About
Fontosaurus began life back in 1996 as a great channel for my creative energies. I started off with a collection of fonts that I had been building using Illustrator and Fontographer, but I didn’t have much in the way of training or experience. In retrospect, I should have spent a couple of years in the learning process. I was fortunate enough, however, to gain admittance into the Chank Army (second generation) in late 2001, which coincided neatly with my move back to Minnesota from Philadelphia. From 2002 to 2004, my output dropped precipitously, as I battled a combination of burnout and some health issues. During this time, I didn’t stop thinking about font design — I even went so far as to make a concerted effort to learn as much as I possible could on the subject, both from Chank, and others. I also filled up a ton of Moleskine notebooks with sketches of new ideas.
By 2005, my output of new fonts was so close to zero as to be indistinguishable from that number. I produced one as part of a set of instructions on how to build your own font. In 2009, I attempted to re-launch this site using Magento as the engine to handle e-commerce and to take payments/deliver digital downloads. I still waffle with that idea from time to time. However, for now, this is the site. I’ve got some new designs underway, expect them, plus some of the older stuff, to appear here soon.