Fourth & Folded

FONT FRIDAY :: Alexy

Chelsey — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:19:47 +0000

Featured Font : Alexy

Alexy is a fun font by designer Azelea Rodgers. She says ‘Alexy is a hand-drawing of a twisted ribbon resembling a limited set of characters. Its unusual design makes it great as a headliner or it can be used for any ribbon awareness projects.’ I think this font could be cleverly incorporated into a number of holiday designs, and its on SALE for $6!

As you may have assumed I have a thing for fonts. They come in all shapes and sizes with elaborate swashes and elegant details. The right font can easily make or break a design. Every Friday, I’ll share some of my favorites and recent purchases here, hoping to inspire a typography addiction in everyone.

For additional font inspiration check out these lovely ladies:

I try to keep my font sheet updated with recent purchases, but if you see a font you love on here and would like to incorporate it into your designs just let me know!

FONT FRIDAY :: Magnel

Chelsey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:17:42 +0000

Featured Font : Magnel

Magnel is chalk full of swashes, ligatures and other alternates (my favorite kind of font!) and features big bold letters – it would be great for statement names, signage and other attention grabbing headlines.

This is the work of Eimantas Paškonis and is available at Myfonts.com for only $20!

For additional font inspiration check out these lovely ladies:

I try to keep my font sheet updated with recent purchases, but if you see a font you love on here and would like to incorporate it into your designs just let me know!

FONT FRIDAY :: Sketch Script

Chelsey — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:04:04 +0000

Featured Font : Sketch Script

Oh how I cannot resist a script font! This one comes from UK based designer Ursula Hitz and is a steal at the sale price of $12.60! The designer notes that it is a ‘Shabby-chic calligraphic script based on hand-drawn characters.’

For additional font inspiration check out these lovely ladies:

I try to keep my font sheet updated with recent purchases, but if you see a font you love on here and would like to incorporate it into your designs just let me know!

FONT FRIDAY :: Baronessa

Chelsey — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:04:43 +0000

Featured Font : Baronessa

I know I’ve missed a few Font Friday posts in the past weeks, due to both the busy holiday season and a bunch of work-related deadlines – but I’m BACK!

This week I found a delightful font called Baronessa by Juraj Chrastina. I love the name (mostly because I have glamorous idea of what a Baroness is based on Baroness Schräder from the Sound of Music, love that movie). I also have a soft spot for all-caps fonts from years of architectural training.

From the author, “Baronessa is a handmade font with a “once-upon-a-time” world feeling, warm and friendly but not excessively childish. No swashes or ornaments, subtle irregularity and carefully chosen letter shapes make it sweet and funny but not crazy.” Not surprisingly, I realized I had also fallen for another font from Juraj Chrastina – Ambassador, previously.

For additional font inspiration check out these lovely ladies:

I try to keep my font sheet updated with recent purchases, but if you see a font you love on here and would like to incorporate it into your designs just let me know!

Merry Christmas!

Chelsey — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:04:22 +0000

We are off enjoying time with our families and look forward to returning after the new year. 2012 promises to be full of LOTS of exciting changes and we can’t wait to share!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Chelsey — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:04:15 +0000

I know I have much to be thankful for this year, one of which is having had such fantastic clients to work with - Have a great holiday everyone!

Recent Work :: Branding for Graham Terhune Photography

Chelsey — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:43:56 +0000

I recently helped Graham of Graham Terhune Photography to update his branding, complete with new business cards. Graham already had a strong design concept that he felt worked well for his business, the bow-tie, how fun! I was immediately smitten with the Southernness of it all.

This is what we started with :

We went through a few design options and ultimately settled on a minimal design that focused on his name, and a sister design for the business card layout.

He opted for a deliciously thick 220#, 100% Cotton Lettra letterpress business cards. We kept the design fairly minimal, because trust me – the thickness of the paper really speaks for itself! Although letterpress is a bit more of an investment than digital printing, the impact is well worth it. I don’t have the ability (or the patience!) to print letterpress items in house, so I asked one of the talented #fontfriday ladies to print these for me. Alexandra from the Aerialist Press did an amazing job, and I cannot wait to work with her again in the future.

We also printed the same design digitally, on a 110# cotton paper for ‘everyday cards’.

Thank you Graham, for allowing me to work with you on your new branding, it was a pleasure!

Photos by Graham Terhune Photography

FONT FRIDAY :: Skunkling

Chelsey — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:04:25 +0000

Featured Font : Skunkling

Today’s Font Friday is extra awesome, if I do say so myself. Our featured font is called Skunkling and not only do you get a chance to WIN the font for FREE, there are also free printables you can download from each of the #fontfriday girls featuring this darling font.

There are going to be 3 winners, and here’s what you have to do:

1. Visit Design Editor, the host of our contest.

2. Comment on her blog post letting us know HOW you’d use Skunkling.

3. Tweet the following: “Just entered a #fontfriday #giveaway @DesignEditr, hosted by @jasonmarkjones, the creator of #skunkling and the @FontFriday crew”

But WAIT, there’s MORE…..

I told you there were free downloads! Make sure you visit each #FONTFRIDAY blog for a set of free printables!!!

I was channeling the upcoming holiday season when I made mine and decided to make some gift tags! Simply trim around the dotted lines and punch a hole using a small hole punch at the top. You can download the high resolution file HERE.

A bit about the font -

Skunkling was originally created by Jason Mark Jones for a Design-Sponge contest. From the designer : “It was inspired by a real-life encounter between a spraying skunk and a defenseless designer. Skunkling is carefully designed to be playful and even awkward. Unique letter forms and ligatures allow the letters to fit snugly together. The two “weights” can be used individually or they have the unique capability to be overlaid to create a two-color font.”

There is both a Inline and Fill version to the font, and together the set will only cost you $19 if you aren’t one of the lucky winners! It can be purchased here.

For additional font inspiration check out these lovely ladies:

I try to keep my font sheet updated with recent purchases, but if you see a font you love on here and would like to incorporate it into your designs just let me know!

FONT FRIDAY :: Berimbau

Chelsey — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:04:16 +0000

Font Crush : Berimbau

Berimbau is a whimsical and narrow, hand-drawn typeface from Pintassilgo Prints. Not only is this font loaded with Ornaments, it also features FOUR variations for each letter. (4!)

The full character set –

Contextual Alternates Anyone?

Berimbau is 20% off (as an introductory offer only!), which means it is under $30 for the entire family. I’ll probably be picking up this little gem this weekend before the introductory offer expires, and you can purchase it HERE.

For additional font inspiration check out these lovely ladies:

I try to keep my font sheet updated with recent purchases, but if you see a font you love on here and would like to incorporate it into your designs just let me know!

A Baby Shower for Jen!

Chelsey — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:04:06 +0000

One of my Font Friday friends, Jen from Blush Printables, is due with her first baby any day now! She is having a little girl and the Font Friday girls and I thought it would be fun to throw her a little shower.

I pulled together this little 5×7 print for Chloe’s nursury. The font I used is Alexandria FLF by Casady & Greene and as a little bonus to you, it’s FREE!

Download High Resolution File Here

Jen, we are wishing you a safe & speedy delivery and a happy & healthy baby girl! Your next shower stop is Jenny at http://hankandhunt.com. Enjoy!

Hopefully you arrived here via our little blog crawl, and have already visited the fine Font Friday ladies below, but if not – check out their contributions to the shower by clicking on the following links :

Anna at http://andeverythingniceblog.com

Alexandra at http://theaerialistpress.com/Blog/

Wendy at http://weswendesign.com/blog

Kerry at http://superswoon.com

Laurel at http://gatgblog.com

Elizabeth & Jenna at http://littlebitheart.com

Steph at http://bubblerock.co.nz/

Catherine at http://designeditor.typepad.com

And if you also have a daughter named Chloe, feel free to download and use the file (for personal use only of course).