Font ?? Friday and Other Designery Things #5

Hello and thanks for letting me slide into your inbox. I know it’s a precious space. I’m especially aware, as I’ve come back from holiday to find over 500 emails! Lots were newsletters but some were work enquiries so I couldn’t just press “DELETE ALL”.

I went to Mexico, to the Yucatan region – absolutely stunning. When I got home a friend asked if I was okay and if I’d had a good holiday. I said “I miss the colours!” Everywhere you looked there was colour – even down to gravesides. Out of respect I didn’t photograph those, but I took pics of graphics and wall art. I’ll put those on my Instagram page.

I noticed there were hardly any printed posters, with a lot of adverts painted by hand. I thought maybe I could stay in Mexico painting signs for a living… I can dream. For now, back to the computer. If you’re feeling inspired to create your own signs, take a look at the selection of brush script fonts. The one I like the look of is:

Flat Brush is a textured hand-drawn brush font, created by Wings Art Studio.

They say: “A versatile textured font hand-made with black ink and brush. The combination of heavy black ink and a well-used sable brush resulted in this versatile type, readable in sizes large and small, yet with a distinctly hand-made and textured feel. Great for posters, headers, titles and more.”

As it says on the tin, “brush script” fonts mimic the look of a paintbrush. There are so many brush script fonts on the Creative Market website. Take a gander, I’m sure they’ll have Black Friday Deals.

As you can see from the example above, if you mix and match the font colours you’ll have your own wall art poster in no time. And if you hear of any job openings in Mexico, let me know. ;-)

The 2024 font trends are coming out

Creative Boom have curated 50 fonts they think will be popular with designers in 2024.

What do you think? I always wonder how these lists are compiled, must be a tough decision… shall we start our own list? But in the meantime have a look at what Creative Boom suggests.

Sign me up!

So maybe I could get a job as a sign painter in Jamaica? Check out this ’zine by Tracey Thorne (not the singer from Everything But The Girl, a different one) for sale on the Blag website. I think of these advertisements as environmentally friendly – saves paper, the base is reusable, and it’s creative. Imagine if we did it here in the UK? Blag also have a book on Mexican mural painting… still dreaming…

Now it’s time for the C word…

For real this time. Steve at Being Freelance has curated the top Freelance Christmas gifts made for and made by freelancers. And guess what? He’s included my ‘Freelance Coworking’ T-shirt. Feeling very honoured to make his annual list. You can get yours here.

Check out the massive blog list – you’ll have loads of present ideas here for your favourite freelancer friends… ahem…

Thanks for reading to the end, I hope it’s been useful. As always, do mail me if you’ve spotted a font or anything you think I’d like to see - I always reply.

I’ll end on my favourite font I spotted in Mexico. It tasted good too – the beer that is!

Happy Friday!

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