Beth Ellen - Google Fonts

About

Beth Ellen™ font is a joyful handwritten font created by Rob Jelinski (Art Direction & Design) and Alyson Fraser Diaz (Typography & Functionality) in 2018. The typeface was crafted after the penmanship of Rob's mom, Beth Ellen Jelinski who passed away from cancer on March 5th, 2017.

Upon it's formal release Jelinski stated, “The purpose of this typeface is to give, so it is totally free to use for personal or commercial projects under the SIL Open Font License. My single request is that you help the legacy of Beth Ellen live on by sending a short note to someone you love each time the font is used. Tell them you love them, encourage them to be their best, or send them a scripture. This is the way Beth Ellen lived her life, writing notes to share love and faith.”

To contribute, see github.com/googlefonts/BethEllen

Designers

Rob Jelinski

Alyson Fraser Diaz

When you have some text, how can you choose a typeface? Many people—professional designers included—go through an app’s font menu until we find one we like. But the aim of this Google Fonts Knowledge module is to show that there are many considerations that can improve our type choices. By setting some useful constraints to aid our type selection, we can also develop a critical eye for analyzing type along the way.