This Ryan Smith is from Akron, OH. His site is called Design by Smitty. He is scheduled to graduate from Ohio University's School of Fine Arts in 2012. He created a peppy slab serif typeface called Rubio (2012), which was named after his grandfather James Rubio who ran Rubio's Homemade Italian Spaghetti Sauce from 1958 until 1984. Behance link.

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