font_designer: David Kerkhoff

Amoebica

Amoebica font

Amoebica font was created during a nasty bout of the flu. If you think it looks weird, well, I must have been hallucinating when I drew the glyphs! Amoebica is a fun, weird, unusual,...

Technojunk

Technojunk font

I came across an article in which the author warned about the growing pile of technojunk. It appears we throw away 50 million tonnes of unwanted gadgets EVERY YEAR – and, yes, that number...

Tobu

Tobu font

Tobu means ‘to jump’ in Japanese. I came across a haiku by Matsuo Bashô wich reads: The old pond… a frog jumps in… the sound of water (Furu ike ya… kawazu tobikomu… mizu no...

Paviljoen

Paviljoen font

Paviljoen (meaning Pavilion or Gazebo in Dutch) is an Art Deco typeface which was modeled on cast-iron lettering on some monumental buildings in Amsterdam. I only had a few glyphs to work with, so...

Majolica

Majolica font

If you’ve ever visited Spain or Portugal, you would have seen some beautiful Majolica (glazed tile) murals – often signage for long forgotten bakeries, butchers and clothing shops from the interbellum. Majolica font was...

Mandolin

Mandolin font

Mandolin is a handmade ‘Didone-ish’ font with a bit of a rough edge. Mandolin was created using a wonderful (and expensive) pen I found in Canterbury, England. I am aware that this information isn’t...

Bloemgracht

Bloemgracht font

In the old Amsterdam neighborhood of ‘De Jordaan’, you will find a canal called Bloemgracht (Flower Canal). For many years, a coffee store called Schildmeijer could be found here. Their paper coffee bags and...

Douceur

Douceur font

Douceur (pleasantness in French) is an all caps, serif typeface with a flourish. It was created by hand in one go: no sketches, no try-outs. The font comes in two styles: regular (outlined) and...

Dreadnought

Dreadnought font

With Dreadnought I go back to my roots: one of my very first fonts was a scary brush typeface called Face Your Fears – a very popular typeface with horror lovers, thrill seekers and...

Carambola

Carambola font

Carambola is a beautiful art deco typeface based on several posters from the 1920’s. It is an elegant and stylish font with generous curves and sharp ends. Carambola is multilingual and comes in all...