Donkeyman
A Donkeyman is a person who is in charge of a ship’s engine room. I didn’t know this, but when I was looking for a nice name for this font, I sort of stumbled...
font_designer: David Kerkhoff
Output Volume
I recently bought a small, portable speaker. I can now listen to music when I am making fonts! Output Volume is a name I came up with after reading the quick start guide that...
Fruity Snack
We have been in lockdown for a long time now. The schools were also closed, meaning my kids had to stay at home. This week the schools reopened (not a day too soon!), which...
Dominant Type
We’re in a lockdown of sorts (again) and things are pretty … uhm … boring at the moment. No going out for a coffee, no school (so the kids are at home), no meeting...
Dreamworld
The last couple of years felt like I was living in a bad dream: I witnessed crazy leaders, climate change and now Covid. I usually name my fonts after things that affect me and...
Impending Distaster
There’s nothing really disastrous (impending or not) going on in my life right now, but I have always liked the expression. I thought about it when I watched a news item about the recent...
Laser Vision
I seem to be in my comic book font fase. It’s not that I have tons of comics lying around (I actually have none), but when I was a kid, I used to read...
Fully Automatic
I raise chickens for eggs and meat. I usually buy fertilised eggs online and place them in my incubator, which says that it is ‘fully automatic’. Of course I added that rather random introduction...
Identity Check
Every time I bring my youngest son to his swimming lessons, I need to show my Covid Vaccination Pass; a QR code on my phone. I thought that I would be off the hook...
Machin
Machin is a French word meaning ‘thing’. Apparently, it is also a species of macaque from the Philippines, but I named this font after the French word!Machin is based on a really old font...