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DENTALPAK DANCE

chank — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:46:48 +0000

My teeth do a little dance whenever I sell a Dentalpak. My joy is irrelevant, the value for you is a great collection of typefaces at a great price. Get your Dentalpak today and make some happy teeth dance.

NYT: Down with Helvetica, Up with Custom Fonts

chank — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:55:53 +0000

Chank Co got a nice mention in the "Down With Helvetica..." article in the NY Times last week. There's lots of different ways to create your own custom font, and Chank's "Go Font Yourself!" handwriting font service is just one way to get your distinct personality into typeable font format. If you'd rather adopt someone else's personality, you can choose from 21 different handwriting styles in the GFY Handwriting Fontpak, a concise collection of contemporary handwriting styles from previous customers who've had their scripts fontified.

Chank Fonts Across America: Mankato

chank — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:05:03 +0000

The cold new movie about how to make a font in subzero windchills. Extreme typography!

Christopher Walken has font issues

chank — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:15:01 +0000

I'd like to think that maybe it's one of my fonts that's setting Walken off here.

Enter the Serif!

chank — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:01:30 +0000

Ah! A rare and brutish blast of font geek humor!

Snow Big Deal: Chank Movie Trailer #2

chank — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:47:54 +0000

Another sneak preview of the next Chank YouTube video, this time a fontmaking workshop set in Mankato in February. (The first trailer is right below it here.)

Snow Big Deal: Chank Movie Trailer

chank — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:00:28 +0000

CALL FOR ENTRIES: CHANK FONTS MOTION GRAPHICS

chank — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:42:47 +0000

Chank Co is looking for someone to help design some motion graphics videos displaying our fonts in action. As you are a smart designer, you should have lots of Chank Fonts installed on your system already. Do you have the know-how to make a YouTube-style video displaying your choice of any Chank Font in action? Do it up and send it over for me to see. If we use your video to promote our fonts, we'll give you $100 cash PLUS a one-year subscription to Chank's Font of the Month Club. To get an idea of the kind of videos I'm talking about, check out this "Type Movies" playlist on YouTube. Something like this maybe:

Chank Fonts Across America: ATL!

chank — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:06:03 +0000

Mister Frisky lurks the streets of Greece

chank — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:40:24 +0000

My old standard Mister Frisky is selling jewelry on the streets of Greece. I have no idea who made this hacked Greekicized version of Frisky, but I'd love to get a copy of it for my files. I'll be making my own Greek fonts soon, thanks to all the great knowledge I gained from a Greek fontmaking workshop at the Type Directors Club in NYC last week. That's where Rich Kegler of P-22 was nice enough to show me this picture he took while he was in Greece.

Chank Fonts World Tour, next stop: LONDON! I'll be in London Chank-font-spotting and taking my ales as they come to me Oct 15-20. Sneak previews of my upcoming YouTube video showing on my laptop while I'm there. Find us near Oxford Circus Friday afternoon, okay? Cheerio!

DISTURBING THA PIECES: BALLERS DELIGHT FONT ART ON EBAY

chank — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:08:20 +0000

Three more pieces of original art from the font Ballers Delight went on the auction block today. The venue is eBay and today's featured non-profit is the Ludacris Foundation. Bid now to help me and Mr. Luda raise some money to further the foundation's cause of helping the children! Today's letters are D, T & P.

Click here for a "D"

Click here for a "T"

Click here for a "P"

GLOSS-N-FLOSS FONT COMMENCES

chank — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:04:57 +0000

Work has commenced on a new "gloss-n-floss" photo font. Alphabet letters were created by 50 workshop participants at an event hosted by the HOW Design Conference in Atlanta, GA. Drawing from the region's rich hip-hop heritage, a flashy new display font was created. The workshop was coached by alphabetician Chank Diesel and awards were given to the best letters. Art supplies were contributed by Penco. The art for the font will be auctioned off to raise money for children's charities. Fontification from Photoshop to Fontlab is currently underway. We'll keep you posted.