Performance Wear & Hats
Summer ’17 is right around the corner and CustomInk has the essentials you need to make your season perfect. From new Rawlings performance wear to trendy bucket and military style hats, check out the latest adds to our expansive product catalog! Performance Wear The moisture-management properties of our new Rawlings products are [...]
Font of the Week – Lithos
Lithos was created for the Adobe platform in 1989 by American artist and calligrapher Carol Twombly. Lithos was born of the desire to mimic the geometric lettering seen in the inscriptions of ancient Greek buildings. Twombly didn’t intend to replicate the Greek style exactly, and instead included bold weights, which were never seen [...]
Font of the Week — Blaktur
This House Industries tough guy was created in 2007 by Ken Barber. Both bold and simple, this typeface calls back to the darker Medieval ages. It’s chunky lines can make it tough to decipher, but it also makes it the perfect choice for that heavy metal album art or Octoberfest celebration. Our Font of the Week images are created by [...]
Font of the Week — Courier
Courier was the brainchild of Howard Kettler—Kettler created the typewriter-esque font in 1955 and originally named it “Messenger”. He found this name didn’t truly encompass all he intended, and renamed it “Courier” as he believed, “A letter can be just an ordinary messenger, or it can be the COURIER, [...]
Font of the Week — Gill Sans
Mind the gap! Does Gill Sans look familiar? It’s widely popular for it’s use across all British railways. The iconic font was created by Eric Gill for the Monotype Corporation. Interestingly enough, Gill Sans is considered both modern and classical thanks to it’s perfect blend of classic serif types and Roman [...]
Font of the Week – Frutiger
Swiss typographer Adrian Frutiger was commissioned by the airport in Paris to create new signage for directional purposes. It was important to create a highly legible font for the airport to use, and thus Frutiger was born! Frutiger’s modern yet casual look has made it a favorite for companies like Amtrak, Panda Express, and [...]
Top Swag Picks for Your Business
Deciding which promotional products to put your brand on can prove to be a pretty tough choice. Do you go with tried and true t-shirts, or do you switch it up with a reusable grocery tote or a super tech trendy 4-in-1 charger? At Custom Ink, we know you want the perfect product to not only match your unique brand, but the values of your [...]
Font of the Week – Lucida Bright
Lucida Bright is one of many in the Lucida font family. Designers Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes created the fun and easy to read family in 1993 for uses in a variety of print ranging from magazines to newsletters. The family was aptly named “Lucida” as a reference to the easily understood format and “lucid” [...]