Archive for the ‘Fonts’ Category
Items accomplished in June: 2 Total items accomplished: 23/101 Percentage complete: 22.7% Items Completed in June: 11. Get fontosaurus.com up and going and bringing in income. 16. Get all my fonts back on the web and available for download/purchase. Holy crap! The website is finally back up and running. I’ve started loading up the fonts [...]
My one big wish for the Mac App Store right now is that it would support the sale of fonts. I’m sure you can guess why — I’ve got a mountain of them that I’ve developed, sitting on my hard drive, as I write this, and I’ve generally been unhappy with the various distribution methods [...]
Project: This one kills two birds with one stone. As part of my 101 Things in 1001 Days, I am supposed to design three new fonts. Additionally, I need it for a custom MTB frame I’m working on. More on that in a bit. The first iteration — call it a rough rough draft — [...]
It’s always important to look back at your work as an artist to see where you’ve come from. It gives a certain gauge, I think, of your progression and growth in a particular medium. Recently, I undertook an operation to completely organize all of the Fontosaurus legacy files. During that process, I had the opportunity [...]
Added Jantze and Fallen Thyme to the site today.
For years now, I’ve looked for ways to get my font site back and running, with a low cost of entry for an e-commerce solution, and a low impact on my free time. Writing the engine proved impossible, various open source technologies were a failure. But I finally found the right one and hit it [...]
So I’ve been noticeably quiet for awhile. And you may be wondering what’s been going on. Then again, you may not — I suspect that my only regular reader is Kate, and she lives with me. So that would negate the question. Whatever the case, here’s what’s up. I’ve been getting my Fontosaurus site back [...]
Observed this weekend: a white Toyota Prius with a “carrying handle” spoiler (much like the WRX STi, circa 2005), ground effects, expensive rims, and red-orange flames down the side. The lesson learned here is: if you’re going to go dorky, go big. Also learned: I need a quick-draw holster for my camera (and to carry [...]
Last night, as we were falling asleep, Kate admonished me for not updating here since last week. I retorted by rubbing my stubbly legs on her and then admitting that it had been awhile. So here’s what’s up: Writing. Not much time for it these days. But I did have two cool ideas for books [...]
Amy J asks, “How do you get inspired for fonts?” Even though I’ve got a category for it, I don’t often discuss my font design work on here, which is odd, given that the design of such things is such a strong part of my identity. I always carry a Moleskine and a source of [...]
