Typeface Experiments

Inspired by a friend’s type, and determined to have something similar in my arsenal, I created a hand-drawn stencil based off the letters I had seen. Rejected as a band logo, I extended the glyphs to create this font.

Originally created for DIY venue, Club Karate, this was inspired by xerox flyer art. Distressed and half-toned for a screen printed look. This font has been used heavily by PETA, Victory Records and Shepherd Express.

This “found” type was developed by scanning the lettering from a vintage player piano scroll which was picked up at a thrift store. The results was this stenciled type, reminiscent of punk bands like CRASS.

This type face was created by transferring a digital print to a slab of limestone and printed to newsprint using a lithographic printmaking process. This unique process created a organic, distressed look.

Bowery was developed because there was nothing like it at the time. A young tattooist, Mario Desa, shared his flash and tattoo mags with me, which was the inspiration for this traditional tattoo handwriting.

This typeface was developed based stencils seen on road cases of touring bands. A few letters were initially drawn as a logo comp for a band. The type was rejected, but it now lives on in this finished typeface.

This is an alternate version of Rescue, which features rounded corners. The font family name was derived from the band, “Rescue” (from Detroit) which rejected the logo comp. Thank them for the font.