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Author Harald Geisler

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Harald Geisler is a typographer based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. His projects range from font design, book and app publishing to still life flower prints and calendars. His recent projects are a typeface that renders Sigmund Freud’s Handwriting and a continuing series of Typographic Wall Calendars on Kickstarter made of used keyboard keys. Geisler’s projects have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, the Huffington Post, Fast Company and many more.

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Hands On The Sigmund Freud Typeface: Making A Font For Your Shrink

Creating a typeface in a day is possible, but it takes months or even years to finish all of the glyphs and for testing and production. When one writes by hand, every letter is a little different. In this article Harald Geisler would like to share a hands-on overview of his creation process of creating a handwriting font inspired by the Sigmund Freud typeface. Handwritten text shows a personal side of its author, one that contrasts with the standardized look of digital communication. This contrast is perhaps what makes handwriting fonts so popular. Harald hopes you find this to be a helpful introduction to creating handwriting fonts. Read more…