Hi Crew, it’s Mark from Mark Your Pages, and today I wanted to share one of my favorite creative skills with you, creating your own custom fonts to use in your Bullet Journals and Planners. What I love the most about creating fonts is that you can craft it for whatever your needs are. If you need a font to look professional, you can add some serifs to the lines, or make them bold and stand out. Or, if you want to have some fun and create a wild and bubbly font for a custom collections pages you can go all out. I am going to give you some tips on how I created 2 custom fonts that you can also use in your Bullet Journal today - and i’ll have a freebie download practice sheet for you to try out too. After we create these two fonts, I’ll show you how you can use these fonts on your own Bullet Journal pages.

Supplies:

• Bullet Journal 
• Notepad (for practice)
• Pen or Acrylographs

The first font that we are going to create is one that doesnt take any extra skill - I like to call this one Hi-Lo or Big Little. I give it this name because each of the letters we write are going to be two different sizes, one bigger and the next one smaller. This custom font works great for headers and short titles, like ToDo, Tasks, or Days of the week. 

Let’s start with drawing out the Alphabet first to give ourselves some practice. To start, we will draw a large A and then next to that letter, right about in the middle, we are going write the letter B but about half the size. Next, we will draw a big C, the same size as the A, and then E smaller like the B. you will keep alternating this all the way to the of the alphabet. 

What I love about this font is it always changes depending on the word you are writing. Not all the letter A’s will be large, while the E’s will be small. You can practice this on your own with writing your name or the day of the week. Take your time and think about each letter as you write it, keeping the big and little alternating letters. The other thing I like about this font is that is so fun, that even if you make a mistake with two larger or smaller letters next to each other, you can’t really tell. 

Our next font is one that is beset used around halloween or for a more gritty or spooky theme. I call this one Double Line because for every letter we write, we are going to add an extra line. This is another font that is creative and looks more complex than it is. Also, you can be loose with it and let the lines overlap - it just adds more flavor to your page. Also, what is different about this font from the previous is that each letter will be the same.

Let’s start with the letter A. You can start by drawing a normal capital A, and then on the left side, add an extra line. Another option for most letter will be to draw your double line first, and then finish it off. Let’s try that for the letter B.

For hardest letters to figure out for this style are the curved letters like the C’s, G’s, O’s, and S’s. So for those you are going to draw your letter like normal and then add your extra line.

Now that we have practiced these two fonts, it’s time to put it into practice. I am going to create a weekly spread and use the alternating fonts to fill out the sections that I need. So for example, I am going to write in the days of the week in the hi-lo font. For our month header, we are going to use the Double Line font. Because it’s so big, it’s a great choice.

Now that you have seen the fonts in use, it’s time for you to give them a go! Along with the printable with the practice spaces, I also have a video you can check out here to follow along with the letters. Have fun with these fonts and change them up, make them your own, and i’d love to see what you are creating with them. Be sure to tag me @Mark.Your.Pages on Instagram of if you don’t post to social, feel free to email me a photo, hello@markyourpages.com.