A Wavy Font Inspired by 1970s Surf Culture
Island Life is a font inspired by the loose, wavy style of type associated with 1970s surf culture. Often found on lo-fi surf movie posters, t-shirts and decals, it’s an aesthetic that promotes a laid-back, summer loving style.
With a zen “be like water” approach, this font has no straight edges. Behaving like letters inside a Lava Lamp, each individual character blends into a harmonious whole; perfect for groovy titles, logos and headers.
The Island Life font features unique uppercase and lowercase characters, along with numerals, punctuation and language support, symbols and lots of custom ligatures for a truly hand-made look. All ligatures function automatically and can be turned on/off using the opentype features built into your software of choice.
It’s the perfect font for the summer season and works great across posters, logos, t-shirts, menus and more. I recommend first laying out your text and then experimenting with warp, wave and bulge effects for some excellent results. Check out the visuals to see it in action. Enjoy!
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Countless customers have contacted me over the years, totally confused by industry standards in font licensing, baffled by its terminology and legal requirements. Frankly, I don’t blame them. When you just want to buy a font, decoding the rights and wrongs of Desktop, Web, ePub and App licences feels like an unnecessary hurdle. Add to that the number of users (or seats) you might need, plus the fortune-telling required to know how successful a project might be, something that should be fun becomes a stress.
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MARKETPLACE: Individual Font Licenses and Subscriptions
MyFonts is the industry leading marketplace for digital typefaces. It offers subscription and one-off purchases, along with the ability to buy individual font styles and Desktop, Web, ePub and App licenses.
Envato Elements is a subscription service giving access to graphics, templates, photos, videos, music and fonts under a monthly fee. Once your subscription ends, you can only continue using assets in projects completed during active membership.
YouWorkForThem is a curated marketplace offering assets like graphics, photos, and fonts, with one-time licenses and a designer-first ethos. It’s praised for its easy licensing, and commitment to supporting independent designers.
Fontspring is a leading font marketplace known for its flexible licensing and support for independent foundries. It offers tools like the Matcherator for font identification and is now part of the Creative Market family.
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