Swell Type

Building on decades of experience as a designer of fonts for comic books, video games, TV shows and movies, John Roshell's Swell Type takes inspiration from the real-world signs and scenery of California, presenting fun, friendly, functional fonts inspired by everything from the Gold Rush and fruit-crate labels to surf and skateboard culture, Silicon Valley, aerospace industry and entertainment biz -- all with the lively energy and fun for which his creations for the comic lettering studio Comicraft are known and loved.