David Bowie, Kurt Cobain, John Lennon Handwriting Turned Into Fonts
Apr 11, 2018 | 12:21 PM
You might not be able to write songs like David Bowie but least you can write it down like David Bowie!
A French graphic arts team has developed Songwriters Fonts, typefaces based on notable rock stars so fans can have the “opportunity to experiment with using the handwriting of some of the world’s most treasured songwriters”. The New York-based designers spent a month creating the five typefaces, which they developed using “original handwritten letters and notes” scribed by the musicians.
Available now in the collection are Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, and Serge Gainsbourg. The designers plan to expand the typeface series, which available for free on their website, to include other musicians, including The Notorious B.I.G. and Janis Joplin.
“The first thing was to find as many handwritten documents as we can to find the while alphabet for each of them. It was a time-consuming work but we’re so grateful to have finally found the missing letters after hours of investigation,” they said.Each symbol was then reproduced digitally using a font software. “The most difficult ones to work on were Leonard Cohen and Serge Gainsbourg, because it took time to shape every letter so that they can link to each other,” explained the designers.Here’s the Leonard Cohen font:
What is one of your favorite lyrics from these songwriters?