Nudge

Version
0.6
Released
2021
Styles
54
TrialFonts.otf
Specimen.pdf

With an X-Acto blade, a basic memory of Helvetica Condensed, half a Letraset sheet for Avant Garde Medium Condensed, and 15 minutes, you might create Nudge. That's not how I designed Nudge, but it might be how you would. It’s based on a dog defecation sign composed of hand cut vinyl letters which I saw at Silver Lake Reservoir in LA. The letters on the sign stood out for having uncharacteristically narrow n’s, and nearly closed apertures. Nudge is in that vein. The contrast is low, the tapers are hardly visible. The rules feel a little broken, I’m not keeping track of which.

Read about Nudge’s design process
License on Future Fonts
Mini Thunderstorm
Outflanked Circus
Schoolhouse Rob
Average Delphiniums
Paramilitary Jouster
Naturalistic Eardrop
Recordbreaking Clank
Toadstool Philosopher
Unpoetic Nondrinkers
Yellow Acknowledgment
Frothy Disappointments
Straightforwardly Whelp
Neural Hawaii
Encyclopedia
Fanatic Sizzle
Weird Graphic
Habitual Bean
Schoolmaster
Cheap Haircare
Salesgirl Kisses
Godless Goons
Gawky Marriage
Edging Disparity
Airport Baklavas
It’s April 1984, your first day working at the copy shop on 76th Street. This real 2nd person talkin’ ass named D.J. Mel is demanding a 90 minute turn around on 3500 B/W fliers for “D.J. Mel’s uptown disco gig” happening tonight. No sweat. You fire up the Xerox 2400, feed in his messy paste-up and—pop, clang, beep, error. Ugh, MC Jammer! With an X-Acto blade, a basic memory of Helvetica, 15 minutes, half a Letraset sheet for Avant Garde Medium Condensed, you Nudge.