In the realm of the command line, where black and white and monospaced fonts reign, the software group Charm is breathing new life into the terminal. Their mission is to make the command line glamorous and if their website is any testament to what they can bring to your CLI, they are succeeding.

Christian Rocha is the designer behind Charm’s website and uses Anchor as the primary display face. It is whimsical without being silly, and plump enough to support subtle gradients laid on top. Anchor also makes a home for hypnotic animations of … glowing? chroming? disco? Whatever it is, it’s fantastic. Pay a visit to Charm's website to see the animations in action.

Larsseit takes up the role of straight man and handles the body copy and secondary headlines. Code and some other snippets are rendered in JetBrains Mono. The unusual and charming Gabriello is used for Charm's logo.

Byte Bars is a brand of delish snacks from Denver, Colorado. The identity conceived by Cast Iron Design is based on mouth and tongue illustrations, a vibrant color palette, and the Cheee typeface by James Edmondson. Cast Iron Design writes:

Competing in a saturated snack bar market, we developed a strategy for Byte Bars that subverts stereotypical “crunchy granola” aesthetics. Cheee by Oh no Type Co. was used for all of the brand’s wordmarks and featured prominently on the packaging—lending the brand a youthful irreverence. Hobeaux—also created by James T. Edmondson—was used as a display face to support the brands’ illustrative logos. Anchor by Process Type fits right in with its round letterforms. The condensed nature of Anchor also helped with the challenges of designing a small package.

Representing a cross-generational, free-spirited vibe, the shapes of the type and icons are influenced by the groovy 1960s and the vivid color palette is drawn from the electric poppiness of the 80s and early 90s.

See additional images in their case study.

Editor’s note: This post was first published in September 2018, showing preliminary designs. It was greatly revised with additional info and images of the implemented brand in January 2020.

Road Grays is a new independent print magazine about baseball, focused on the human stories behind the game. We aim to publish a fresh magazine twice a year.

We’ll be telling original nonfiction stories from the world of baseball — from the sandlot to the majors, from the game’s early history to the present day. There are plenty of other places to turn for the latest news on stars, stats, and up-to-the-minute analysis. Instead, we focus on the human stories behind the game, what it means to us as fans, and how it intersects with society and culture. – Roadgraysmag.com

The nameplate is set in DJR's Roslindale Condensed. The typographic palette is meant to provide a subtle, almost subliminal reference to American print from the era of the game’s early heyday — while staying far away from the faux-vintage pastiche common to baseball-related design. Throughout the magazine, Anchor and Damien Display are used for headlines, paired with Malabar and Aspen for all other typography.

André Mora is master of making more than two typefaces work together. In this example we can see one of the first uses of Ben Kiel’s Worthe Numerals from House Industries, along with some of André’s beloved Process Type Foundry typefaces.

Bryant Compressed works well as a legible text companion to the ultra narrow Anchor.