SbB Raceday and Raceday Oblique

I’ve finally gotten around to finishing SbB Raceday. It’s a bold display typeface, inspired by some of my modular projects. Available with regular and oblique versions. You can download it for free from the Download Fonts section.

This is my first typeface constructed using Glyphs. (I don’t count SbB Sorts since it’s a symbol font.) I really enjoyed using Glyphs. It’s much easier to use than other software I’ve used and very powerful.

New Flare Preset: Overcast

I still love the Iconfactory’s Flare app for the Mac. I’ve actually gotten to use it on some print projects lately with great results. Sure, with a little effort, I could probably replicate the effect in Photoshop, but Flare’s a lot more fun and pretty much effortless.

I’ve posted a new preset: Overcast. It will make a photo look dramatically overcast by desaturating it and adding a vignette and rough-edged border.

My new favorite technique with Flare is to apply it to art created in Illustrator. Adds a whole bunch of texture and character. The design below is a sample of my new Raceday font. On the left, the JPG exported from Illustrator. On the right, processed by Flare with my Overcast setting. Big difference.

SbB Sorts

SbB Sorts is a symbol font comprised of 66 simple icons. Over the years, I’ve needed many of these symbols for a quick layout or comp and had to take time to draw them. So I made this as a time saver for me, but figured someone else out there might also benefit from it. SbB Sorts includes:

• Social symbols: Simple icons for Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and more. Plus a Like-style thumbs up.
• Random shapes: Locks, triangles, stars, a heart, dice and other potentially useful items.

A quick tip: If you are using a Creative Suite app, your best bet for finding a particular icon is to use the Glyphs Palette. Much faster than randomly typing characters.

You can download SbB Sorts for free in the Download Fonts section.