[[diggthis]] BrainPicks today is about well crafted Graffiti Fonts. Why they have to be well crafted? Graffiti Style on Fonts is totally different because all of them constitute of individual handwriting style transformed into digital fonts. Their expressiveness is defining local culture and urban lifestyle, yet they are regulated for evenness in typographic settings.
If you think these fonts are useful to your design, please visit the site refers to each font reviewed below. And now have fun with our selection of graffiti fonts.
Vandalism
http://www.fontriver.com/font/vandalism/
This is a graffiti font made in Philadelphia style with distorted characters in proportion, highly condensed and erratic body height.
Author: Julien Saurin (www.sauringadesaude.com)
Detroit Ghetto
http://www.fontriver.com/font/detroit_ghetto/
It gets the style from gestural freedom within the strokes of faces. You can see how the “O” cap stylized with funny smiley tag.
Author: Ronald Jackson
Raslani Undaground
http://www.fontriver.com/font/raslani_undaground_bold/
The graffiti fonts are graphically detailed with arrow shapes in every stroke terminals.
Author: le Raslani
Graffonti
http://www.fontriver.com/font/graffonti/
It is bouncing with a shift in scale, often with larger first or last letters on a tag and each are artistically crafted.
Author: fontvir.us
InK’s ol’ Bitch
http://www.fontriver.com/font/inks_ol_bitch/
This graffiti font has jagged and sharp edges in each character.
Author: Toxic Type
Urban Hookupz
http://www.fontriver.com/font/urban_hookupz_bold/
This could be another example of Philadelphia handstyle, which is look tall and skinny, with rhythmic connecting letters.
Author: Urban Hook-Upz
001 Stretched – Strung
http://www.fontriver.com/font/001_stretched-strung/
Uneven characters and appear hand drawn. Erratic baseline adds up the look as intuitively graffiti font.
Author: Yellowyellow
Amsterdam Graffiti
http://www.fontriver.com/font/amsterdam_graffiti/
It has rounded terminals and erratic height.
Author: Unknown
Graffiti Treat
http://www.dafont.com/graffiti-treat.font?psize=l
An example of sans serif graffiti which are enhanced in bolder weight face.
Author: Larabie Fonts
Da Bomb
http://www.fontriver.com/font/da_bomb/
They are highly condensed in characters, showed uneven baseline and erratic posture.
Author: Future Fonts
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thanks for this!! i have been wanting a grafitti font but hadn’t seen any i could decide on. i found two here thanks to your side by side comparison.
great you liked the post :-)
hello, To whom it may concern….I appreciate you spotlighting the Urban Hook-Upz font.. But I must say That I am from California so I have to correct you by saying it could be a philly style…
thanks Again.. peace and positivity …………………..Urban Hook-Upz
none of these are even slightly close to real graffiti, it all looks like graphic designers attempting to recreate the tags they’ve seen of beginners on the streets..
the first one is the best of the lot but still nothing too special.
Beginners on the streets ? Really, Logik ?
Please, take a look at http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/la-goupil/vandalism-alternate/
Thanks
(and thanks to Sharebrain)
Great article, thx :)
Also some nice graffiti free fonts http://www.fonts2u.com/category.html?id=56