Stonemaier Games was founded in St. Louis, Missouri by Jamey Stegmaier and Alan Stone. They released Viticulture in 2013, and have subsequently published many more successful games. The Stonemaier smash-hit board game Wingspan won the 2019 Kennerspiel des Jahres award, arguably the most prestigious award in the board game world. Notably, it was game designer Elizabeth Hargrave’s first game.

Wingspan is based on bird watching and ornithology. It is a card-driven game, featuring 170 cards beautifully illustrated with birds like the Atlantic Puffin, Pileated Woodpecker, and American Kestrel, to name a few. The artwork is excellent, with a warm, classic feel reminiscent of old hardcover bird-watching manuals.

The names of the birds have a hand-drawn appearance, and are all uppercase. Below that, the Latin name of each bird appears in Yellow Design Studio’s world-renowned Thirsty Rough font. Names like Dumetella carolinensus and Passerina cyanea rendered in Thirsty Rough have a smooth, flowing appearance that mirrors the similarly smooth and flowing Latin terms. Thirsty Rough’s warm, flowing texture lent itself perfectly to Wingspan’s packaging as well, as it appears on the front of the box crediting Ms. Hargrave and the illustrators.

YouWorkForThem consulted with Stonemaier to make sure Thirsty Rough was licensed to the exact parameters the game’s marketing and sales plan required. YouWorkForThem ensures a seamless, stress-free licensing process so you can focus on your core business or creative work. YouWorkForThem welcomes your inquiries regarding the licensing of fonts, graphic design, or photography.