Back in 2011, I released a font called Rumpelstiltskin. When I created Rumpelstiltskin, I only knew so much about making fonts, so it lacked a lot of glyphs. I decided to give this old font an overhaul, but when I was almost finished, I realised that the ‘improved’ Rumpelstiltskin had changed too much. That is […]
An update and a remake of my 2011 bestseller. It now comes with extensive language support and all the trimmings.
Indoor Survival is a fun and happy comic font I made while touring Japan. I used to be a tour guide for years, but when I became a father, I quit, because I didn’t want to be the ‘man who cuts the meat at xmas’. I really loved being a tour guide and now my […]
Kitsune, in Japanese, means fox. The word is also used for mythological foxes that possess paranormal abilities, which increase as they grow older. Fox spirits can bewitch people and they can shapeshift into human form to fool human beings. I was reading a book by Yangsze Choo, called The Fox Wife, which I really enjoyed. […]
Kamelkys in Danish means ‘Camel’s Kiss’. It is also the slang word for a plunger; the rubber kind you use to declog the drain. I guess it is called a Camel’s Kiss for the sound it makes, but I may be wrong there. Kamelkys is a fun font, which can be used for a lot […]
Hyggemand is not a real word: it is a combination of Hygge (meaning ‘fun’ or ‘coziness’ in Danish) and Mand (which means man in Danish). Combined it means something like ‘Nice Man’. I just like the sound and look of this name, so if I offend Danish languages purists, then I apologise for this monstrosity! […]
I recently walked part of the South West Coast Path in the UK. A couple of days in the hike, I came across a small cafe and I decided to have an oat latte (I am lactose intolerant). Since it was early in the morning, the breakfast menu was out and one of the items […]