Week 39: Backflip 3
Guess who's back? Back again? Backflip's back! Tell a friend!
Happy Friday y’all!
I am bringing you another version of Backflip. This time in a lighter weight and variable!!
I really struggled to pick what I was going to work on this week. I tried to draw a bunch of options and went through my idea list but none of it clicked. Would we call this type design block? Letter block?? Typer’s block??? I’m not sure but I definitely had it!
It’s during weeks like these that I decide to pull in a 52 Fonts fave — Backflip. Now this is technically the fourth time I’ve brought this back — if you count Backflip Mono. I’m counting this one as 3 because it’s part of the original design. If you recall, I started with caps, then made lowercase, and now I’ve made a light weight! Would it be fun to bring it back for an italic version before 52 Fonts is done?? Probs!
The process for Backflip 3 was pretty straightforward. I made a test word so that I could make adjustments to the weight and my approach before I apply it to the whole character set. After I had the weight correct, it was smooth sailing. I just worked my way down the alphabet!
I hope you enjoy this third version of Backflip! I can see it used in replacement of a clunky slab serif. Maybe it could be used on a poster or a can of your favorite beverage. Have fun regardless! See you next week!
5 Things I’m Into This Week
Type West - Class of 2021 is graduating on February 10th! Come cheer them on!! They’ve all worked so hard and the typefaces that they designed are incredible. Register to attend here!
I’m thinking about attending this workshop through Type@Cooper about designing Diacritics! Check it out here.
I made shredded tofu inspired by this tiktok. It was actually so good!!
This is a knitting rec but I recently got this book written by knitting queen, Brandi Cheyenne Harper! It’s really good if you’re into this sort of thing.
I binged the Sweet Bobby podcast this week and it was so good!
Sincerestly,
Libbie