Original Quality
Original Quality: I often see these words on various objects – from T-shirts to sprinkles and cookies. In fact, I see this term so often that I decided to name a font after it....
font_designer: David Kerkhoff
Gumbo
Lately I have been experimenting with different foods. At home, we eat a lot of Asian food, but I thought it would be nice to broaden my culinary horizon a bit. So far I...
Kabouter
Kabouter (kaːˈbɑu̯.tər) means ‘gnome’ in Dutch. I have no particular love for gnomes (even though I have a font called Garden Gnome…), but this font had a fairytale feeling to it and the name...
Himawari Script
Himawari means ‘Sunflower’ in Japanese. It was raining while I worked on this font, so I needly something to cheer me up – like bright yellow sunflowers! Himawari Script is a nice and neat...
Shoganai
I really like the Japanese language, as it has words that describe a whole world of meaning. Like Shoganai. It literally means: ‘It cannot be helped’. That’s life, get used to it. Shoganai sums...
Guilty Pleasure
Some time ago, my kids asked me what kind of sweets I really liked. To be honest, I don’t actually like sweets at all – never have, never will. BUT… you can wake me...
Breadcrumbs
Every morning, after the kids have gone to school, I vacuum the floor and remove about half a kilo of breadcrumbs… No, not really have a kilo, but any given bird could probably survive...
Shibby
shibby adj (etc.). Used to indicate that something is “cool.” Apparently Shibby was first used in the 1999 movie Dude, Where’s My Car? I don’t think Shibby is THE cool word of the moment,...
Republica Banana
At home we love bananas: the kids take them to school for ‘snack time’, they’re healthy and they look pretty as well! Republica Banana is a pun on the term Banana Republic, which was...
Understory
Lately I feel reluctant to watch the news: The Amazon Forest is burning, Australian forests are burning, palm oil controversy… It really brings tears to my eyes to see all this destruction around me....