To relax a little on the week-end, lay back and check out a little typographic inspiration. If you like typography, make sure to check our Typography Daily blog.

Font of the week: Hand Gothic

Hand Gothic is a condensed typeface with a hand-lettering feeling, available in two weights.

The fonts, provided in OpenType format, include support for most European languages and some OpenType extras : ligatures, alternate “A” and “g”, case-sensitive forms and a handful set of arrows
and icons.

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Poster for a music festival in Shanghai

A great poster for the “Fête de la musique” in Shanghai.

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Paintings on type

James Rawson enjoys creating pop art style paintings over type.

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Elephant Gin

Elephant Gin is a handcrafted London Dry Gin inspired by the pioneering spirit of early explorers of Africa. They have nice labels that make great use of typography.

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TextAppeal experiments

Type experiments by Ana Gomez Bernaus of California. The letters were inspired in Spanish Mantillas (a veil worn over the head and shoulders).

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François Chartier font

A font created for François Chartier, a famous wine waiter.

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Flow typo

Samuel Sinaga tries to visualize some of the best beasts from his daily flow.

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About the Author

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Mirko Humbert

Mirko Humbert is the editor-in-chief and main author of Designer Daily and Typography Daily. He is also a graphic designer and the founder of WP Expert.