Fonts to Help the Homeless

Good things often spring from the union of commerce, art, and charity, as these “fonts with a purpose” illustrate. The Arrels Foundation for the homeless has partnered with the Cyranos McCann agency and a handful of homeless people to create Homelessfonts. The handwriting of these people living on the streets of Barcelona—used to adorn their cardboard signs—has been turned into professional fonts for sale. The project is intended to bring awareness to the homeless issue in Europe, as well as give the homeless creators a source of pride and dignity.

The Homelessfonts.com website features ten people whose writing has been (or is in the process of being) expertly converted to digital fonts. Each typeface—named for its creator—is also accompanied by the creator’s photo and their backstory, as well as examples of the typeface in use. The Homelessfonts typefaces range in price from 19€ (personal license) to 290€ (commercial license), with the funds going to the Arrels Foundation to further aid their efforts to end homelessness. The fonts may be a little on the expensive side, but remember you’re not just getting a new font, you’re giving back as well.

Erica Gamet has been involved in the graphics industry for over 35 years. She is a speaker, writer, trainer, and content creator focusing on Adobe InDesign, Apple Keynote, and varied production topics. She is a regular presenter at CreativePro Week, regular contributor to CreativePro Magazine, and has spoken at Canada’s ebookcraft, Adobe MAX, and Making Design in Oslo, Norway. Find Erica online at the CreativePro YouTube channel, CreativeLive.com and through her own YouTube channel. When she isn’t at her computer she’s probably daydreaming about travel or living in a Nordic noir landscape.

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