dear rae, love dad siting!

I am never more delighted than when I see one of my fonts used really well. Here are Ellen and Lenny and Dear Rae, Love Dad!

Designed by Nancy Warnecke, who can be found at hello@moonlitink.com.

Finally! "Dear Rae, Love Dad" is done!

This is my favorite font! And I have made quite a few of them. "Dear Rae, Love Dad" is a modern calligraphy font drawn by hand, using ink, and a folded nib dip pen on rough watercolour paper.

Best used in Open Type apps, it has automatically changing alternates. To use the open type features you will need an open type friendly application like InDesign or Illustrator where you can access the glyphs palette. But I have tried my best to make the font work nicely even if you don't use those apps.

It is upright, dramatic, and personal.

It is named Dear "Rae, Love Dad" because who wouldn't like to get a letter signed, "Love Dad"?

A BIG thank you to Dathan who answered my Glyph software questions.

And to Laurie who added the "Love Dad" to the "Dear Rae".

To buy this this fab new font, it can be found on myfonts at 30% off. 

Sneak Peek at what is next... "Dear Rae, Love Mom"

new font, dickybird doodles!

This illustration font has 32 dickybirds. Birds in a cage, on a wire, in a nest. A flamingo, toucan, sandpiper, cardinal, penguin, heron, chicken & rooster, hummingbird, swan. Some line, some reverse and one with polka dots.

For a very limited time this new font is $21. This price is only available on this site. http://outside-the-line.com/shop/dickybird-doodles/

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penmanship, calligraphy & lettering

This weekend I had serious fun attending Crystal Kluge's modern penmanship class in St. Paul. You can see her fonts here. I also enjoyed the rare chance to talk shop with another type designer!

This is Crystal's lettering. Oh how I love those flourishes.

And here are my hen scratchings. But in my defense I didn't take the class to be a bad version of Crystal but a better version of myself.

I learned a lot. Very beginning things like how to hold the pen and not to go so fast. I was easily the worst in class. Everyone else put their nib in their holder and started doing beautiful calligraphy. But then it was a talented bunch.

I got to do a lot of thinking in class and ponder a possible 4 new alphabet fonts. I would really like to make a font that looks like my new logo. I used a folded nib to get the above lettering.

A really great class for both beginners and professionals alike. And as you can see from the first photo she has another class coming up in March. If you are in the area I think you would enjoy it.

Since this was a lettering kind of weekend my friend Laurie, who I look the class with, gave me this oh-so beautiful real sable brush pen for my birthday. So now I have another tool that I don't know how to use. But it makes me happy just to hold it. This is a Kuretake Japanese pen.

(Thanks again Laurie! For the fun, drinks and the PEN!)

nautical doodles & christmas

 

September font specials! The new Nautical Doodles and Christmas fonts, 50% off. Yes... it is time to think Christmas. All those holiday invitations, cards and newsletters are just around the corner. Yes they are.

mighty deals and outside the line...

If you don't know about Mighty Deals you should. Amazing deals for web and graphic designers. You can sign up and get the daily deal emails.

Outside the Line has a big deal on Mighty Deals. Oodles of doodles at a fab price. For less than the price of one font you get 6. Yup, you read that right. Short time and ONLY on the Mighty Deals site. Check it out here.

new! flourishes & ornaments

  New! Flourishes & Ornaments... 50 hand-drawn fresh, contemporary flourishes and ornaments that work with all the Outside the Line alphabet and doodle fonts. Add a bit of pretty adornment to cards, invitations and gift tags.

new! kitchen doodles!

 

Julia Child said, "I didn't start cooking until I was 32: up until then I just ate".  Whether you cook or eat, design menus or recipe cards or cookbooks this set of 30 fresh Kitchen Doodles makes the job easier. Baking, cooking, mixing, chopping, grating, this little font has it all.

And Kitchen Doodles is 50% off for a limited time!

Bon Appétit!

march giveaway! And to sweeten the pot a little share this post from my Outside the Line Facebook page to win a 10 pack of  Alphabet postcards and a 10 pack of birthday cards. Total value is $40. Go here to share. You must share from my Outside the Line page, not my blog or personal Facebook page. This giveaway is limited to the USA only.

If you don't win and you want some cards you can visit my etsy store. Link on the right.