La Femme Font

Working on another font. This one is all women, doing all sorts of things. We haven't thought of a name yet. There might be a contest, with a chance to win free fonts (from Outside the Line) if you can think of a good name for this font.

Rae says she likes them because they are simple yet tell a story. I like that because there is always a story in my head about each drawing. The woman at the top is Italian or maybe Ava Gardner. She is sexy and independent and she likes to buy flowers for herself and her home. I wanted a European feel, that's why the price is in Euros.

For this one, I looked at paintings of women reading. There are a lot of them over the centuries -- reading is an abiding pleasure. A lot of illustration that I do has a 40s feel to it. That is the decade where I feel most at home in fashion, style, furniture, movies . . . The woman is totally absorbed in her magazine, lazing in the sun but what I really had in my head was the lounge chair. It's definitely from the forties, with that solid oak, well made, folds up easily to be carried under the arm and back up to the house for cocktails.