Real California Fonts
Fun, Friendly & Functional
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Silver Streak:n2
Swell Type fonts are designed to stoke the imagination, transporting you to specific times and places like traveling by train in the 1930s, surfing waves in the '60s, and blasting off into space in the not-so-distant future!
With over two decades' experience designing type, I put every bit of my creativity and expertise into each Swell Type family.
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Latest Stories
Fun Project • August 3, 2026
Lacrosse Jersey Designs
Sports uniforms have always been one of my favorite design realms. I finally got to design jerseys that actually saw the field!
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Backstory • April 16, 2026
How I designed the Black Panther logo
A comic logo that made it to the big screen
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Interview • January 16, 2026
“Making Type” interview
A chat with Jake Giltsoff from Adobe and Make Type Work about my start in fonting through the birth of Swell Type, and spotting fonts in the wild.
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