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TP Workshop: Hand drawn fonts by any means

The lovely designers in the Tigerprint Studio have been taking part in a handdrawn type workshop today. Everyone got involved for a quick power hour as a way to learn a new skill, a new style or simple to free up their illustrative styles. They usual work with our huge font library so its a nice change to seem some great styles & techniques coming through.

We can't share all of the outcomes but I hope the images above give you a taster. The designers could use a mixture of pens / inks / brushes.

Exergian: Art Direction for Print and RGB Media

COPYRIGHT BY © 2009 ALBERT EXERGIAN. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

COPYRIGHT BY © 2009 ALBERT EXERGIAN. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

COPYRIGHT BY © 2009 ALBERT EXERGIAN. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Love this guys work. very clean and fresh looking. Obviously a personal opinion but thought i'd share. Check out the rest of his stuff here, it's very cool. Enjoy!

EcoFont

Eco-minded consumers are already well-acquainted with the impact of printing and copying on the world's supply of trees. What's less widely considered, however, is the ink that's typically used.

Sprang has developed a new font called the Ecofont that's designed to extend the life of ink cartridges and toner.

The result is based on the Vera Sans, an open source letter, and uses up to 20 percent less ink than traditional fonts and is free to download. The Ecofont works best in OpenOffice, AppleWorks and MS Office 2007 at the 9- or 10-point size, says Spranq, which invites designers from around the world to participate in its further development.

What's even more eco-iconic than recycled paper when it comes to printing? An eco-minded font, of course. One to boost the eco-credentials of every business and individual under the sun!

Seb Lester

Brit based Seb Lester is in high demand with companies like Intel, Dell, New York Times, Red Bull and GQ. Curious to see his work? Go on have a look.

Coffe Cup Designs

Found these brilliant packaging and signage designs via design*sponge by Waldopancake. They are damn well hilarious and made me giggle. This guy also illustrates a lot of M&S's kids confectionary packaging, you can see his flikr site here where there's loads more funny packaging and some of his other work too. Very good, yah.

Umpen Editions

I came across this company umpen editions on a recent comp shop trip in Manchester. There are a variety of decorative fonts for inspiration, all brightly coloured. Like the idea of sending them to someone whos initial it is, a personal touch. There are numbers too, good to send as age cards or lucky numbers.

Available Now! Good Luck Font

Check me out, made my own font which is called Good Luck and can now be found on Font Reserve.

Sarah Beetson illustration

Found this illustrators website. She has done lots of fashion illustration, mixing different fonts together with images. Love the bright colours and the layered effect. Inspiring for card designs.

Font Friday

Not wanting to feel left out on font Friday, I would like to direct you to Japanese designer Ryoichi Tsunekaw's site where he has a vast array of fonts to show off. What I particularly like is the way he presents the font either in a traditional way or he places them within an illustration either way the font takes on a certain character. Enjoy!