Headline Heads Up — No. 21

One Tues­day every month, I’m going to round up a cou­ple (maybe a few) awe­some dis­play type­faces to show­case and give a lit­tle break­down on each one. If you have a sug­ges­tion you want me to take a look at, drop me a line. Let’s jump straight into some head­line goodness.

 

Brand

Foundry : Lián Types

Designer(s) : Maximiliano Sproviero

Cost: $37

It’s no mis­take the sam­ple above is all about food; Brand is the per­fect pack­ag­ing script for tasty morsels. It has vari­ety with OpenType lig­a­tures and alter­nates to help it grab atten­tion, but leg­i­bil­i­ty and read­abil­i­ty remain high when glanc­ing on a store shelf or adver­tise­ment. There are also inline and shad­ed ver­sions that would work great for warm, invit­ing invitations.

 

Braxton

Foundry : Fontfabric

Designer(s) : Evgeny Tkhorzhevsky

Cost: $95

On the other end of the script spec­trum is the point­ed, cal­li­graph­ic Braxton by Evgeny Tkhorzhevsky. Available in five weights, the delib­er­ate style of the strokes give the let­ters strength. However, the rep­e­ti­tion of the angle and ver­ti­cal stroke weight destroy read­abil­i­ty in any kind of longer sen­tence set­ting. With a few extra lig­a­tures and styl­is­tic alter­nates, Braxton would work well in pack­ag­ing or an iden­ti­ty system.

 

Levi Rebrushed

Foundry : Levi Szekeres

Designer(s) : Levi Szekeres

Cost: FREE for personal use

Similar to Braxton, Levi Rebrushed is built on very delib­er­ate strokes. The rough, painter style isn’t for every project, but for the right grunge, punk, or edgy poster it is per­fect. You will also need to check that you have all the glyphs you need as this is far from a pro­fes­sion­al font with full lan­guage support.

 

Brush Up

Foundry : Pintassilgo Prints

Designer(s) : Ricardo Marcin, Erica Jung

Cost: $24

Sticking with brush style type­faces, next is Brush Up by the duo at Pintassilgo Prints. This hand-painted type con­tains three vari­a­tions of each let­ter, two vari­a­tions of numer­als, a cou­ple of extra punc­tu­a­tion glyphs, and even a few squig­gles. Its style floats between grunge, hip­ster, and play­ful depend­ing on how it is paired with imagery and even its color. That makes it a very ver­sa­tile tool when need­ing a hand made touch.

 

Sketchnote

Foundry : Delve Fonts

Designer(s) : Mike Rohde

Cost: $99

We’re stick­ing with hand made for the last three type­faces on this mon­th’s round up. First up is Sketchnote from Mike Rohde. Mike is the guy behind the whole sketch­note idea and he even wrote a book about it. When he need­ed a hand-drawn type­face to set his book, he cap­tured scans of his own hand­writ­ing and dig­i­tized them. The edges keep the slight­ly rough tex­ture of ink on paper while the strokes show the slight vari­a­tion of the human hand as it moves across a page. Great ideas and a great typeface.

 

Charmante

Foundry : Juraj Chrastina

Designer(s) : Juraj Chrastina

Cost: $59

The sec­ond hand-drawn type­face on this mon­th’s list is Charmante. It’s elon­gat­ed pro­por­tions give it a ton more char­ac­ter and quirk. Shown above for K‑S the bold style adds even more inter­est­ing fea­tures by uneven­ly increas­ing only cer­tain stroke weights. All of it com­bines to make a charm­ing, casu­al font for invi­ta­tions, greet­ings, and cof­fee shop menus.

 

Lango Px

Foundry : Pixilate

Designer(s) : Kemie Guaida

Cost: $24

Last up this is month is Lango Px. This hand-drawn type­face is avail­able in four weights; it has tons of bounce and play­ful­ness in its tall, lean let­ters. Its casu­al and dare I say an excel­lent replace­ment for when a client demands Comic Sans on a project. Lango Px would also be per­fect for baby announce­ments, chil­dren’s birth­day cards, and other juve­nile pieces. Pixilate also has sev­er­al other hand­writ­ing style fonts worth check­ing out.