I spend a lot of time following two obsessions: packaging and hand lettering. Alongside a few other minor obsessions, those two have been my major ones for so many years now, I've finally reached the point where I can actually claim them as “obsessions” without getting a dramatic reaction from the little voice in the back of my head. When you spend so much time researching and studying a subject, you become very focused, directionally and objectively. But of course some of the research material you run into turns out to be tangential to whatever your focus happens to be at the time, so you absorb what you can from it, then shelf it — like the celebrity bobblehead that amused you for a while, but is now an almost invisible ornament eating dust and feathers somewhere in your environment. And just like the bobblehead may fall off the shelf one day to remind you of its existence, some of my lettering research material unveiled itself in my head one day for no particular reason. Hand lettering is now mostly perceived as an American art. Someone with my historical knowledge about lettering may be snooty enough to go as far as pointing out the British origins of almost everything American, including lettering — but for the most part, the contemporary perspective associates great lettering with America. The same perspective also associates blackletter, gothics and sans serifs with Germany. So you can imagine my simultaneous surprise and impatience when, in my research for one of my American lettering-based fonts, I ran into a German lettering book from 1953, by an artist called Bentele. It was no use for me because it didn't propel my focus at that particular time, but a few months ago I was marveling at what we take for granted — the sky is blue, blackletter is German, lettering is American — and found myself flipping through the pages of that book again. The lettering in that book is upbeat and casual sign making stuff, but it has a slightly strange and youthful experimentation at its heart. I suppose I find it strange because it deviates a lot from the American stuff I'm used to working with for so long now. To make a long story short, what’s inside that German book served as the semilla, which is Spanish for seed, for the typeface you see all over these pages. With Semilla, my normal routine went out the window. My life for a while was all Bezier all the time. No special analog or digital brushes or pens were used in drawing these forms. They're the product of a true Bezier process, all starting with a point creating a curve to another point, which draws a curve to another point, and so on. It’s a very time-consuming process, but at the end I am satisfied that it can get to pretty much the same results easier and more traditional methods accomplish. And as usual with my fonts, the OpenType is plenty and a lot of fun. Experimenting with substitution and automation is still a great pleasure for me. It is the OpenType that always saves me from the seemingly endless work hours every type designer must inevitably have to face at one point in his career. The artful photos used in this booklet are by French photographer and designer Stéphane Giner. He is very deserving of your patronage, so please keep an eye out for his marvelous work. I hope you like Semilla and enjoy using it. I have a feeling that it marks a transition to a more curious and flexible period in my career, but only time will tell.

Unlike the modest fonts in your menu content with discreetly imparting information, Carnival is conspicuous by design. Deliberately engineered to attract eyeballs, the typeface’s unmistakable silhouette produces a dramatic visual texture that stands out in print, on screen, or in any environment where your message demands to be noticed. The steady yet vibrant rhythm created by its letterforms also makes Carnival ideal for fashioning alphabet patterns and graphic devices. Flaunting a lean slender body anchored by stout stroke endings, Carnival turns conventional typographic thinking on its head by inverting the relative thickness of its stems and serifs. This reverse-contrast approach stretches all the way back to the roots of modern advertising, when similar types became the favorite for posters, packaging, and loads of consumer products during the 1800s. The striking style prevailed well into the next century, as Harold Horman, co-founder of New York City-based Photo-Lettering. Inc., modernized a version for the company’s popular film-typesetting service in the early 1940s. Digitized and expanded by Dan Reynolds in 2013, Carnival had previously been used exclusively for House Industries projects. Now you can get in on the action, and use this stunning slice of type history anytime you want your work to turn heads. SUGGESTED USES Carnival’s unique character commands attention, making it the perfect voice for promotional pieces, editorial design, labels, packaging, posters, and any other application that needs to strike the right tone. Like all good subversives, House Industries hides in plain sight while amplifying the look, feel and style of the world’s most interesting brands, products and people. Based in Delaware, visually influencing the world.

Iwan Stencil is a new revival of an old display typeface. Based on type originally designed by Jan Tschichold in 1929, the style was revived by Klaus Sutter in 2008. The letterforms in this peculiar design are very high contrast; all of the thin bits are much thinner than the thick parts. They have a modern, upright axis. All in all, the creation has a bit of a Bodoni-gone-crazy touch. The thin elements are the unique part of the design that binds this face together. They almost naturally fade away in the stencil gaps (or pylons), making you wonder if you are really looking at a stencil face at all. These thins contribute greatly to the typeface's overall serif-style, making the design at least a semi serif typeface, if not a full serif one. The lowercase n, for instance, has no serifs of its own, but many of the other letters have clear ones, or serif-like terminals. A serif stencil face is a peculiar variety, especially in this day and age, but in the past they were much more common, if not the norm, The Iwan Stencil typeface has only one weight. Naturally, this is just for display. Use Iwan Stencil to cut real stencils, or only to create the effect of stenciled type in your design work. Ivan Stencil includes all of the characters that you have come to expect in a font. Just because this design was originally made in 1929 does not mean that is has a 1929 character set. Instead, it includes a 21st century, with extended European language support Jan Tschichold, who we have to thank for today's Iwan Stencil inspiration, was a man of many faces. A trained calligrapher who went on to codify the New Typography, would go on to become a teacher, a classical book designer, and the creator of the Sabon typeface. Like all young designers, he was occasionally in need of money. Before his emigration from Germany in 1933, he took on many kinds of commissions. In the late 1920s, a time full of waves of economic turmoil within Germany and across the world, he began designing a typefaces for different European companies, mostly display things like this. For a time during the mid-1920s, Jan Tschichold went by the name Iwan" "

ATTENTION CUSTOMERS :) There's a new Selfie available, have a look here; Selfie Neue is better done and more complete in every aspect. However, you can stay here if you still prefer the classic version. -But first, let me take a Selfie!- said that girl of the song and almost all of you at least once this year. While some terms and actions get trendy, some font styles do it too. It wouldn't be crazy to combine these worlds, in fact it happens often. Selfie is a connected sans serif based in vintage signage scripts seen in Galerías of Buenos Aires. These places are, in general, very small shopping centres which pedestrians sometimes use as shortcuts to get to other parts of the city. Their dark corridors take you back in time, and all of a sudden you are surrounded by cassettes, piercings, and old fashioned cloth. For some reason, all these shops use monolined geometric scripts. Surely, neon strings are easier to manipulate when letterforms have simple shapes. My very first aim with Selfie was to make a font that would serve as a company to those self-shot pictures that have become so popular nowadays. However, the font turned into something more interesting: I realised it had enough potential to stand-alone. Selfie proves that geometry itself can be really attractive. In this font, elegance is not achieved with the already-known contrast between thicks and thins of calligraphy, but with the purity of form. Its curves were based in perfectly shaped circles which made the font easy to be used at different angles (some posters show it at a 24.7º angle) without having problems/deformities. In addition to its nice performance when used over photographs, the font can be a good option for packaging and wedding invitations. TIPS Adding some lights/shadows between letters will for sure catch the eye of the viewer: Words will look as if they were made with tape/strings; so trendy nowadays. Try using Selfie at a 24.7º angle so that the slanted strokes become perfectly vertical. Having the decorative ligatures feature (dlig) activated is a good option to see letters dance. TECHNICAL It is absolutely recommended to use this font with the standard ligatures feature (liga) activated. It makes letters ligate perfectly and also improves the space between words.

The Spring is a romantic and sweet handwritten font. It looks astonishing on love letters, greeting cards, logos, business cards, and every other design which needs a personalized touch. This font is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the glyphs and swashes with ease!

Andyou is a lovely and delicate script font that exudes elegance and class. This font was particularly crafted for those who need a beautiful and refreshing look to their designs. Andyou is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the glyphs and swashes with ease!

Aristeo is a font family that is specifically designed for sports-related designs, although it can also be used for other designs. Aristeo is special because it is made with a balanced thickness and full of caution so that it emits a dynamic aura when viewed.

Angelin Love is a gorgeous script font, beautiful and romantic. This font looks perfect for Valentine’s Day designs, or for other romantically inclined styles and projects. To stay up to date for my latest job, follow me and let’s be friends because there will be many promos.

Saviola – Modern Display Font with all caps style and bold. You can combine a unique uppercase and lowercase, so it looks like natural. And this font perfect for signature, logo, branding, poster, band, apparel, photography, title, social media post, ad banner, book cover, product packaging, and advertising

Milligan is named in honor of the late Spike Milligan, a wonderful comedian who (amongst many other things) wrote and start in the Goon Show. It's a jolly, boisterous display Roman which can bring a sense of liveliness and fun to any project where it's used.

Hello Dark is a thick-lettered and spooky decorative font. It is perfectly suitable for any Halloween-related project or crafty idea! The only limit is your imagination. Hello Dark is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the amazing glyphs and ligatures with ease!

Martita is an elegant, handwritten, fully connected script with ligatures to help with flow and readability. Martita can be used for invitations, greeting cards, posters, advertising, weddings, books, menus etc. Language support includes Western, Central and Eastern European character sets, as well as Baltic and Turkish languages.

Lovely Flowers is modern script that perfect for photography, branding, signature. It is so beautiful and classy for your projects. This font has given PUA code (specially coded fonts). So that all the alternate characters can easily be accessed in full by a craftsman or designer.

The Swipe Write letterforms are casual yet also look neat in a paragraph block of display copy. Available in both Regular and Solid styles, it is a powerful font that can be used for, posters, T-shirts, signage & design projects with a freehand and artistic feel.

Chateez is a new condense font that is elegant and has a luxury look. This unique font is perfect for creating beautiful logotypes, stunning magazine designs and more. This font can be your solution in completing projects that are equipped with various alternate and ligature collections.

The design of Pelin, which began as an experiment, inspired by the harmony created by the contrast between the soft, flowing movements and sharp movements found in Circassian dances. To capture this harmony, both curved and sharp lines were used along with stems that contrasting angles.

Louna is an elegant, multi purpose serif font. This typeface is perfect for projects with a beauty, elegant, expensive theme, Louna also has many discretionary ligatures to enhance the prestige feel in your project. You can use Louna for display, logo, headline, titling, and even text.

Goldfish is a modern and classic serif typeface with a unique style and modern look. Fall in love with its incredibly stylish and glam vibe and use it to create spectacular designs! This font is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the glyphs.

Mistyca Brush is a lovely and delicate script font that exudes elegance and class. This font was particularly crafted for those who need a beautiful and refreshing look to their designs. Mistyca Brush is PUA encoded which means you can access all glyphs and swashes with ease!

Welcome Santa Claus is a beautiful handwritten font. Its natural and unique style makes it incredibly fitting to a large pool of designs. The only limit is your imagination! This font is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the glyphs and swashes with ease!

Reality Check is a family of two display fonts (plus their Italics). These fonts can be used together in a design, but work just as fine on their own. Reality Check comes with an alternative s - just in case you get bored with the ‘normal’ one.

Bobgert – is a whimsical, optimistic and inspiring modern sans-serif font with a touch of monospace that is wonderful for headings and is perfect for posters, Instagram, magazines, print, branding, logos and anything else you can imagine. I hope my font will help you in your creativity.

Hello Berlin is a sweet, all round and flexible handwritten font. Warm, romantic and jolly, this font will turn each of your project ideas into real works of art. This font is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the glyphs and swashes with ease!

This is a modern, wonderful, and beautiful font. This font is super readable and can be used from Posters to a Hebrew prayer book. The readability of this font is amazing. This font has the modern Hebrew punctuation: Shevana, Kamatz Katan, Dagesh Hazak, and Cholam Chaser.

Callicotez is a retro styled and unique with Reverse Contrast display font. It embodies playfulness and authenticity and is the perfect choice for any children activity or school project. This font is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the glyphs and swashes with ease!

In case you find yourself looking for an erratic, inconsequent and loose free-style calligraphy font, I guess you need to look no further and try fancyPens. I used several pens in several ways on several days to create it and it shows. Hope you like it.

Bretanis a lovely and delicate script font that exudes elegance and class. This font was particularly crafted for those who need a beautiful and refreshing look to their designs. Bretanis is PUA encoded which means you can access all of the amazing glyphs and ligatures with ease!

Albertiny comes with an awesome look and has a variety of alternative characters. Albertiny is the perfect fit for all of your logos, branding, social media, and crafty DIY projects. It has OpenType features (alternates, swash, ligature) that can help you find different sensations with each use.

This font provides a variety of symbols for decorating maps simulating those of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. For fans of piracy, there is a range of skull and crossbones imagery. The font also includes cartouches, scrolls and symbols for mountains, hills and castles of various sizes.

Kidzhood Arabic is sibling of Kidzhood with the addition of Arabic glyphs, for Arabic, Urdu, and Farsi. The font represent the characters as funny and flexible, just like childish characters can be. Kidzhood equipped with cute letter form and some attractive ligatures, giving it a playful feeling.

Monicallisa Feminine Logo Script Font Monicallisa Feminine Logo Script Font is handwritten modern stylish fonts, combines from classic to modern typeface with a elegant baseline. Can be used for various purposes, such as headings, signature, logos, wedding invitation, t-shirt, letterhead, signage, lable, news, posters, badges etc.

Palatine - this bold display typeface is a stylish and original, multipurpose font in a modern style with many alternatives, ligatures and swash that are very attractive, with their help you can make your project unique. And also use the main set to highlight exactly what you need.

El Maestro - a new fresh unique font. Very suitable for greeting cards, branding materials, business cards, quotes, posters, and more!This font are perfect for wedding postcard. Or you can create perfect and unique design of your logo, blog, stationery, marketing, magazines and more :) Multilingual OK!!!

Craptoy is a grunge Open Type font - full of different auto ligatures! That means you can write words like beer, letter, bubble, success (just to name a few) without having the double letter repeating itself! (You will need to use OpenType supporting applications to use the autoligatures).

Introducing a new unique and cute font. You can apply this font in projects such as packaging products, crafts, video previews, food products, logos, and much more to explore. For a view see some of the preview examples above. Features: -Uppercase -Lowercase -Numeral -Punctuation -Multilingual Thanks.

Classic House is a beautiful monoline font. It is the best choice for creating eye-catching logos, branding, and quotes. Every letter has a unique and beautiful touch, making your design come alive! This font is PUA encoded, meaning you can access all of the glyphs.