INK. PAPER. CHAOS.
Fountain pens, ink, paper, journalling, desk tools, and the details that make them worth using.
WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?
Desktop Nerd is a Melbourne stationery and design project built around fountain pens, ink, paper, journalling, analogue tools, and the small details that make them worth using.
It is part stationery log, part testing space, part reference point, and part excuse to think a bit too hard about pens, ink, paper, and the systems people build around them.
Useful Bits
Fonts, printable tools, templates, and other useful bits worth making properly.
Free where possible, always made with actual use in mind.
BRAIN DUMP
DN-FNT-001
A free handwritten display font for rough headings, notebook labels, zines, printables, and ideas that do not need to be too tidy.
Includes Regular and Italic OpenType files, specimen and mockup images, plus a README.
Free for personal use.
INKED FILTH
DN-FNT-003
A rough-edged display font built from real hand-stamped letters, uneven ink, and analogue imperfections.
Includes alternate characters, numerals, punctuation, extra glyphs, preview images, and a personal-use licence.
A$7
THE LONGER VERSION
Product thoughts, ink notes, notebook opinions, creative process, and stationery arguments that needed more room than an Instagram caption.
Latest on Instagram
Recent posts and reels from @desktop_nerd: ink tests, notebook updates, product notes, and current stationery in use.
Desktop Nerd started on Instagram, but some things need more room than a caption and more shelf life than a reel. So the useful stuff now has somewhere slower to live.