Handmade Font

Handade Font are an Estonian company, set up in 2008 by Vladimr and Maksim Loginov. They aim to do exactly as their name says, they want to create unique and interesting fonts. Taking inspiration from and using whatever they can get their hands on. 

Typeface created from cardboard boxes used on moving day.

What I like about the typefaces created by Handmade Font is that they can use items that most people would see as messy and manage to create beautiful, professional looking typefaces from them.

Type made from hay

All of Handmade Font's typefaces are available to buy from their website: www.handmadefont.com

Eduardo Recife



Eduardo Recife is a Brazilian Graphic Designer and Typographer. He has been in the design business since the 90's, his website 'Misprinted Type' features his personal work. Recife has a unique, vintage style which is easily recognisable as his. He discussed his style in an interview, saying; 'old graphics were unbelievably more beautiful than what we have today. It was more poetic, and the colours were more attractive.'

Recife has done much work for large clients such as, The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly and the band Panic! at the Disco.

TCM/ commissioned by RayGun

Recife uses a range of processes to create his work, such as hand rendered skills, collage and photography. Techniques that I also enjoy using, which could be why I like Recife's style so much. I also like the surreal aspects of his work, I like the fact that the viewer has to work out a possible meaning behind the image, in my opinion it makes Recife's work very exciting and interesting to look at.

Verde Magazine

'Typography for me is so strong because it’s a mixture of both 'words' and 'image'. What can be more powerful than that when trying to communicate something?' - Eduardo Recife

The New York Times

Festival Research: Run to the Sun and Reading Festival

Run to the Sun is a Cornish festival, all about sunshine, sea, cars and DJs. These features are reflected in the design of the website, logo and posters.

The use of the colours green, yellow and blue reflect the ideas of being near the beach in the sunshine, whereas the grey and the grungy textures are mirroring the genre of music and its association with clubs and nightlife. The layout is very easy to read and gives plenty of information.

The logo is similar to a graffiti tag, again bringing in the genre of music.

On the hand, the design for Reading Festival is very neutral in comparison. 

This could be because there is no set genre of music, hence using the artists' own styling. This also allows for the festival to appeal to a wider range of people. However, the use of red, black and yellow, which are seen to be danger colours could indicate that the festival can get a little rowdy.