Brush – Hanoded Fonts

Brush Aside

I make quite a variety of fonts, but brush fonts are my absolute favourite. When I dip my brushes in that ink, I feel like I am really creating something special! Brush Aside is such a brush font. Let’s say I was aiming for a different look, but this is what I put on paper at the end of the day. Brush…

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Thunfisch

Brush, Display, Fat

Thunfisch, in German, means Tuna. At home, we don’t eat too much tuna, but I like serving a tuna & pasta salad. In Japan, where I often find myself, tuna is a staple protein source. It is so popular in Japan that species like the Pacific Bluefin tuna, of which 80% its consumed in Japan, are on the brink of extinction. So,…

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Exxxited

Brush, Display, Spooky

I was in a meeting the other day where some people, mostly from the US, were talking about new plans, new jobs – well, a lot of new things. I may be because I am Dutch, so I am not easily ruffled, but it struck me as odd that the speakers were using the words ‘I’m excited’ a lot when they were…

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Attaboy

Brush, Display, Experimental

Attaboy is a posh word for ‘well done’. It was made with a broken marker pen to give it that ‘eroded’ look. It is an all caps typeface, but upper and lower case can be mixed. Attaboy comes with stylistic alternates for the lower case glyphs and all the diacritics you need.

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Face Your Fears

Brush, Metal, Spooky

Face Your Fears was created using a brush, paint and ink and a lot of paper. Due to the horror-like nature of Face Your Fears, the font looks great on websites, games and – of course – halloween cards.

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Cinnabar Brush

Brush, Display, Metal, Spooky

Cinnabar Brush is a font named after a mineral – mercury sulfide to be precise. I quite like the name and the color, so naming a font after it made sense. Cinnabar Brush is a very bold, very outspoken brush font. It is all caps, but upper and lower case glyphs differ and can be mixed. It is a bit on the…

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Black Bamboo

Brush, Display, Grunge

Black Bamboo is a beautiful plant. My father in law, who recently passed away, loved it and had a prized specimen growing in his garden. This font was named in his honour. Black Bamboo font is a bold typeface, created using a good brush and quality paint. It is all caps, but upper and lower case differ and can be freely interchanged.…

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Garden Bed

Brush, Display, Fat, Grunge

A couple of weeks ago, I found my ink well, which I thought I had lost. I decided (there and then) to create a bunch of inky brush fonts, which resulted in Dirrrty and Scrawny Cat. And now, needless to say, Garden Bed. It is named after a strophe from one of my favorite Soundgarden songs: Just Like Suicide. Garden Bed is a hand made…

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Knucklebones

Brush, Display, Metal

Knucklebones is a game that is played with the knucklebones of sheep. I bought a set in Mongolia, which I stumbled upon when I was cleaning out the attic. Knucklebones font is a rough brush font, which comes in three styles: Knucklebones Regular, a slightly slanted version, Knucklebones Italic, a very slanted style and Knucklebones Upright, which looks like the name implies.…

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Downward Fall

Brush, Display, Metal, Spooky

Downward Fall owes its name to one of my favorite Opeth songs, called The Funeral Portrait. The song itself is an uptempo metal composition with rather dark lyrics. This peculiar combination, a mix of good and evil if you will, is what characterizes Downward Fall font: the brushwork is quick, giving the impression of speed. The undertone is darker, scarier – lots…

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