Blog – Swell Type

Catching up with Silver Streak

As my latest font, Silver Streak, nears release, I wanted to catch you up on my progress, and share some of the process that went into making it. This one started with a single bit of inspiration — this nifty lettering on the side of the “Silver Platter” diner & gift shop at Disneyland’s California […]

Nine vintage surf posters with Paradise Point

To countdown the final days of the Paradise Point introductory sale, I re-created nine classic surf posters using it and some swell surf pix by Swell’s own Forest Dempsey. […]

Getting to Paradise Point

Paradise Point was birthed from the single-weight Pleasure Point I designed for Comicraft back in 2014. This was another font (like Hyperspace Race) that I always wanted to make more fun and extensive, with wides and bolds and extra features and such. And it’s finally here! My first step was stretching and pulling the tall […]

Fifteen SciFi logos in two minutes with the Hyperspace Race Variable Font

Watch me approximate 15 classic sci-fi movie logos from the ’80s and ’90s with the variable font Hyperspace Race. You can set controls for width, weight & slant, plus access two sets of Opentype Alternate letters, and I put ’em all to use here! […]

A trip through Hyperspace

I just published my first release for SWELL TYPE, Hyperspace Race! Here’s the back story. […]

Yep, I created the new AVATAR font

Last year, I was asked by Lightstorm to create a font based on the new Avatar logo, for use in social media promotions for the upcoming sequel movies! No pressure… […]