Anyone who has worked with any manner of design on a computer has a lot of fonts. Tons of them. Annoying amounts that take f o r e v e r to scroll through. I am one of those people. I am also one of those people that likes Tolkien's books...but not the films. Hence, I like this font.

You can't really use this font if you need to send someone an invoice (although it beats Comic Sans), but it's good for say a going away party. I think I've used it for like 4 years for a screensaver clock.

Hobbiton Brushhand was created by Nancy Lorenz and is available in .ttf format. It, as well as a number of others related to Tolkien can be found on her website here:

Nancy Lorenz - Lothlorien :: Fonts

This is a comedy drama done for BBC Radio 4 in 2002 and was written by Nick Frost (Spaced, Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz...) and comedian Matt King. To quote Wikipedia, since this is some pretty strange stuff:

"Milford (King) and Parker (Frost) get sacked from their jobs in a soft furnishings factory in Crouch End. As they are clearing out their lockers, they fall into the magical world of Gravy. Frost described Gravy as a 'Tolkien-esque world with supermarkets and banks'."

Pretty much everyone from the TV series Spaced is amongst the cast including Julia Deakin, Peter Serafinowicz, Simon Pegg, Kevin Eldon, Daisy Jones, Joseph Marcell and Mark Heap as Marmite the Dwarf. That in itself makes it amusing to listen to.

The series only ran one season, 6 shows of 30 minutes a piece, and would have garnered a second season but Matt King decided to move back to Australia instead.

I'd give you a plot synopsis but it's all over the board, but it does have a lot of Tolkien elements involved. Let it be said if you like the characters from other shows or movies it's worth a listen and is quite funny at times. You can download all 6 episodes from the Zombie Astronaut (who I am greatly indebted to for offering so much great audio over the years). The post is about half way down here:

The Sofa of Time by Nick Frost and Matt King

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