Skippy Sharp
Skippy Sharp was drawn by Skippy McFadden in 1995 and faxed to Mister Chank Diesel. Chank completed the character set, added extensive kerning and created a very friendly, informal marker handwriting font. The font...
font_designer: Chank Diesel
Woodrow
If Mister Frisky is a bit too kooky for your project, try Woodrow. The big floppy serifs and hand-drawn strokes give this font very “Chanky” characteristics. Woodrow is bold, bouncy, fun and legible like...
Badoni
“Grunge Typography? I invented it!” claims Chank Diesel. Badoni was created in 1993 for use in CAKE, a fanzine that reveled in grunge music. As creative director of CAKE, Chank wanted the magazine’s design...
Thymesans
Thymesans was one of Chank’s earliest fonts, created way back in 1994 for CAKE Magazine. Sometimes it’s got serifs, sometimes it doesn’t. “What a weird and fickle futuristic font!” says Chank. Emancipate your designs...
Ribjoint
Created by Chank in 1992, Ribjoint was Chank’s first attempt at creating a Egyptian, cursive font on the computer. Writing cursive with a pencil sure is easy, but getting all the letters to link...
Space Toaster
What are your super powers? Space Toaster was created by Chank Diesel in 1995 as a custom font for the Cartoon Network’s “Space Ghost Coast to Coast” web site. This font represents the printed...
Moonshine
Chank created this rough-n-tough, deconstructed grunge-serif font in 1993 for CAKE Magazine. “Something about the crude nature of this font makes me think of hillbillies,” says Chank. “And everybody knows hillbillies love moonshine!” Comes...
Mantisboy
Screeech! Ack! Ack! Mantisboy was created by Chank Diesel in 1995 as a custom font for the Cartoon Network’s Space Ghost Coast to Coast web site. This font represents the printed voice of the...
Jawbox
In 1995, when indie rock hipness was just reaching its pique, Chank was really into Jawbox, a post-punk band from DC. It was their music he was listening to when he made this font...
Laundry
The “Laundry Fonts” family contains 3 fonts, Lambrettista, Laundrette, and Luncheonette. These are some of Chank’s earliest font creations, and all were inspired by the vintage Lambretta scooter logo. The first font in the...