FontDiscovery 🖼️ 119: Written by Hand
Hi Everyone 👋
Hope you are having a fantastic week so far? How was your weekend?
Since we have launched Typogram, the last few days have been filled with lots of engineering work. The good news is, I'm headed to China to see my family this week. It's been so long since I have traveled anywhere, I'm excited for the trip, seeing my family and sharing traveling pictures with all of you. Stay tuned!
Meanwhile, enjoy this post from our archive soon a fantastic font inspired by handwritten letters, Autour One.
In This Issue…
Font of the Week: Autour One
Design idea: Models of Ambition
Color Inspiration: Oregon Maples
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Font of the Week
About Autour One
One of my favorite fonts right now, Autour One is an excellent display font inspired by handwritten letters found on the poster art of Ludwig Hohlwein, a pioneer of the Sachplakat poster style. Sachplatkat was a popular poster style that originated in Berlin in the 1900s. Usually, Sachplatkat-style posters featured a single central object in the posters’ compositions, with large text placed across in bold letterforms.
Autour One is inspired by the simplicity and bold, graphic nature of the letters found on Hohlwein’s Sachplakat posters.
Font Details
Round stroke cap with round feel
Display font
Handwritten fee with friendly quirks
One weight only
How to Use Autour One for Logos?
Autour One has a warm and friendly tone. This comes from its handwritten feel and round shape created by the letterforms and stroke caps. Its strokes are thick enough to remain clear and readable in small sizes. It is perfect for a logo looking to appear friendly.
How to Use Autour One for Marketing and Branding?
Autour One’s warm and friendly tones make it perfect for marketing graphics. Because of its friendly tone, it may not be appropriate for content looking for serious and objective. Though only having one weight, Autour One can be paired with sans serif like Space Grotesque.
Design Idea of the Week
Models of Ambition
I have always thought of myself as an ambitious person but never thought of different types and models of ambitions until I read this theory by the computer scientist Cal Newport.
Color Inspiration of the Week
Oregon Maples
This week, enjoy colors from Portland, Oregon.
Bordeaux #3D0A05 | Coral #CE3324 | Contessa #C1826F| Cloudy Gray #D9DEE1
Typography Jargon Buster!
Sans Serif
Sans means “without.” Sans Serifs do not have serifs extending at the end of strokes. Sans Serifs were invented long after Serifs. In 1816, William Caslon IV created the first official sans serif typeface, Caslon, for commercial use. Though Caslon didn’t become popular right away, Sans Serif boomed in popularity decades later. Sans Serifs are also further broken down into smaller style categories: Grotesque, Neo Grotesque, Humanist, and Geometric.
Want more typography jargon buster? Check out this post!
Creative Prompt
Create something with Autour One.
Thank you
…for reading and hanging out here this week! Autour One is available here.
That's a cool font! Love red maple leaves. (Canadian, eh!) Have a great week, Hua!