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Tip of the Month

For March 2002

An almost monthly feature to help you get more out of your fonts and dingbats

Spice it up

Here is a practical project you can do with your P22 script fonts.

I had collected spice jars for a while to store spices I had bought in bulk. Eventually some spices would look like other spices, or I would just forget what the spice was. So I needed labels.
Make your spice jars unique and interesting using P22 artists hand lettering.


I wanted to make the labels look as interesting as the jars, so I turned to my P22 script fonts. The fonts added character to the jars so that they could be proudly displayed in my kitchen. I even chose different scrips for each jar to give the illusion that they were made at different times by different people. The script and hand-drawn looking fonts give an interesting and antique character to the final jars.

It was easy to do. All you have to do is get some jars. You could buy fancy jars with corks from a boutique shop rather inexpensively. But you could also use small empty baby food, spice, olive, condiment or peanut butter jars with the lids painted or covered.Then you can layout the label with the spice name on it in any drawing or page layout application on your computer:

-First measure the approximate space you have to work with on your jar.
-Next draw out a box, circle or oval in your drawing or layout application.
-Next you can add a border to the shape you just made.
-Then you put the name of the spice in that shape.
-Choose a font you like.
-Print out the labels you have made on Full Sheet Label stock.
-Then cut them out and stick them on the jars.

That's it. Now you have some nice looking spice jars that will add to the
character of your kitchen's decor.

Rosemary jar using P22 Cezanne.

Brown Mustard Seed jar using P22 Dwiggins (top) and P22 Dearist Script

Cinnamon Stick jar using the P22 Parrish Hand font.

Whole Cloves jar using P22 Dwiggins Uncial.

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