Killam started life on garden labels, according to Stephen Nixon’s own note, and you can see why. The slabs are short and slightly wedged, the stems swell a little toward the top, and the lowercase has the warmth of a pen drawn letter while staying sturdy enough to read on a small tag. The preview sets the name in white over a lilac background framed by pink and white cosmos flowers.
The free file is one style, Killam Bold, as a TTF. It works best a little above text size, on a jar label, a book cover or a seed packet, where the calligraphic shapes have room to show. Nixon released it under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which lets you use it for anything, including paid work, as long as you do not sell the font on its own.
Best uses for Killam
- Garden and plant labels
- Book covers
- Stationery
- Jam and honey jar labels
- Café chalkboard style signs
Font pairings
Set body text in a calm serif such as Lora or a humanist sans such as Source Sans 3.
Licence & credit
Killam is free for personal and commercial use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. You may not sell the font file by itself. Killam is designed by Stephen Nixon.
Killam Slab Serif Font
License: Personal Use Only!
Font Type: Free
Format: TTF
Total Files: 1
