Design Marshall

Sketch Block is based on a clever concept – not new, but smartly executed. It is basically a bold slab serif (or block serif, hence the name), hatched with a marker or ballpoint pen. Its effect resembles the mockups that art directors used to make to simulate display type: by hand-sketching the type exactly the way they wanted it set. As Sketch Block closely follows the shapes of the most famous and streetwise slab serif of all, Rockwell, it is a natural display companion to that font family. It works well as a standalone solution too, and the Light version is surprisingly readable at small sizes.