While some terms and actions get trendy, some font designs do it too. It wouldn't be insane to combine these worlds, in reality it occurs often.
Selfie is a connected sans serif based in classic signage scripts seen in Galerías of Buenos Aires. These locations are, in general, extremely small shopping centres which pedestrians in some cases use as faster ways to get to other parts of the city.
Their dark corridors take you back in time, and all of an abrupt you are surrounded by cassettes, piercings, and old fashioned cloth. For some reason, all these shops use monolined geometric scripts. Undoubtedly, neon strings are much easier to control when letterforms have basic shapes.
My very first aim with Selfie was to make a typeface that would function as a business to those self-shot photos that have actually become so popular nowadays.
However, the font style turned into something more intriguing: I realised it had sufficient potential to stand-alone.
Selfie shows that geometry itself can be really attractive. In this font style, beauty is not accomplished with the already-known contrast between thicks and thins of calligraphy, however with the purity of form.
Its curves were based in perfectly formed circles which made the font simple to be used at different angles (some posters show it at a 24.7 º angle) without having problems/deformities.
In addition to its nice performance when used over pictures, the typeface can be a good option for packaging and wedding event invitations.
TIPS
Adding some lights/shadows between letters will for sure catch the eye of the viewer: Words will appear they were made with tape/strings; so fashionable nowadays.
Try utilizing Selfie at a 24.7 º angle so that the slanted strokes end up being completely vertical.
Having the decorative ligatures function (dlig) activated is an excellent option to see letters dance.
TECHNICAL
It is definitely recommended to use this font style with the standard ligatures feature (liga) triggered. It makes letters ligate completely and also improves the area in between words.
Font Family:
· Selfie Light
· Selfie
· Selfie Black
· Selfie Printed
· Selfie Flags
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