if there’s anybody out there that really just wants to buy something for live from bklyn, you can start with these fonts;
“the most striking result of this survey is that the respondents overwhelming reject free fonts.”
i pulled this quote from a recent type survey preview i received in an email from gdusa magazine. it’s true, the vast majority of free fonts are chock full o’ wonky kerning, unpolished letterforms and are lacking certain essential characters.
but being the bargain hunter that i am, i do enjoy a good, well-crafted free font find (on a side note, i also find pleasure in finding that magical article of clothing among the heaps of rubbish in second hand stores).
so, i want to share with you two free fonts that i love and use. the first is liberation serif. i know i’ve mentioned this before, but it’s such a great font for body copy, that i feel compelled to continue to plug it.
the second is pastelaria by eduardo recife, who is the creator of the much over-used and maligned porcelain font. i think pastelaria is a beautiful geometric that is great for headlines and limited copy. not good for continuous though. however, i think it’s been overshadowed by the lust for grunge fonts (and here i would like to encourage you not to use grunge fonts, but to set your type and then distress it yourself if that’s what your going for. when you set to characters next to each other that are distressed exactly the same, it looks weird).
i also came across this cache of free vintage fonts, but i would caution you to be wise about which ones you choose. some of them are not all that great, and the ones that are useful i would encourage you to use like you would use spices in cooking. because let’s face it, a cumin-chili-pepper casserole would be downright nasty.
i’m always a tad jealous of this guy and all of the awesome vintage design pieces that he possesses, but i’m getting a turn now.
a couple of weeks ago, my grandmother, the indomitable marguerite dailey (evans) crafton (from whom my name comes), passed away after complications from hip surgery. she left a legacy of stalwartness, and a vast treasure trove of antique wonders. my brother and i were able to look through her possessions, to see if there was anything that we might like to have. . . and how.
i came away with multiple sculpted glass bowls and dishes, small ephemera like assorted pins, jewelry and cuff-links, and, as pertains to the live from bklyn blog, this 1913 marriage license from shelby co, tennessee (of which memphis is the county seat). i think it’s just beautiful.
