Fonts, families and faces

Our buddy Larry Yudelson forwarded this link to TypeManiac Headquarters.

Vesper Hebrew is a handsome new Hebrew font in five weights from the Mota Italic foundry, run by Rob Keller. It joins the Vesper Latin fonts; companion Devanagari fonts are in development.

Vesper Hebrew – The Design | Mota Italic.

Arrels Foundation, which works with nearly half of Barcelona’s homeless population, and advertising agency The Cyranos McCann have released five fonts made from the handwriting of homeless people. All money raised from the project goes to the Arrels Foundation, trying to help them achieve independence by offering accommodation, food and healthcare. You can purchase the fonts through homelessfonts.org.

The homeless people’s handwritten signs that are being turned into fonts.

Cecil Adams (the world’s smartest man) was recently asked by David Powell of Columbus, Ohio:

Do fonts matter? That is, do they affect a reader’s perception of written material? I’m asking not so much about the extremes (e.g., a large font for headlines), but more about the emotional or psychological impact of the font’s design.

Be sure to read Cecil’s answer here: The Straight Dope: Do fonts make any difference?.

Thanks to House Industries, you can now get fonts based on the work of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. Of course, you’d have to be d’un certain âge to remember Rat Fink magazine, but no matter. Check out the fonts and be transported to the bygone era of Kustom Kulture.

Thanks to our typebuddy Larry Yuidelson for pointing out the new 9-font family of Ismar David’s “David” Hebrew font. (Note: many moons ago, the Typemaniac handled some of the production for Gates of the Seasons, which David illustrated.)

David Hadash: Definitive Version of David Hebrew Released by Monotype | Typophile.