font_designer: David Kerkhoff

Aeronic is a work of love. I stumbled upon a fantastic Japanese poster for Nikke Coat by Gihachiro Okuyama (1907 – 1981). Gihachiro Okuyama (also: Okayama) was a very prolific Japanese print artist who...

Bungehuis font was modeled on the lettering found on an Amsterdam art deco building from 1931. This building on the Spuistraat, also called “Het Bungehuis”, used to house offices, but is now part of...

Palembang is the second largest city on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It is also one of the oldest cities in Indonesie and used to be the capital of the powerful Buddhist Kingdom of...

Semarang Kolonial is a stylish, all caps Art Deco font. It is not a recreation of a particular typeface; merely my salute to a bygone era and to the birthplace of my father in...

American Grunge is a spooky font. It was created using a steel pen and China ink – and a lot of splatter. American Grunge is my tribute to that nineties wave of fantastic music...

Checkout is a fat, slightly cursive, poster font. It was modeled after ‘clearance sale’ signs and a 1950 Mexican movie poster for Los Olvidados (directed by Luis Buñuel). Checkout can be used for headlines,...

Yes, you’re right. Blauhaus should have been ‘Blaues Haus’, as that is the proper way of saying Blue House in German. But hey, Blauhaus sounds much better and in writing, it is quite similar...

Dortmunder Ecke (“Dortmund Corner”) is a clean, all caps font inspired by Cubism. It really has nothing to do with the city in Germany, but the name stuck and I kept it that way....

Bratislava is a rounded and elongated art deco typeface, based on several posters from the 1920’s. Bratislava is slender and elegant and would look good on packaging and posters.