Sideshow
The Designers Foundry · Drew Melton
A single-weight display face by letterer Drew Melton, drawn from historic sign painting traditions around Los Angeles.
About
Designed by Drew Melton, a Los Angeles-based graphic designer and letterer with clients including Nike and Penguin Books, it draws directly from vernacular sign painting references across the city. A Stylistic Set offers alternate letterforms, and the glyph set of 172 characters covers a broad range of Latin-based languages. Best suited to branding, packaging and editorial work where a hand-lettered Americana quality is wanted.
Classification
Inspired directly by historic sign painting traditions around Los Angeles, Sideshow is a display typeface with vernacular lettering roots rather than any conventional type classification.