Font Aid V has arrived. Sadly every time there is a Font Aid event, this usually means that something fairly devastating has happened. In this case the catalyst for Font Aid V has been the recent and terrible events in Japan.

In times of a Font Aid appeal, The Society of Typographic Aficionados organizes charitable designers to contribute to a themed font. Previous Font Aids have included typefaces comprised entirely of ampersands and another consisting of only fleurons. The latest Font Aid, called Made For Japan, is a face consisting of glyphs representing their designers interpretations of Japan.

Flush Left has submitted 2 glyphs, 1 of which i have included the sketches for below. The initial sketches were completed on the iPad, using an application called Penultimate – very natty tool for making visual notes, sketches etc. The glyphs were then created in Illustrator and are currently under consideration for inclusion. As soon as I hear back about them, I will post them here. In the meantime, you will need to be happy with the Penultimate iPad sketches of Glyph 1 below.

I would urge anyone with the talent to do so, to enter your glyph ideas into this worthy cause. I have had a sneak peak and there are some really good things coming along! Further details of submission can be found on the SOTA website. Be warned though, the deadline for submissions is Friday 25th March, so you will need to get your design skates on!

You can also follow SOTA on Twitter (@typesociety).

The Flush Left glyphs can now be seen here.