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Font of the week: Valley Train

American Tattoo tradition Meets Steel Rail

Valley Train merges classic railyard sign painting with traditional American tattoo lettering. Built with bold strokes and steady rhythm, it carries the feel of something made to move: reliable, visible, and built to endure. It’s lettering that travels, connecting ideas the way rails connect land.

There’s a sense of weight and movement behind every character. Inspired by the markings that pass through plains, deserts, mountains, and cities, Valley Train balances function with style. It’s equally at home on signage, apparel, or bold graphic work. It’s designed to hold its form wherever it lands.

Font of the week: Valley Train

American Tattoo tradition Meets Steel Rail

Valley Train merges classic railyard sign painting with traditional American tattoo lettering. Built with bold strokes and steady rhythm, it carries the feel of something made to move—reliable, visible, and built to endure. It’s lettering that travels, connecting ideas the way rails connect land.

There’s a sense of weight and movement behind every character. Inspired by the markings that pass through plains, deserts, mountains, and cities, Valley Train balances function with style. It’s equally at home on signage, apparel, or bold graphic work—designed to hold its form wherever it lands.

“Zero” in custom maximalist Blackletter. Each piece is a new chance to take things too far — how far can we push it without falling over the edge?

Writing “Sanguinary” in custom Blackletter style

Font of the week: Schwabacher Black

Schwabacher Black deepens the historic German script into a heavy, uncompromising gothic font. With dramatic angles and thick forms, it channels centuries of tradition into letters that strike with authority. Perfect for gothic lettering projects, logos, or tattoo script with a historical core.

Font of the week #67. Each week I share a different font made by hand over the past 7 years. Having done lettering for decades, the initial goal of this was cataloguing and creating my own font library. Ranging from blackletter calligraphy to graffiti inspired and experimental, each set is a unique and deeply meaningful piece of the collection. So far I’ve created nearly 100 fonts and self-published a font book called “Atmospheric Blackletter”.

Font of the week: Schwabacher Black

Schwabacher Black deepens the historic German script into a heavy, uncompromising gothic font. With dramatic angles and thick forms, it channels centuries of tradition into letters that strike with authority. Perfect for gothic lettering projects, logos, or tattoo script with a historical core.

Font of the week #67. Each week I share a different font made by hand over the past 7 years. Having done lettering for decades, the initial goal of this was cataloguing and creating my own font library. Ranging from blackletter calligraphy to graffiti inspired and experimental, each set is a unique and deeply meaningful piece of the collection. So far I’ve created nearly 100 fonts and self-published a font book called “Atmospheric Blackletter”.

Writing pangram in custom lettering

Blue and Gold Botanical Spray paint mural on garage door. Painted by Just Zero / Justified Ink 2024

Here’s a quick look at a collection of my recent work. I got a good response in here last time to my process video.

Check these out. I’ll be posting more process videos from this set.

Thanks for checking this out 🤘🔥

Font of the week: Grand Rotunda

Grand Rotunda revives the elegant, rounded forms of southern European rotunda script. A softer take on gothic lettering, its wide bowls and curved strokes balance beauty with legibility.

Font of the week: Grand Rotunda

Grand Rotunda revives the elegant, rounded forms of southern European rotunda script. A softer take on gothic lettering, its wide bowls and curved strokes balance beauty with legibility.

Font of the week: Rattus Bastarda

Rattus Bastarda takes the wild energy of bastarda gothic lettering and sharpens it into a font with grit and bite. Uneven, restless, and full of character much like the plague, it thrives in tattoo lettering, underground zines, or experimental gothic type layouts. A script for those who prefer their fonts untamed.

Font of the week: Rattus Bastarda

Rattus Bastarda takes the wild energy of bastarda gothic lettering and sharpens it into a font with grit and bite. Uneven, restless, and full of character much like the plague, it thrives in tattoo lettering, underground zines, or experimental gothic type layouts. A script for those who prefer their fonts untamed.

Abstract Brutalist Environment Series: Envo6 | Ft. Fleur De La Paix Custom Lettering Font

Ghost Wolf Mural Details and Focus | Elko NV | Just Zero 2023

Writing “Balance” in custom gothic script | Copic Chisel Marker

“JUST” in gold marker on a gold styled globe

“JUST” 3 Styles with Sharpie | I don’t piece a lot but here’s some more recent work since I began to get serious about my approach. Texture and illustration was always my favorite part but now my work is a lot more balanced.