ve recently asked for suggestions on what should I write about. Michał Jarociński suggested that I should do something about legibility, wayfinding and signage. Curiously enough, not so long ago, I’ve started a thread on Typophile (and a discussion on Reddit’s Typography board) about the function/use of […]

Some years ago (maybe a couple, maybe more: I excel at losing track of time), Ricardo Gomes, from Lucky Stripes Cigar Box Guitars, needed a script lettering for his guitars. For me, this was a really cool project: making scripts is always fun and challenging, I could do a fast project (since it’s lettering), lots of […]