Blenny Typeface

I originally thought that Blenny was from the ‘70’s with its rounded shoulders and smiley eye’s. It was introduced into Dalton Maag’s font library in 2014. What a throwback! The ligatures are done in such a way that allows for adorable letter combinations. Spike Spondike, the font creator, made a Thai script version of Blenny that has some fun glyphs to play around with too.

Weight: Black

Width: Regular

Contrast: High – Display

Font type: Sans Serif

A quote on a dark blue and orange background from Dalton Maag, design studio, on Blenny: This fabulously curvaceous, fat face display font was conceptualized by Dalton Maag font developer, Spike Spondike and introduced to our library in 2014. Soft, voluptuous curves and a retro feel make it suitable for branding, bold headlines, or product labels.

Blenny is mostly used as a display font. It’s unique and easily jumps off the page in a sea of sans serifs that, if you squint, kinda look the same. Don’t tell my typography teacher I just said that. Every typeface is unique, but some are just more so, you know?

I was doom scrolling one night and this ad screamed “BLENNY!” at me and made me stop. I know Blenny well, I used it in a menu project (see below), and it is easily one of my top ten typefaces.

A Instagram image ad for cINeDIGENOUS Summer Film Series by SIFF and Nia Tero in Seattle. — This film series is in Seattle which is funny because I’m in Canada. The border isn’t open to me yet. Oh well! Looks neat.

A Drinks menu on a grey background. The menu front says "Cheeky Frites Drinks Menu". A smiling potato is sitting in a martini glass on the front. The menu is dark blue and orange.

When I saw the e’s, I immediately wanted to make them smile. The word ‘cheeky’ works perfectly for that. The ‘y’ and ‘I’ connect and viola, a late night ‘70’s inspired poutinerie was born. Check out the rest of the menus here.

Blenny makes having fun with typeface easy.

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