The Archer font is Baveuse (2000), which you can download for free from 1001 Fonts or dafont.com.
When I launched Baveuse on June 13, 2000, I had no idea it would become one of my most popular typefaces. I was aiming for a casual headline font with a playful character, drawing inspiration from that 1990s vector-style take on 1960s UPA cartoons. To create Baveuse, I started with my Zekton font and moved the corners around to add a bit of silliness. I also released it with a 3D version that had an outline and drop shadow, which was pretty popular at the time. It was initially released with a free commercial use desktop license. The name “Baveuse” comes from French, meaning “a female person who drools.” It’s a bit of a personal throwback—when I was a kid, our family would get together and sing Quebecois folk songs, and this term was in one of the lines. I thought it was a fitting name for such a silly font. Baveuse became an overnight hit. It seemed to catch on to a particular look that was popular at the time, and it’s stuck around as a perennial favorite. It’s been interesting to see how it’s even gained some nostalgia value over the years. In the initial version, I included variations in the capital and lowercase positions. This allowed savvy designers to create a jumbled effect that looked more varied. Later, I added an OpenType feature to automatically shuffle these variations, creating a more random, natural look without the designer having to do the work manually. It’s been fascinating to see how widely used Baveuse has become. I still spot it all over the place, which is always a thrill. I think it came out at just the right time, hitting that sweet spot between playful and professional that a lot of designers were looking for. In April 2024, I decided to place Baveuse into the public domain. It felt right to let this font, which has brought so much joy and utility to designers over the years, be freely available for anyone to use or modify.
