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16 Custom Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
Get ready—it’s time to celebrate mom! The one day a year dedicated to showing your mom just how much you love her is right around the corner. To help make this year extra special, we’ve rounded up some great Mother’s Day ideas that are fun, won’t break the bank, and are sure to be appreciated by Mom from both kids and dads alike. [...]
Font of the Week – Lithos
Lithos was created for the Adobe platform in 1989 by American artist and calligrapher Carol Twombly. Lithos was born of the desire to mimic the geometric lettering seen in the inscriptions of ancient Greek buildings. Twombly didn’t intend to replicate the Greek style exactly, and instead included bold weights, which were never seen [...]
Font of the Week — Blaktur
This House Industries tough guy was created in 2007 by Ken Barber. Both bold and simple, this typeface calls back to the darker Medieval ages. It’s chunky lines can make it tough to decipher, but it also makes it the perfect choice for that heavy metal album art or Octoberfest celebration. Our Font of the Week images are created by [...]
Ink of the Week Winners
“Preparing Mentally & Physically Before Tourney Begins” and “Play Like Winners – Look Like Winners” are the winners of this week’s Ink of the Week contest! The women’s golf team at Sam Houston State University created custom t-shirts to be worn during their “travel day.” A stop on the [...]
Font of the Week — Courier
Courier was the brainchild of Howard Kettler—Kettler created the typewriter-esque font in 1955 and originally named it “Messenger”. He found this name didn’t truly encompass all he intended, and renamed it “Courier” as he believed, “A letter can be just an ordinary messenger, or it can be the COURIER, [...]
Ink of the Week Winners
“AUKC Dancing At A Philadelphia 76ers Game” and “Home Meet Shirts” are the winners of this week’s Ink of the Week contest! Arcadia University’s dance club, Knight Club, took a group of their most passionate and enthusiastic dancers to the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, to dance during a Philadelphia [...]
Typographer of the Month – Ben Kiel
At CustomInk we love custom designs, and a lot of times that includes fonts! What you might not know is that fonts, or typefaces, are created by typographers and are an art form in their own right. We’ve chosen some of our favorite fonts to feature here on our blog. To help you understand them a little bit better, we’re doing [...]
Font of the Week — Gill Sans
Mind the gap! Does Gill Sans look familiar? It’s widely popular for it’s use across all British railways. The iconic font was created by Eric Gill for the Monotype Corporation. Interestingly enough, Gill Sans is considered both modern and classical thanks to it’s perfect blend of classic serif types and Roman [...]