The Shawnee National Forest is located in the Ozark and Shawnee Hills of Southern Illinois and encompasses over 280,000 acres of protected wilderness and vegetation research areas. The Jackson Falls region seen in this poster is well known for its rock climbing and contains approximately 500 named climbing routes, grouped into 60 climbing areas of approximately 50 to 60 feet in height on sandstone bluffs and monoliths.

Ranger Naturalist Font

Check out my new font called Ranger Naturalist—an all-caps typeface inspired by the hand-lettered WPA federal arts project promoting national parks in the late 1930’s. This font adds a modern twist to the nuance and perfect imperfections seen in those iconic prints. Stretch, squish, and squeeze—this font is meant to be adjusted using brute force to fit any space. All the corners and curves are fine tuned to help keep the hand lettered feel even when stretched to nearly 200%, and it contains a reckless number of ligatures to give text a natural look.