Project 02 · Typography · Free font

Mosquito Typeface

Creating the Mosquito font, inspired by pixação.

Client: Personal project
Year: 2019
Role: Typeface design
Services: Font design
Lettering
Posters and specimens
Tools: Adobe Illustrator
Fontself Maker
Links: Download the font
Behance

The word BAZAR in neon green, set in Mosquito over a black and white photo of wooden crates.

Concept

Mosquito comes from street lettering. The name brings together two ideas, the pixo (tag) and the insect: both noticeable, yet everywhere and unavoidable.

The word MOSQUITO in white, in tall, angular letters, on a black background. — The name, in the font itself.

Specimens

The phrase EXISTE AMOR EM SP in white, set in Mosquito over a black and white aerial view of São Paulo buildings. — Existe amor em SP (There is love in SP).

BR monogram with five stars, in white, on a yellow background. — BR monogram.

Open magazine: on the left page, a portrait with blue paint and text; on the right, the words UM BOM LUGAR in Mosquito over a dark aerial photo of a favela. — Editorial application.

Black and white collage of building facades covered in pixação. — Facades with pixação.

Tall, narrow Mosquito letters in white, flanking a black and white photo of a street with graffiti. — Tall letters flanking a graffitied street.

Try the font

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EXISTE AMOR EM SP

The font has letters only. Numbers and punctuation show up in another font. Uppercase and lowercase share the same design.

Specs

Family: Mosquito Regular
Version: 1.002
Format: OpenType (.otf), 17 KB
Coverage: Letters A to Z. Uppercase and lowercase share the same design
Limits: No numbers and no punctuation. Accented letters use the base letter design, without the accent
License: Free for personal and commercial use
Tools: Adobe Illustrator and Fontself Maker

License and download

Mosquito is free for personal and commercial use. If you use it in a project, I'd be happy to see the images.

Free fontDownload Mosquito (.otf)OpenType · 17 KB · personal and commercial use

Reception

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