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MyFonts’ review: The Wundes Foundry features fonts by John B. Wundes – graphic designer, website designer and Flash programmer – who now turns his hand to the labor of love that is font making. His Ossuary font is named after the place where human bones are stored, and the font itself doesn’t disappoint. Each and every letter and numeral is fashioned from skulls. The skulls are arranged respectfully into proportions of classical lettering, not haphazardly like some novelty fonts. Use in big sizes, but sparingly – perhaps with just one or two letters at a time.

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Biography

When I say “Wundes foundry” what I mean is ‘me’. I am a single designer who’s career, (after delivering pizza for a few years) has been made up of layouts for websites, CD covers, and Flash actionscript programming.

I did some illustrator scripting for Robbie of the Wilton Foundry, and he told me that if you look at all the work that goes into making a font, you quickly realize that at the prices they are sold for, you're almost giving them away. Being a decent artist and a terrible businessman, I thought, what a great idea, and so here I am. After building my first font, I can say I now understand what he was talking about.

Each font, by any designer is, and HAS to have been a labor of love or it would never have been completed. What I look for when creating a font, is a unique way to blend imagery and typography, so the final product becomes a synthesis of symbol and object.

Further Details

679 Woodland Ave
Hayward, CA 94544
USA

Phone: 1 831 426 5646

Web site: http://www.wundes.com/

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