Today I'm talking to you about Psychpath Note, the font that I created specifically for lettering work for Panini.

The job for which I created this font is "Dear Detective" or Caro Detective in Italian.

The comic book consists of many beautiful panels by Lee Bermejo, interspersed and united by a long love letter that hides an enigma to be solved.
The original lettering (which is a work of art in itself) is by Jared Fletcher.

In the transposition I found myself looking for a font that simulated handwriting but without finding anything that came close to the original. After a few attempts with stuff found online (all original) I decided that to try to do a good job and pay the right homage to everything I would have to create the font myself.

I therefore created this Psychopath Note, with many glyphs, and many alternative ones to be able to get closer to the imperfection of a handwritten letter while having a font that can be used with all the advantages (kerning, dimensions, spacing, formatting) of the case compared to handwriting.

You can find it here.​​​​​​​

Below, on the left you see the original lettering by Jared Fletcher, and on the right my version for the Italian translation.

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