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About Type Foundry
| Foundry in Omaha, NE, co-founded by Don Synstelien and Chris MacGregor. The Anger and Envy collections were designed by Don Synstelien. The Totem and Fetish collections by Chris MacGregor. Designers unclear: Electric Weasel, Font Pirate, Guilty, JackrabbitsBarGrill, Human Condition, Loud, Lumberjack Boxed Lunch, Lumberjack Fred, Mondo Kaizen, Nurse Ratchet, Roadkill Piqnik. Fonts by Chris MacGregor: Afrobats (1995), Boxonoxo (1998), Bridgework (1994), Citore (1994), Club (1998), Crystopian (1999), Datapad (1997), Empanel (1996), Emulate (1995), Epaulet (1995, now also at Agfa-Monotype), Esboki (1997), Esdeki (1997), Estuki (1997), Estuki MEGA (1997), Hiro (1998), Itto (1996), LeslieSmith (1995), Manitu (1996), Metolurgy (1997), Mitten (1996), Planet (1997), Reverberate (1994), Tagged (1994), Tshtars (1996), Utile (1996), Zehrgüt (1994). Fonts by Don Synstelien: Aspersion, Atomic Suck, Badger Fatboy, Benday Square, Brahn Mufun, CyberZombie, Dogs on Mars, Dream Time, LEaD Lights, Liquid Sex, Neck Candy, Remi, Nude, Omaha, RegenerationX, Ridicule (1994), Skannerz, Sprokette, Studded Leather Jackets (his best font), Two Beers. In 1994, Don Systelien set up SynFonts. Abstract Fonts link. View all fonts at SynFonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ |
During her studies at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, NE, Ali Anderson created the rounded display typefaces BAE (2014) and Winslows (2014). Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Andrew S. Fuller
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Big Typephoon
| Thomas W. Ziller (b. 1970, Grand Island, NE) is the [T-26] designer of Arcturus (1994, a futuristic font) and ArcturusBats (1994). He also designed Knucklehead (2008), BubbleGum (1994) and Muscleman (2007). His foundry is called Big Typephoon. Klingspor link. Dafont link. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ |
Bruce McCorkindale
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Chaos Fonts
| Jason Everett (Lincoln, NE) offers 7 fonts of his own hand, at 18.50 USD a shot. The names describe the kind of lettering that is involved: Digifit, Dr. Vinyl (a piano key typeface), Deranger, Capsule System, Underworld Odd, Weirdo, Moultipass 2, Moultipass. Other creations: Beamship. Betamorph, Boss Drum, Captivity Remix, Cliffhanger, Crakoom, EnterTerrestrial, HandWrit, Metatron Family, Psychopod, Renegade Master / Renegade Mistress, Replicant, Screebie, Supernaut, Syntosis, Technocrat (1998). View the fonts here. Typoasis archived all the fonts. Fontspace link. Dafont link. Abstract Fonts link. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
"The ChemSyn font, a TrueType font, was developed from a generic Geneva font. It is used to provide subscripts and superscripts for chemical formulas and equations." Free (Mac) PostScript and (Mac) TrueType versions. All software by David W. Brooks from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Typographer and designer from Sydney in Western Nebraska. She created the curly hand-printed typeface Persuasion (2011). Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Daughters of the Nile
| Melinda Windsor from Ocala, FL (b. 1960) (but maybe also from Lincoln, NE), designed the occult dingbats font OccultDiary02 in 2001. Free Tamil fonts designed by her: KoothuCapsPlain, KoothuTamelTee, KoothuTamilFont, KoothuTamilFontBold, ThinaKoothuPowderCakes. Frigate (2001, Apostrophic Labs) is a display font family that includes kana characters as well. She is making a new font set, Plastic, at Apostrophic Labs. The Cyrillic/Latin version of Plastic No. 28 (2001). [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Dawdy Brothers
| Nathan and Spenser Dawdy, the Dawdy Brothers (Lincoln, NE), designed the free font DBD Sans (2018). [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Graphic designer in Omaha, NE, who designed the multilined display typeface Cenmaze (2016) and the experimental geometric typeface Demisphere (2014). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Derek Vogelpohl
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Creator of an unnamed brush script alphabet in 2013 during his graphic design studies in Lincoln, NE. Unclear if this has been digitized. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Don Synstelien
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Don Synstelien
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During her studies at University of Nebraka Lincoln, Emily Gauger (Omaha, NE) designed the all caps display typeface Begonia (2017). Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Foam Train Font Foundry
| Free truetype fonts (PC, Mac) by Andrew Fuller from Portland, OR (was: Lincoln, NE), at his Foam Train Font Foundry: MMMCarbony, Buddy, Derez, Derez Hitek, Deltoid, Gloopy, Hobbit Tattoo-Brush, Hobbit Tattoo-Sloppy, Reeeally Quik Hand, RoundyButt, Unserif, DryToastCaps, Iron Filings, Eeewww Messy Boy, Thirty Months of Victory (2002, handwriting), LeakyPen (2002), Early Western Greek, Samaritan 300BC (2002), Face Eater, Fingerpaint Sans, Ingloriouser (grunge), Rat Brain, Tory Gothic Caps, Lumpin, Wendus, and InsideOut Cow. Commercial fonts include Blackburn Hand, Salted Slug, Satavahana 200AD (2003), Face Eater, Fingerpaint Sans, Gloopy, MMM Carbony, Rat Brain, Reeeeally Quik Hand. This site has a great glossary as well as subpages on type history, classification, and anatomy. Dafont link. Old URL. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Born in Nebraska, 1958, and resident of Mount Dora, FL. He graduated in 1985 from the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, California. In 1989 he began using Fontographer to make PostScript versions of existing typefaces for Chicago area design firms. At the invitation of Roger Black and David Berlow he became the first independent designer to contribute to the Font Bureau library. After Font Bureau, he joined Type Network. Greg Thompson designed these typefaces:
FontShop link. View Greg Thompson's typefaces. Article about Greg Thompson at Type Network. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |
Himoki
| San Salvador, El Salvador and Whiteclay, NE-based designer of these handcrafted typefaces in 2018: Maitana, Cala (dingbats), Sansa Kid (Scandinavian style), Martina (script), Sansa. Earlier typefaces: Begonia Sans (2014), Soda Pop (2014), Lemonade (2014), Dodo (2014), Gefont (2014: geometric). She also made many sets of hand-drawn icons. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Omaha, NE-based creator of Ziggy Sans (2012). Behance link. Aka Just Jace. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ | |
Jason Hogrefe
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Jason Matthew Everett
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Jerak Durzan
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During his studies at Huntington University, Bloomfield, NE-based Jonathan Carhart created the high-contrast didone typeface Mirrors (2016). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
During her studies at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Josephine Briley designed the all caps display sans family fitzgerald (2019), which includes inline and beveled styles. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Lincoln, NE-based graphic design graduate from the University of South Dakota. Her hairline sans typeface Nebula (2011) was designed while Katie was taking a summer design workshop at the University of South Dakota. The inspiration behind this typeface was gained from researching galaxial images. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
During his studies in Lincoln, NE, Kory Kohlhof created the sans typeface Fohlhok (2015). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
MacAppware
| This vendor in Omaha, NE, describes itself this way: MacAppware is a division of 128bit Technologies and a dedicated Mac software developer currently offering disk utility applications, graphic design apps, Mac bundles and unique commercial use fonts. For 30 USD (in 2015), one can buy their 1800-font Premium Fonts collection. Other collections include 1000 Opentype Fonts. Virtually all, if not al, fonts are renamed digital fonts from elsewhere. Examples: Lindonna is Poster Bodoni, LuckyRacer is Bernhard Fashion, Memotype (2013, Jerak Durzan) is Century MT, Metropica (2013, Jerak Durzan) is Enviro, retropop (2013, Jerak Durzan) is Pump Triline, and so forth. The list of free fonts offered in 2015 contains mostly material by Nick Curtis, Dieter Steffman and a few other designers. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
A CD with 1000 truetype fonts for Mac OS/X sold for 30USD and advertised by Creative Pro. This PDF file shows that most fonts are by Ray Larabie, Aenigma and other shareware foundries. I wonder if Ray and Aenigma know about this. For an extra 30USD, you can get an additional 750 fonts on the MoreMacFonts CD. That second CD, whose fonts can be viewed here consists of nothing but renamed stuff from elsewhere. The dubious company, called macXware, is run by Ishan Amin out of Omaha, NE. People on Typophile complained that most are freeware/shareware fonts by people such as Ray Larabie, Tom Murphy and Brian Kent (Aenigma). Amin said he obtained permissions. I do not believe that. And a big booh to Creative Pro. On September 4, 2004, 5 months after my original complaint, Creative Pro is still at it advertising this work. Typophile thread. Finally, on September 21, 2004, macXware withdrew its font collections from the market. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Lincoln, NE-based designer of these typefaces in 2019: November Sans (free), the squarish First Ensemble, and the computer emulation font Mainframe (free). In 2020, he released Ostkreuz, a typeface that is inspired by East Germany. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Picado (2012) is a typeface designed for a class project, inspired by the traditional art of Papel Picado. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Madison Besch (b. Omaha, NE) designed the slab serif typeface Madislab in 2016 during her studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Melinda Windsor
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Michael D. Adams
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Omaha, NE-based designer of the experimental partially deconstructed typeface Fracture Sans (2015), which was finished during his studies at the University of Nebraska Omaha. Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Lincoln, NE-based designer of the serif display typeface Volere Bene (2017), the tweetware squarish typeface Diotima (2017) and the free sans display typefaces Lysis (2017) and Milk (2017). In 2018, he designed Chocolate Milk, the gaspipe typeface Nebraska, Eames, Maybach, Warehouse, the bilined typeface Symposium, JS Sans (free), the squarish Love, the roman caps typeface Asthenia, and the free typeface Trolly Dodgers Condensed. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Omaha, NE-based designer of the rounded informal sans serif typeface Plat (2016), the rugged vintage typefaces Valo (2016) and Flam (2017), and the 4-weight script typeface family Nomah (2016). Typefaces from 2018: Kanto (monoline script). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
During his studies in Lincoln, NE, Nolan King created the Victorian typeface King's Crown (2014). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Designers of Omaha Dings (2005), which has white on black letters and recycling dingbats. Located in Omaha, NE. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Omaha, NE-based creator of the hand-printed typeface Lanklin (2013). Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
During his studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Randall Owens designed the spurred display typeface Effect (2014). Behance link. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Roadgeek Fonts
| Memphis, TN-based Michael Adams (Roadgeek Fonts) developed a series of (free) heavy sans US highway sign fonts in 2002: Roadgeek2000SeriesB, Roadgeek2000SeriesC, Roadgeek2000SeriesD, Roadgeek2000SeriesE, Roadgeek2000SeriesEModified, Roadgeek2000SeriesF, RoadgeekTransportHeavy, RoadgeekTransportMedium. In 2005, he extended his font collection to include UK, German and US highway signs:
Additional links: Fontspace link. Fontreactor link. Home page. Download the full Roadgeek 2005 collection. There was some controversy in 2022 when type xdesigners learned that the highway signs in Argentina used Roadgeek 2005, while the license obviously states that use on actual highway signs is not allowed. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
Rob Roy Kelly (b. Nebraska, 1925, d. Tempe, AZ, 2004) collected wood type from local printers for use by his students at the Minneapolis College of Art&Design. He began gathering the types in the late 1950s and continued adding to the collection over the next decade. He started researching the history, manufacture, and use of the growing collection partly in response to questions that arose from working with his students. His research was first published in the 1963 issue of Design Quarterly (No. 56), and was followed in 1964 by a limited-edition folio of specimen sheets from the collection, entitled American Wood Types 1828-1900, Volume One. Kelly's research would culminate with the publishing in 1969 of American Wood Type, 1828-1900: Notes on the Evolution of Decorated and Large Types and Comments on Related Trades of the Period. Since 1993, his substantive wood type collection resides at the University of Texas. At Dover, he published 100 Wood Type Alphabets. Kelly's final work with the Collection came in the early 1990s when he was asked by Adobe Systems to participate in a project to develop digital revivals of historic wood types as part of the Adobe Originals program. As consultant to the project, Kelly helped select, from his own collected materials, the type styles that would be made into digital fonts. Kelly died in January 2004. Obituary, which states: He studied design at the University of Nebraska and the Minneapolis School of Art and served in the Army during the Korean War. Later he did graduate work at the School of Art and Architecture at Yale, where he studied with Josef Albers, Alvin Eisenman, Alvin Lustig, Herbert Matter, Leo Lionni, Lester Beall and Alexey Brodovitch. He both taught and administered graphic design programs at the Minneapolis College of Art, Kansas City Art Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Western Michigan University and, most recently, at Arizona State University. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
During his studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE-based Robert Moore created the typeface Neo Grecia (2014). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Photographer and graphic designer in Omaha, NE, who created the experimental April Type in 2016. [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Omaha, NE-based designer of the colourful all caps Bertender's Alphabet (2014). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
ShyFoundry (was: ShyFonts)
| ShyFoundry (formerly ShyFonts Type Foundry), located in Elkhorn, NE, was founded in 1995 by Derek Vogelpohl (b. Phoenix, AZ, 1971), whose (often techno) fonts used to be free. His original free font site closed down in February 2001. The fonts were thereafter available at CybaPee's site. Fontspace link. Derek briefly joined ApostrophicLabs in March 2001. His first font there is Phosphorus. In 2001, he created the beautiful Plasmatica family, PhosphorusII, Avondale (a great display family), and the large Covington text family, which is also available now for the Tex community. Dafont link. In 2008, he took his operation to MyFonts. Each type family comes in 8 to 12 styles.
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Spenser Dawdy
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Graphic designer in Nebraska, who created the geometric typeface Dangerous Bubbles (2010). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Summit Type (or: macware Inc, or: Summitsoft Corporation)
| Summit Type is located in Omaha, NE. At Dafont, the company is associated with Jason Hogrefe. Another name of the company is 128Bit Technologies. Their fonts include Calligri (2009, calligraphic), and Merilee (2009, neat handprinting). At Dafont, there are free fonts such as Alido (2009), Dunkirk (2010, a comic book style face) and Loopi (2009, a connected script). Other fonts include Whirly (2008 curly), Venezio (2008), Regala (2008), Opal (2008), Olcen (2008), Idion (2008), Gamadyne (2008), Ferris (2008), Dickens Carol (2008), Bristle (2008, brush), Banks Script (2008), Arias (2008), and Ardor (2008). The unknown designer might be Hogrefe himself--I doubt it though. Upon closer scrutiny, we discover that the company is basically a vendor. About 4000 Fonts (40 USD), they write All of the fonts in 4000 Fonts are new from our SummitType foundry and have never been available before now. They also sell Wedding Fonts and Holiday Fonts. The company is also known as Summitsoft Corp. Further investigation reveals that this is the old Macxware company about which I have been writing for almost ten years. From another place on my web site, I quote [note that this was written ca. 2004]: A CD with 1000 truetype fonts for Mac OS/X sold for 30USD and advertised by Creative Pro. This PDF file shows that most fonts are by Ray Larabie, Aenigma and other shareware foundries. I wonder if Ray and Aenigma know about this. For an extra 30USD, you can get an additional 750 fonts on the MoreMacFonts CD. That second CD, whose fonts can be viewed here consists of nothing but renamed stuff from elsewhere. The dubious company, called macXware, is run by Ishan Amin out of Omaha, NE. People on Typophile complained that most are freeware/shareware fonts by people such as Ray Larabie, Tom Murphy and Brian Kent (Aenigma). Amin said he obtained permissions. I do not believe that. And a big booh to Creative Pro. On September 4, 2004, 5 months after my original complaint, Creative Pro was still at it advertising this work. Typophile thread. Finally, on September 21, 2004, macXware withdrew its font collections from the market. Well, it seems they have been resurrected as Summit Type and convinced MyFonts to accept their business. The continuing saga in 2011. MacUpdate bundles free fonts with their software---see here and here. The fonts were made by SummitType---this PDF shows all the fonts. The FontPack Pro 2015 edition contains 7640 fonts. See also here, 4000 Fonts (Amazon), here, and here. Again, nothing but renamed fonts---Mistral is Mystic, Vogue is Vogel, and so forth. Compilation of all font names in the Master Pro collection. List of the 1577 names in the Premium Fonts collection of 128bit Technologies. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ |
SynFonts
| Born in 1968 in Belleview. From Omaha, NE, Don Synstelien's own fonts sold through SynFonts (which he created in 1994) or MyFonts.com: Aspersion, Atomic Suck, Badger Fatboy, Benday, Brahn Mufun, Cheap and Easy, Cyber Zombie, Dogs on Mars, Dreamtime, Electric Weasel, Font Pirate, Guilty, Human Condition, Jackrabbits Bar + Grill, LEaD Lights, Liquid Sex (LED lights font), Lumberjack Fred, Mondo Kaizen (South American dingbats), Neck Candy, NudE, Nurse Ratchet, Omaha, Regeneration X, Rhodkhil Piqnik (road kill dingbats), Ridicule, Skannerz, Sprokett, Studded Leather Jackets, Trumen, Two Beers Free, louD. At Plazm, he published Derision (1995), NudE (1995), SlickDog (1995). SynFonts seems to be located in Marietta, GA, now. Abstract Fonts link. View all fonts at SynFonts. [Google] [MyFonts] [More] ⦿ |
Tania Dominguez
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Thomas W. Ziller
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WonderWords
| Markets typefaces for comic books. Omaha's Bruce McCorkindale's WonderWords comic book typeface (from the series "The Nameless"; in truetype) costs 25 USD, for example. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
xPlacebo is "TJ" from Omaha, NE. Besides drawing nice illustrations, he also created the Penguin Alphabet (2011). [Google] [More] ⦿ | |
Omaha, NE-based creator of Sharkscribble (2010, Fontifier) and Receipt Paper Radiation (2012, stencil pixel face, made with FontStruct). Dafont link. [Google] [More] ⦿ |
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