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Open Window [Dathan Boardman]

Dathan Boardman (Open Window) is an American type designer who lives in Eau Claire, WI, and was born in 1979. He went to UW Stout to get his BFA in Graphic Design.

Fontspace link. Klingspor link. Fontsquirrel link. Google Plus link.

His typefaces:

• Afternoon Tea (2010), an art deco typeface that is inspired by a lettering specimen featured in Letters and Lettering by Paul Carlyle and Guy Oring published in 1938.
• Art Club (2013) and Art Club Roman (2014).
• Backlash (2015, Molly Jacques Erickson and Dathan Boardman). The next step in gonzo splatter lettering scripts.
• Baseline Script (2013). A thin-lined upright script.
• Caesar Dressing Pro (2011). A Greek simulation / stone chisel face.
• Calla Script (2017). By Molly Jacques and Dathan Boardman.
• Calligraffitti (2010). Free at Google Fonts.
• Clarendon Paint (2010).
• College Dropout (2010): a sketch typeface based on athletic lettering glyphs.
• Coming Soon and Calligraffiti (2010): free fonts at the Google Font Directory. The Pro versions are commercial.
• Cowboy Stories (2013).
• Deco and Deco Hatched (2010): art deco headline typefaces.
• Distinction (2020). A script released by Great Lakes Lettering.
• Doriss Girls (2013). A marquee typeface family.
• Farm Girl (2011). A hand-printed face.
• Gold Diggin (2011) hearkens back to posters from the Gold Rush Era.
• Grannys Greenhouse (2019). A beatnik font by David Cohen and Dathan Boardman).
• Hand of Joy (2011) is a thin connected script face.
• Headbanger (2012). A heavy metal album cover font.
• Jacky Hand. Based on the handwriting of a 6-year old child.
• Liquor Store (2019).
• Metal Mania (2012). A spurred heavy metal band font, free at Google Web Fonts.
• Miniver Pro (2011) and Miniver Air Raid Pro (2012) are based on the titling for the 1942 movie Mrs. Miniver.
• Pen Swan (2016).
• Raindrop (2017). A flirty handcrafted typeface family for editorial illustration.
• Rifleman (2012) is a painted wide-slabbed typeface.
• Shag Script (2011). Was this renamed Shrag Script?
• Sketchura (2011) is a sketch face.
• Skyline Hotel (2014).
• Some Assembly (2012). A rounded organic sans family.
• Spur Rust (2011) is a disheveled take on the spicy classic Hellenic Wide.
• Undercoat (2011). A painted version of Helvetica.
• Velvet Hammer (2014). A calligraphic script co-designed with Jen Maton.
• Wide Noise (2010) is grungy.

Great Lakes Lettering in Eau Claire, WI, showcases the type designs of Dathan Boardman and Molly Jacques Erickson. They jointly designed the illustrative handwriting font Frosted in 2012. In 2013, they co-designed the hand-drawn typefaces Saint Agnes and Icing, and the script typeface Kailey (2013).

View Dathan Boardman's typefaces. Dafont link. Creative Market link.

EXTERNAL LINKS
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Creative Market page
Klingspor Museum page
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INTERNAL LINKS
Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Art deco typefaces ⦿ Type scene in Wisconsin ⦿ Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Sketched typefaces ⦿ Athletic lettering faces ⦿ Sketched typefaces ⦿ Sites with only a few free fonts ⦿ Athletic lettering faces ⦿ Handwriting fonts ⦿ Movie fonts ⦿ Stone age fonts ⦿ Greek simulation fonts ⦿ Western fonts ⦿ Children's handwriting fonts ⦿ Clarendon ⦿ Calligraphic typefaces ⦿ Beatnik types ⦿ Chiseled fonts ⦿