A. Anderson

This South Carolinian cartoonist made the squarish face Pilgrimage BLT (2010, FontStruct). Aka Sabata. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Aldrena Corder

Located in Colombia, SC, Aldrena made a few nice typographic posters in 2010, illustrating faces such as Rockwell, Optima and Mrs Eaves. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Alphabet Zoo
[Allison B. Williams]

Allison B. Williams (Alphabet Zoo) is Hilton Head Island, SC-based type and graphic designer. In 2010, she made the alphading font Christmas Spirit, and the architectural writing font Handwriting Absolute. In 2011, this was followed by Quick Notation (handprinted). Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Andres Sanchez

Andres Sanchez lives in Greenville, SC, where he does graphic and web design. Behance link. Creator of the circle-themed geometric monoline sans Neometric (2010, free at Dafont), and of a nice Wim Crouwel Lecture poster (2010). Dafont link. Home page. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ashley Ganahl

Anderson, SC-based designer of the roman face Renée (2011). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Ben Truesdale

Designer of the pixel font Bullwark. Based in West Columbia, SC. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Beth Cooper

Beth Cooper (South Carlina) designed the sans face Even Hand (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Brittany McKinnish

Digital and graphic artist in Spartanburg, SC. She clipped the serifs off Georgia, and made Oggie (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Caroline Brewer

Graphic designer in Anderson, SC, who created the octagonal athletic jersey typeface Skyhook (2012). She graduated from Anderson University.

Caroline Brewer Photography link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Caryn Karriker

Graphic design student at Anderson University in South Carolina. At Behance, she presents Chloe (2010) and describes the design process in detail. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Chandler Van De Water

Chandler Van De Water is a designer and front-end developer at NewSpring Church in Anderson, SC. He does freelance design, should a project intrigue him. He also makes fonts. In 2012, he designed the black wood-style typeface Cubano (free at Lost Type). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Christie Tandiono

Student from Atlanta, GA, who made a great Clarendon poster to advertise a talk in February 2010 in Atlanta, GA. She wrote in 2010: I was born and raised in Indonesia, and moved to the Atlanta, GA when I was 18. I attended Georgia Perimeter College for an Associate Degree in Fine Arts. Then I transferred to Savannah College of Arts and Design to study Graphic Design. I am currently a senior in SCAD, and will be graduating in May [2010]. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Daniel Bent

Charleston, SC-based creator (b. 1990) of Spooky Drips (2011, a dripping blood Halloween face). Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

David Paul Bolding

South Carloinian (b. 1984) who created the handprinted font DavidFont (2008). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Doghead Studio
[Jon Jennings]

Doghead Studio is the personal foundry of designer Jon Jennings. Jennings created the free handwriting font Lucidity (2008). Katiki Can (2010) is a wall paint face. Born in Asheboro, NC, in 1984, he lives in Rock Hill, SC, and went commercial in 2010. Dafont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Emily Lime Design
[Emily Conners]

Emily Conners (Emily Lime Design, Greenville, SC) sells her own fonts. These include:

• Logo Sans (2011). This has hairline weights.
• Carolyna (2011, a calligraphic hand). And Carolyna Words (2011, connected script). And still later, Carolyna Pro Black.
• Revel (2011, grungy).
• Emmy (2011) and the outline face Emmy 3D (2011).
• Emily Lime (2011, handwriting) and Emily Lime Frames (2011). There is a teaser called Emily Lime Words (2011).
• Larou (2011) and Larou Words (2011).
• Peoni (2012). A curly hand and accompanying Peoni Patterns.
• Jacques and Gilles (2012). A connected handwriting font.
• Bergamot (2012). A hand-drawn typeface inspired by vintage apothecary labels. Bergamot Ornaments (2012) is free.
• Bombshell Pro (2012) is a connected calligraphic script that includes long connections between letters.

Gage LaGreca

Anderson, SC-based creator (b. 1991) of the Victorian typeface Quest (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Glyphon
[Matt Baird]

Glyphon (Greenville, SC) is the type foundry of American type designer Matt Baird.

In 2012, Matt designed the nibbed typeface Yeti. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Haley Newman

Designer in Anderson, SC, who made Anthro (2012), a slab serif face based on Gotham. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Hannah Leonard

Hannah Leonard (Anderson, SC) designed Classic 44 (2011), a typeface based on a combination of two typefaces. Modern No. 20 and Footlight MT. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Illustrative Type
[Jerry Rose]

Illustrative Type is Jerry Rose from Charleston, SC. His creations can be downloaded. They include Future Sands (2009, a paperclip font). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Insigne Type Design Studio (was: Dooley Type)
[Jeremy Dooley]

Insigne Type Design Studio (est. 2006) is run by Jeremy Dooley, b. Columbia, SC, 1981, who received a masters in graphic design at Savannah College of Art and Design in 2005. He lived in Atlanta, GA, and is now in Knoxville, TN. From 2004-2006, he ran Dooley Type in Greenville, SC. Behance link. Klingspor link. Font squirrel link. MyFonts interview. His fonts:

• 44th President (2009, based on Obama's handwriting).
• Aberlyth (2006). An informal script face.
• Antigen (2007) is futuristic.
• Arendahl (2007) is a connected but irregular handwriting font.
• Avaloc (2006) is an expanded sans.
• The Aviano superfamily. Aviano Slab (2007), Aviano Serif (2008), 2009 Aviano Didone (2009), Aviano Flare (2010), Aviano Sans (2010), Aviano Future (2011), Aviano Contrast (2012). Aviano Titling (2007) is inspired by Trajan.
• Beastias (2006). An informal script face.
• Biortec (2004).
• Biscuit Boodle (2008) is a fun and crazy script from Portland Studios illustrator Justin Gerard. Biscuit Boodle Ornaments (2009, dingbats).
• Blue Goblet (2005) is a Treefrog-style script developed for the pending illustrated childrens book from Portland Studios, The Blue Goblet. It was codesigned by Cory Godbey of Portland Studios and Jeremy Dooley. In 2011, Cory Godbey added Blue Goblet Christmas Ornaments.
• Boncaire Titling (2012) was iInspired by the type elements of 17th century map of Curacao made by Dutch cartographer Gerard Van Keulen.
• Brigette (2007) is an ink-splattered calligraphic script.
• Caridade.
• Carta Marina is a family of medieval map text faces and dingbats (2007).
• Cavole Slab (2011).
• Chatype is a geometric slab serif typeface family designed in 2012 for the city of Chattanooga, TN, by Robbie de Villiers and Jeremy Dooley.
• Chennai and Chennai Rounded (2007) are playful display sans faces. Chennai Slab (2009).
• Cohort (2010, elliptical sans).
• Coupe (2003).
• Dienstag (2008, 8 styles).
• Donnerstag (2010, extended slab serif).
• Eigerdals (2010, rounded sans family).
• Enzia (2009, an elegant sans family).
• Fizgiger (2006). An informal script face.
• Florencia (2007) is a vintage script.
• Foverdis (2010, a calligraphic family that includes a hairline).
• Insigne Abstractions (2007) and Insigne Fleurons (2008) are dingbats.
• Jon Cary (2004, the handwriting of John Kerry).
• Kairengu (2007) is a comic book family.
• Kasuga (2008) and Kasuga Brush (2009) are fresh new scripts with oriental undertones.
• Kidela (2007) is a sassy scrapbook family. Kidela Sketch (2009).
• Le Havre (2008) is a gorgeous 8-style geometric art deco sans with tall ascenders. In 2010, the Le Havre Sketch family was added. Le Havre Rounded (2009).
• Lorelei (2007, Insigne) is a bouncy script family.
• Lourdes (2007) is an informal script.
• Madeleine (2007) is a basic handwriting face.
• Mahalia (2008) is a retro script.
• Majidah and Majidah Potens (2006) are medieval scripts.
• Marintas (2012).
• Massif (2008) is an aggressive sans family.
• Mittwoch (2009, organic serif).
• Montag (2007) is a casual rounded sans family in six styles.
• Mynaruse (2010; +Titling, +Royale) is another roman inscriptional titling family---it is characterized by skinny flared serifs.
• Nanumunga (2007) is a comic book style face.
• Natalya (2007) is a connected calligraphic script. Natalya Monoline (2007). Natalya Swashes (2009, calligraphic).
• Newcomen (2008) is a 4-style roman titling face.
• Obline (2004, sans).
• Olidia (2008) is calligraphic.
• Orewelia (2004, grunge face).
• Pauline Didone (2011, a curly didone family). Pauline (2008) is a monolinear retro script.
• Promethian (2005, futuristic).
• Questal (2007) is a unicase serif face.
• Qurillian (2006, legible sans).
• RendtPhysic (2006).
• Ript Cure (2005).
• Sancoale (2011, an organic sans family, from Thin to Black). Sancoale Narrow (2011). Sancoale Softened (2012).
• Savigny (2011). Images: Savigny Black Extened, Savigny Regular Condensed.
• Serofina (2010, a calligraphic face).
• Savory Paste (2007). Grunge.
• Shrike2003 (2003).
• Sildetas (2010, a high-contrast script face with tear drop terminals).
• The sans family Sommet (2008; see also Sommet Rounded (2008), Sommet Slab, 2010, and Sommet Serif (2011, a wedge serif family)) is futuristic. Sommet Slab Rounded (2011).
• Sovba (2009, upright italic).
• Stefania (2007) has two calligraphic/chancery styles. Its aged version is called Stefania Antique (2008).
• Stratham (2007) is a medium to black family of legible sans faces.
• Terfens (2007) is an informal and quite rounded sans serif with inspiration from chancery scripts like Stefania.
• Valfieris (2006). Valfieris Aged (2007) imitates medieval printing.
• Xalapa (2008) is a grunge family.
• Yevida and Yevida Potens (2006, scripts).
• Youngblood (2008, +Youngblood Antique, 2010) is non-connected.

Catalog of their typefaces. View Jeremy Dooley's font library. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Jean Evans

American designer of Dizzy (1995), Elli (1993) and Rats (1997, with the help of Jill Pichotta) at Font Bureau. These are grunge handwriting fonts, except for the great calligraphic font Elli, originally commissioned in 1989 by the Houghton Library of Harvard University, in honor of Eleanor Garvey, curator emerita of the library's Department of Printing and Graphic Arts. Rats was based on the handwriting of children's book illustrator Scott Nash. Dizzy was made for an artist's book about Dizzy Gillespie. Creative Alliance's font Hatmaker consists of two all caps faces, one of which was inspired by Ben Shahn's hand-constructed alphabet. Jean hails from South Carolina and studied art history at Queens College in Charlotte, NC. FontShop link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Jelene Morris

Professional artist who received her BFA from the University of South Carolina. Creator of Pea Jelene's Doodles. Dafont link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Jennifer Hall

Graphic designer in Greenville, SC. In 2011, she created the Peignotian face Soma, which was derived from Modern No. 20 by cutting off its serifs and removing the ball terminals. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Jessica Hische

Jessica Hische was born in Charleston, SC, in 1984. She is a Brooklyn-based hand-letterer and illustrator, who has worked for clients such as Tiffany&Co., Victoria's Secret, American Express, Target, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Chronicle Books, Random House, and Penguin Books. Blog. She created various calligraphic and hand-lettered scripts such as Valentine Script (2009), Buttermilk (2009, a calligraphic connected script) and New York Times Buzzwords (2009). Creations in 2010: Snowflake, Snowflake ornaments. Typefaces from 2011: Bryan Who (quaint, antique). Fonts made in 2011: Brioche (a dessert menu script face).

MyFonts link. Behance link. She also has a site called Daily Drop Cap Cap, in which she adds a free drop cap every day (but this lasted four days only). Klingspor link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Jessica Qualls

South Carolina-based designer who created the children's book typeface Imagine (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Jivan Davé

Graphic designer in Anderson, SC. In 2010, he created the slab serif face Dino. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Joshua Mayfield

Graphic designer in Greenfield, SC. Behance link.

Creator of Jesper (didone), Durham, and Sinbad (art nouveau) in 2012. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Kaitlyn Daum

Greenville, SC-based creator of the didone face Nuvo (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

KaraKreations (or KaraFontz)

Fonts by "Digital Kara" (b. 1979, lives in South Carolina) at KaraKreations. At Devian Tart, she designed the fonts KFNOCENTERZIT (2000) and KFNoCenterz (2000). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Kenneth Cashman

South-Carolina-based youngster (b. 1989) who made the futuristic display face Busou Shinki (2008). He also uses the names Blitz tactics and Konami. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Kristin Jordan

Student designer At Anderson University in Anderson, SC, who created the exaggerated Peignotian typeface Bokini (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Laura Jones

Graphic design student at Anderson University in Anderson, SC. Behance link.

In 2012, Laura created a high-contrast typeface, Clarisse, about which she writes: Clarisse is a face inspired by House Industries' Neutraface Slab Text and the Mid-Century modern style. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Mad Hatter
[Kelly Johnson]

Kelly Johnson ("Mad Hatter") is the American creator of the handwriting fonts Etched in a Desk (2008) and Leaky Closet (2008) and of Cydonia Sand Scribbles, aka Son't Read My Journal (2008). He also made Banana Spider (2008, stone chiseled look), Juneau (2008, 3d tin can box look), Cymptum (2005, ink run font). Kelly runs Mad Hatter Designs. Another URL. Dafont link.

I do not know if this is the same designer, but this Kelly Johnson is a student at Anderson University who hails from from Greenville, SC. She created Goslon, which is a combination of Hoefler & Frere Jones's Gotham and William Caslon's Caslon. Her blog. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Mike Rogers

American type designer from South Carolina. He created the squarish monoline sans face Franz (2011, +Light, +Heavy). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Noah Taylor

Graphic design student at Anderson University in Anderson, SC. .

Creator of the Egyptian typeface family Valium (2012). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Paul

South Carolina-based designer (b. 1985) of MyspaceArcaneFont, Paul Crazy and Paul Symbols in 2008. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Philip Belger

Designer in Greenville, SC. He created the Peignotian face Contempo (2011). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Pixelspread
[Matt McInerney]

Graphic designer currently working at Pentagram Design in New York. He graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design, and is originally from Western Massachusetts. At the Typesites page, Matt McInerney looks at sites that have great typographic design. He created Raleway (2009, a free hairline sans), New Alphabet (2008), an octagonal font based on Wim Crouwel's New Alphabet, using FontStruct. (For a commercial version of New Alphabet, check Architype New Alphabet (The Foundry). He also made Pentagrid (2009, on a 5x5 grid).

Orbitron (2009) is a great free futuristic sans family published at The League of Movable Type: it is a geometric sans related to both Eurostile and Bank Gothic. Romina Vespasiano made a great specimen poster for Orbitron in 2012.

Allerta (+Stencil) (2010) is an open source typeface designed for use in signage. Allerta was designed to be easily and quickly read from a distance. Each letter exploits the most unique aspects of that individual letter so that each character can be easily distinguished from any other.

Google Directory link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Portland Studios
[Corey Godbey]

New foundry, est. 2005. Corey Godbey (b. 1983, Greenville, SC) codesigned a Treefrog-style script with Jeremy Dooley (of Dooley Type) called Blue Goblet (2005). In 2008, he added Blue Goblet Ornaments, and in 2009, Blue Goblet Florals and Blue Goblet Eblems, and in 2010, Blue Goblet Frames and Vignettes #2. Still with Dooley, he codesigned the informal Blue Goblet Serif family in 2011. Blue Goblet Christmas Ornaments followed in 2011. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Rachel Spoon

South Carolinian graphic designer. Her font Saalto (2011) is based on posters by Saul Bass created for movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock and Otto Preminger. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Sam Wang

Clemson, SC-based designer of Partridge-Thin (1994), the Art Nouveau fonts Sarah Caps, Ambrosia Caps, Greeting, ArgosANouveau, Edda Caps (1993), Isadora and Gismonda, Maidstone Script (shareware), Handsign (1993, sign language font), Harrington, Mira, LampoonBrush, LibbyScript, UncioGothic, Thalia, Arctic, Celtic, FatsoCaps (psychedelic), Inkwell, Arctic2, Columbus, Handwriting, Hokusai, LampoonBrush2, Partridge-ThinOblique, SakiScript (faux oriental), Sumibrush, SycamoreSans. See also here. Alternate URL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Seth J. Walters

South Carolina-based designer of the secret code font Seth (2006). [Google] [More]  ⦿

Shawn Borton

Illustrator in Pennsylvania. He created the strongly geometric face Elegance (2011) and the typeface Velocity (2011). Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Silas Godfrey

Greenville, SC-based designer who created Dr. Dash (2011), while studying at Anderson University. Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Sketchbook B
[Bob Wertz]

Free font outfit by Bob Wertz that started production in 2009, mostly based on FontStruct: Micro 205 (dot matrix face), Scoreboard (athletic lettering), Valdes Poster Sans (2009, a casual handprinted bold sans done in cooperation with Zoo Valdes), Aiken (art deco done at FontStruct), CerealBox (+Fill), Technobabble, Aiken, Transmission (+Bold; FontStruct), Psuedoscript (2010, upright connected angular script), Powergrid (constructivist, FontStruct), Substation (constructivist, FontStruct), Dradis (FontStruct, kitchen tile face), Woodrow (FontStruct, octagonal; +Light), Infield (FontStruct), Grande (fat piano key font, FontStruct), Big Thursday (Wild West face, FontStruct), Dingbots and Monsters (pixel dingbat face, FontStruct), Foxtrot Sierra (maritime flags), Cerealbox (+Fill).

He writes about himself: Bob Wertz is a graphic designer and art director living in Columbia, SC. In addition to working as designer, Bob has been an adjunct professor at the University of South Carolina. He was a founding member of the AIGA South Carolina board, serving as vice president for two years and then as president for two years. He also made some fonts with iFontMaker in 2010: SketchPad, LilyPad. Fonstructions in 2011 include Dingbots and Monsters XL. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Stephen Pisano

Anderson, SC-based designer of Stark, a fashionable high-contrast typeface created in 2012 for The New Wall Street. [Google] [More]  ⦿

T. J. Breil

Designer in Greenville, SC, who created the shadow headline face Carson Sans (2012). TJ studies graphic design at Bob Jones University. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Taylor Cash

Spartanburg, SC-based creator of Seagram (2012), a high-contrast fashion serif typeface that is based on the Seagram building in Manhattan, and was inspirewd by Didot and Archer Hairline.

Behance link. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Timothy Speaker

Timothy Speaker was born and raised in Saginaw, Michigan. Tim received a Bachelor of Science degree in English Literature and Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He teaches graphic and type design at Anderson University in Anderson, SC. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Type Minds
[Tucker Myers]

Foundry of Tucker Myers in Spartanburg, SC, est. 2010. Creator of Piano Keybuild (2010) and Cell (2010, octagonal and futuristic). He also made Piano Keybuild (2011, piano key dingbat face) and Hydragyrum (2011, a squarish almost techno sans family). [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿

Typecaste

Foundry in Charleston, SC. Creators of Nika (2011), a high-contrast wedge serif face. [Google] [MyFonts] [More]  ⦿