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The Living End [Lauren Ashpole]

Free fonts made by Brooklyn, NY-based (and before that, Huntington Beach, CA-based) Lauren Ashpole (b. 1982, Corpus Christi, TX): Kremlinology (2012, constructivist), Bikes (2011, bike dingbats), Forgotten Playbill (2011), Sewing Patterns (2010, silhouette dingbats), Sewing Patterns 2 (2012), OrigamiBats (2010), Thirty-Nine Smooth (1997), A T&Love (1998, curly hand), Publicité d'Epoque (dot matrix face), Candy Randy (1998, party font), Horseshoes&Lemonade (1998, 2009: white on black letters), Horseshoes, Paper Hearts (2001), Scooby Doo (1998), Hecubus (1997, hand-printed), Starry Night (1998, 2009), Boo Boo Kitty (1997-1999: textured, for comic books), Scooby Doo (hand-printed), and Southbats (1998, dingbats of heads). Her font 39smooth (1997) can be found here.

In 2011, she went commercial at MyFonts as Lauren Ashpole Foundry, located in Brooklyn, NY. Her fonts there include Starry Night (1998), Sewing Patterns (2010, silhouettes of women), Sewing Patterns 2 (2012), Origami Bats (2010), Horseshoes And Lemonade (1998), Forgotten Playbill (2011), Bikes (2011, dingbats), Paper Hearts (2012, a Valentine's Day font), and Candy Randy (1998).

Typefaces from 2014: Hellmuth (2014, based on the Tuscan writing on the Hellmuth Building) .

Typefaces from 2015: Herbaceous Border (2015, floral caps).

Typefaces from 2016: Bar Book (dingbats), Parallel Lines.

Typefaces from 2017: Sewing Patterns 3.

Typefaces from 2018: Roundabout (a display type with circus font textures), Mistletoe (a color SVG font).

Typefaces from 2019: Thornback (sketched).

Typefaces from 2020: Sacremende (a chunky, slightly messy display font inspired by the retro California aesthetic and, in particular, old surf rock posters).

Typefaces from 2021: Space Time (a starry stackable shadow font). Abstract Fonts link.

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INTERNAL LINKS
Sites with only a few free fonts ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type scene in California ⦿ Handwriting fonts ⦿ Typefaces related to origami ⦿ Type design and constructivism ⦿ Dingbats (original) ⦿ Type scene in Texas ⦿ Type scene in New York ⦿ Bicycle-themed typefaces ⦿ Valentine's Day Fonts ⦿ Floriated initial caps ⦿ Ornamental caps typefaces ⦿ Typefaces for stitching ⦿ Curly typefaces ⦿ Circus fonts ⦿ Textured typefaces ⦿ Multicolor typefaces ⦿ SVG typefaces ⦿ Comic/cartoon fonts ⦿ Sketched typefaces ⦿ Tuscan fonts ⦿