Nick Shinn

The official Twitter of ShinnType. Tweets from the life & mind of font designer Nick Shinn. #Antiquarian #PostModern #Vegan

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For those who like to layer.
PHIZ by @shinntype

https://t.co/w9ahvi6vIQ

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EARLIE UP THYSELF.

Typeset in our new (free) font Auld English Spell✨️
Read by Nick Shinn - also the type designer🧙🏻‍♂️

https://t.co/9oBdxON4VB

#OldEnglish #RevivalFont #FreeFont #Shinntype #auldEnglish

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THE THREE MODERNS
There's a surfeit of meaning in individual words (most have many definitions) and "#modern" is no exception. But put a few words together for context, and that helps clarify things.

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This is one of my favourite mugs.

Acquired at a #thrift store in Ontario
Font: DAIR by #NickShinn @shinntype

Check-out my Essay 'The truth about Dair' here:
https://t.co/dzOK4fKicb

#thrifted #mug #potterymug #type #typedesign #font #fonts #typography #Dair #Cartier #CarlDair

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REINVENTING THE PAST - Focusing on the sea-change that occurred in the look of language around 1800, the Auld English fonts simulate the experience of reading prior to that great disruption, by diverse means.

➡️FREE download https://t.co/udacaDhxmw
https://t.co/sOGfqtgwXz (blog)

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🌸Pink day on Broadway with @karey.ca; can't wait to see what you transform these pants into for @funwithd0lls!

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BACKWORDS✨️This typeface finds new uses for an old technology (contextual alternates, c.2000) transporting the reader backwards in⌛️

Try it out + #FreeFont: https://t.co/9oBdxON4VB

#timetravel #font #revivalfont #opentype #longS #glyphs #letterpress #oldenglish #oldworldcharm

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FORTY-ONE INSULTS
Read by Nick Shinn, set in his new & ancient typeface #AuldEnglish

✨️Try it out and cast your spell🪄 + free font download at https://t.co/9oBdxON4VB

#TypographicRoast #HistoricInsults #GraphicDesignHumor
#newfont #freefont #revival #diss #insults #timewarp

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Jolly good distress.
🪄The Auld English font brings the cracked charm of 17th-century print to life.

📜 #Free → https://t.co/udacaDhxmw

#TypographicDesign #FontRelease #OldEnglishStyle #GraphicDesign #DarkAcademia #DesignTwitter

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3 Things You Must Know About Auld English:

🕰️ It’s not just a font—it’s a time portal.
✨ A font that feeleth like the past—and worketh in the now.

📜 Designed by Nick Shinn @shinntype
🖋️ Download it FREE. 🪄Cast thy words.

https://t.co/9oBdxON4VB

#newfont #freefont #font

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A VERY BAD FONT

Auld English and Auld English Spell (Free) are very bad founts indeed.

Find out why and all about the magic of Nick's latest work at https://t.co/9oBdxON4VB

#oldEnglish #AuldEnglish #NewFont #FreeFont #FreeFonts

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"Thou art not ready. The Auld English Spell hath been unleashed.
Modern words. Bewitched by history. 🪄 Witness the font that transfigures thine tongue. Now speaketh like a bard—or be roasted like a knave."
✨A #font revival 400 years in the making.

FREE https://t.co/9oBdxON4VB

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✨️The remarkable new ‘Auld English Spell’ fonts by Nick Shinn @shinntype are here now! FREE at: https://t.co/9oBdxON4VB

Photo credit: 'Edward Pierce' by Isaac Fuller (circa 17th century) - Yale Center for British Art, Wikimedia Commons.

#DesignHistory #EarlyModernEnglish

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Did you catch my latest #FontLife blog Essay?!

WORKING THE COLLECTION
#Rembrandt’s etchings, as a body of work, inspired the catalogue raisonné

https://t.co/GsFxGx7xEx

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There are many utensils in my kitchen, but no grapefruit knife.

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PANOPTICA by @shinntype 👾

https://t.co/DiCoSzBS9O

#font #fontfont #typedesign #fontfoundry #canadianbusiness #graphicdesign #letterstyle #nickshinn #small business #familybusiness #fun #animation #funwithfonts

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🌸Daily coffee walk with @karey.ca @funwithd0lls - Here we are on the @mochaberrycoffee patio ☕️☀️

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WEDGE ISSUE✍️ Calligraphy and Def-shinn-ition by Nick

#politics #canpoli #canada

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Exclusive @_1_sisters hoodie; featuring Shinntype in their logo design of course 🔥 Thank you @richnines ✨️

https://t.co/f9tSEPCdbi

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Favourite Mug & PHIZ by @shinntype

https://t.co/Xr2kT29mch
#font #fontfont #type #typeface #graphicdesign #bubbles #fontfoundry #canadianbusiness