Sketched, Scratched, Scribbled

FF Scribble draws inspiration from hand-drawn layouts of the hot metal and photocomposition eras. The font has an important message: make a sketch of what you want to create before touching the computer. Often what you’ve drawn is better than the computer’s results.

FF Graffio is a series of three typefaces, one of which is a pictogram font. The drawing style of the FF Graffio glyphs is rather nervous-looking. Alessio Leonardi mentions, “I drew this typeface after I went to the cinema to see ‘Natural Born Killers.’ I love cats, but I am allergic to them.”

Scratch was designed by Andrew Smith in 1995. It looks as thought many fine lines were drawn next to and over each other with a felt-tipped pen. Small bits of white peek out among the strokes and give the font its dynamic character. Flexible and sketchy, the forms are based on those of a classic sans serif cursive typeface. Scratch is meant exclusively as a headline or display font.

Designer Dung van Meerbeeck’s series of digitized handwriting are named after the famous artists to whom each belongs. The typefaces in the “FF DuBrush” series are: FF DuChirico, FF DuDuchamp, FF DuGauguin, FF DuTurner, FF DuMathieu, and FF DuMifu. Mi Fu was a Chinese painter, poet, and calligrapher from the Song Dynasty. In painting he gained renown for his style of painting misty landscapes.... Read More

Designer Dung van Meerbeeck’s series of digitized handwriting are named after the famous artists to whom each belongs. The typefaces in the “FF DuBrush” series are: FF DuChirico, FF DuDuchamp, FF DuGauguin, FF DuTurner, FF DuMathieu, and FF DuMifu. Mi Fu was a Chinese painter, poet, and calligrapher from the Song Dynasty. In painting he gained renown for his style of painting misty landscapes.... Read More

Fabian Rottke created this font by dipping a forked elderberry twig in ink, and then writing out an alphabet on paper. He digitized the results, creating FF Ekktor. Somewhere between handwriting and painting, this design has a natural-looking elegance all of its own.