Font Love, Vol. XXX: Jacques and Gilles
Friday, April 20, 2012 at 10:57AM Happy Friday everyone! I am so excited for today's post because I have found one of the most lovely fonts to grace my computer screen + be available for download + be reasonably priced. I wasn't even planning on a Font Love post today but this news was too good to pass up and I just had to share it. If anyone is DIY-ing their wedding invitations soon, this font would be a great alternative to paying for custom calligraphy. So let me introduce you to Jacques and Gilles...
Are you impressed? Did your heart skip a beat like mine did?! Jacques and Gilles is the latest from calligraphy pro Emily Conners of Emily Lime Design. Miss Emily is responsible for other personal favorites like Carolyna and Peoni. The curls and swashes are always so romantic and feminine but I love the modern take on hand-lettering with this new one. And like all of Emily's fonts, Jacques and Gilles looks so custom.
Emily describes her new font as having a "split personality." She says, "Jacques’ persona comes to life when typing in all lowercase letters. And Gilles’ when using all uppercase." And then of course you can use them together so there are all kinds of possibilities here. I have already had a little fun with J&G but am looking forward to exploring all the 300+ glyphs this weekend.
And now for the exciting news! Jacques and Gilles will normally be priced at $34 (still well worth it in my opinion) but since it's a new release, you can get it for only $17 until May 7th. Hard to pass up 50% off isn't it?
So have you fallen in love with this font yet? I might sound a bit obsessed but I can't stop staring. I want to write it all over everything. It is my new favorite thing.
If you want to see more font picks, check out the blogs of my other type lovin' friends:
Alexandra ♥ The Aerialist Press
Alison ♥ Alison Owen Design
Anna ♥ And Everything Nice
Jen ♥ Blush Printables
Sofia ♥ Brancoprata
Steph ♥ Bubblerock
Vicki + Barb ♥ Curly Willow DIY
Catherine ♥ Design Editor
Chelsey ♥ Fourth & Folded
Laurel ♥ Go Against the Grain
Jenny ♥ Hank & Hunt
Allie ♥ Honey Bee Invites
Alison ♥ The Knotty Bride
Jenna + Elizabeth ♥ Little Bit Heart
Cécile ♥ My Paper Lounge
Lauren ♥ Palm Papers
Kerry ♥ Super Swoon
Wendy ♥ WesWen Design
Do you have anything fun planned this weekend? My aunt is out visiting so I've been catching up with her and enjoying family time. Just more of that planned for me. I wish you all lovely weekends!
Reader Comments (6)
My new favorite as well! I'm kinda obsessed....
Great post! I love typography and have many font crushes. They are like shoes, you can never have to many. haha! Wonderful blog, I look forward to spending more time here.
Ooh Lauren! Thanks so much for sharing this divine font. I've just bought it! J x
Just bought it as my bday present to myself. :) Gorgeous blog!
wow... i find that your posts are very interesting! thx for shring these amazing ideas!! :)
Hi there. :) I was wondering if you would be willing to make some suggestions as to good pairings with this font? I'd love your input!