Have you ever been typing up a formal document and thought, “You know what would give this resumé a bit of pizzazz? Kurt Cobain’s handwriting”? Well, it’s no longer just a pipe dream, with a new project allowing you to download and write in the style of your favourite musicians.
As Pitchfork reports, a new project called Songwriters Fonts now allows you to download a font made to look as though your favourite musicians were doing the writing for you.
“Write songs as the ones who inspired you before,” the project’s website states. “The Songwriters fonts have been created to give musicians inspiration. Writing lyrics with the handwriting of influential songwriters helps imagination to develop.”
“Being in the mood of Bowie, Cobain, Cohen, Gainsbourg, Lennon, might be purely imaginative… but that’s precisely the point.”
Constructed by using handwritten journals and notes, the project allows you to download fonts that mimic the handwriting of Kurt Cobain, David Bowie, John Lennon, Leonard Cohen, and Serge Gainsbourg, for free.
Of course, the more enterprising individuals among us may now try their hand at faking some supposedly “handwritten” lyrics of these greats so that they can try and scam some unsuspecting music collectors, but we please ask that you refrain from doing so.
The only question that remains now though is what could make this project better? Maybe we could bring in the fanciful handwriting of George Harrison, the rushed scribble of Michael Jackson, or the neat lettering of Paul McCartney? Or, if we’re looking for an Aussie addition, how about the iconic scrawl of Paul Dempsey, whose handwriting has become as beloved as his band, Something For Kate?
Whatever you choose to do with these new fonts, we hope it turns out to be something as inspired and creative as the artists’ whose handwriting you’re now working with.
Check out Kurt Cobain and Nirvana playing a David Bowie-written classic:
