Nick Shinn

For those who like to layer. PHIZ by @shinntype shinntype.com/phiz-2

EARLIE UP THYSELF. Typeset in our new (free) font Auld English Spell✨️ Read by Nick Shinn - also the type designer🧙🏻‍♂️ AuldEnglish.com #OldEnglish #RevivalFont #FreeFont #Shinntype #auldEnglish

THE THREE MODERNS There's a surfeit of meaning in individual words (most have many definitions) and "#modern" is no exception. But put a few words together for context, and that helps clarify things.

This is one of my favourite mugs. Acquired at a #thrift store in Ontario Font: DAIR by #NickShinn @shinntype Check-out my Essay 'The truth about Dair' here: shinntype.com/the-truth-abou… #thrifted #mug #potterymug #type #typedesign #font #fonts #typography #Dair #Cartier #CarlDair

REINVENTING THE PAST - Focusing on the sea-change that occurred in the look of language around 1800, the Auld English fonts simulate the experience of reading prior to that great disruption, by diverse means. ➡️FREE download AuldEnglish.com shinntype.com/reinventing-th… (blog)

🌸Pink day on Broadway with @karey.ca; can't wait to see what you transform these pants into for @funwithd0lls!

BACKWORDS✨️This typeface finds new uses for an old technology (contextual alternates, c.2000) transporting the reader backwards in⌛️ Try it out + #FreeFont: AuldEnglish.com #timetravel #font #revivalfont #opentype #longS #glyphs #letterpress #oldenglish #oldworldcharm

FORTY-ONE INSULTS Read by Nick Shinn, set in his new & ancient typeface #AuldEnglish ✨️Try it out and cast your spell🪄 + free font download at AuldEnglish.com #TypographicRoast #HistoricInsults #GraphicDesignHumor #newfont #freefont #revival #diss #insults #timewarp

Jolly good distress. 🪄The Auld English font brings the cracked charm of 17th-century print to life. 📜 #Free → AuldEnglish.com #TypographicDesign #FontRelease #OldEnglishStyle #GraphicDesign #DarkAcademia #DesignTwitter

3 Things You Must Know About Auld English: 🕰️ It’s not just a font—it’s a time portal. ✨ A font that feeleth like the past—and worketh in the now. 📜 Designed by Nick Shinn @shinntype 🖋️ Download it FREE. 🪄Cast thy words. AuldEnglish.com #newfont #freefont #font

A VERY BAD FONT Auld English and Auld English Spell (Free) are very bad founts indeed. Find out why and all about the magic of Nick's latest work at AuldEnglish.com #oldEnglish #AuldEnglish #NewFont #FreeFont #FreeFonts

"Thou art not ready. The Auld English Spell hath been unleashed. Modern words. Bewitched by history. 🪄 Witness the font that transfigures thine tongue. Now speaketh like a bard—or be roasted like a knave." ✨A #font revival 400 years in the making. FREE AuldEnglish.com

✨️The remarkable new ‘Auld English Spell’ fonts by Nick Shinn @shinntype are here now! FREE at: AuldEnglish.com Photo credit: 'Edward Pierce' by Isaac Fuller (circa 17th century) - Yale Center for British Art, Wikimedia Commons. #DesignHistory #EarlyModernEnglish

Did you catch my latest #FontLife blog Essay?! WORKING THE COLLECTION #Rembrandt’s etchings, as a body of work, inspired the catalogue raisonné shinntype.com/working_the_co…

There are many utensils in my kitchen, but no grapefruit knife.

PANOPTICA by @shinntype 👾 shinntype.com/panoptica-2/ #font #fontfont #typedesign #fontfoundry #canadianbusiness #graphicdesign #letterstyle #nickshinn #small business #familybusiness #fun #animation #funwithfonts

🌸Daily coffee walk with @karey.ca @funwithd0lls - Here we are on the @mochaberrycoffee patio ☕️☀️

WEDGE ISSUE✍️ Calligraphy and Def-shinn-ition by Nick #politics #canpoli #canada

Exclusive @_1_sisters hoodie; featuring Shinntype in their logo design of course 🔥 Thank you @richnines ✨️ 1sisters.bandcamp.com

Favourite Mug & PHIZ by @shinntype shinntype.com/phiz-2/ #font #fontfont #type #typeface #graphicdesign #bubbles #fontfoundry #canadianbusiness