Shantell Sans
Shantell Sans is a new font created by artist Shantell Martin, designed to be playful and accessible. Inspired by her own experiences with dyslexia, Martin aims to empower individuals to engage with words in a fun and professional manner. The font is available for free under an open font license, encouraging widespread use and creativity.
- ▪Shantell Sans mixes various axes for Weight, Italic, Informality, and Bounce to create diverse font styles.
- ▪The font was inspired by Martin's childhood struggles with spelling and her dyslexia.
- ▪Shantell Sans is released under an open font license, making it widely accessible through platforms like Google Fonts.
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The Story of Shantell Sans Shantell Sans mixes variable axes for Weight, Italic, Informality, and Bounce to deliver a wide array of font styles, from friendly, readable, everyday typographic workhorses to striking, high-energy, experimental styles meant especially for animation. This is the story behind its inspiration and creation. Why make a new font? Shantell Martin, Artist Shantell Martin, Photo credit Michelle Mosqueda One of my first relationships with words was back in elementary school. We did spelling tests every week. Since I never passed them, I had to sit in detention. Despite being scared of the spelling tests, I loved words. I wrote and drew a lot. I knew that words helped me to express my feelings and feel better.
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