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Brian J. Bonislawsky of United States of America

Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1973

Founder of the independent digital foundry, Astigmatic One Eye.

Known by his nom de caractère as Astigma, Brian Bonislawsky has been developing his typographic skills since his early years in school. The Speedball Textbook, 20th Edition for pen and brush lettering and a subscription to U&lc in his high school years acted as early influences. The art training was mainly fine art based, but Bonislawsky always tried to slip in typographic elements where possible. It was suggested he apply to college for Graphic Design, and he did, to Rhode Island School of Design. However, before his foundation year was completed, Bonislawsky realized the Graphic Design curriculum in the years ahead was far too restrictive for him, so he chose Illustration as his major, while taking all the electives he could in “looser and more interpretive” Graphic Design courses. It was through these courses he studied under Piotr Rypson, Curator of the Centre for Contemporary Art at the Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, as well as his future mentor Chis Vermaas, a graphic designer from Holland. Through these two teachers, Bonislawsky developed a further interest in type and its forms, and a new way of looking at type. Before graduating with a BFA & Certificate in Illustration, he had studied hand cut lettering, dimensional letter construction, working with hot type, and type on the computer.

In the years since his graduation, Bonislawsky has established Astigmatic One Eye foundry, an on-line type and graphic design business. As each year passes, Bonislawsky’s portfolio grows larger in scope and variety, in pursuit of his goal: to expand his design repertoire so that he cannot be defined by any single category or style of artist. Bonislawsky is a tireless and prolific designer and his library of typefaces at Astigmatic continues to expand. Big Limbo and Islander, along with previously released Cavalero, Stingwire and Tannarin, represent an every-growing collection of Bonislawsky type designs, with many more to come.

Fonts by Brian J. Bonislawsky

Alien Argonaut AOE, Anoxia AOE, Apple Boy BTN, Automatic AOE, Bad Comp AOE, Bank Statement AOE, Beatnik Blue AOE, Big Chump BTN, Big Limbo, Bitrux AOE, Bound AOE, Breakbeat BTN, Caesar Brute BTN, Cake & Sodomy AOE, Calamity Teen BTN, Carver Jack BTN, Cavalero AOE, Clarity AOE, Clunker AOE, Combat Ready BTN, Combat Tested BTN, Copa Sharp BTN, Culture Vulture AOE, Customs Paperwork AOE, Dark Half BTN, Dark Night AOE, Data Error AOE, Delivery Matrix AOE, Detour AOE, Devil Dog BTN, Digelectric AOE, Digital Disco AOE, Dragline BTN, Egg Hunt BTN, Egg It AOE, EuroMachina, Europa Twin AOE, Eyeliner AOE, Fear AOE, Fidelity Hour BTN, Filth AOE, Gargamel AOE, Gargantua BTN, Gate Keeper AOE, Geisha Boy AOE, GhostKid AOE, Gloversville AOE, Gobe AOE, Gorgon Cocoon AOE, Gulag AOE, Habitual AOE, HAL 9000 AOE, Hardliner AOE, Heart Breaker BTN, HenHouse AOE, Iguana Lover BTN, Incoming Fax AOE, Intruder AOE, Invocation AOE, Islander, Jack Chain AOE, Jade Monkey BTN, Jericho AOE, Jokerwild AOE, Krelesanta AOE, Krylo-Tag AOE, LA Headlights BTN, Lavatype AOE, Library Report AOE, Linus Play AOE, Little Piggy BTN, Lord Rat AOE, Luna AOE, Lunokhod AOE, Luxurian AOE, Makeshift AOE, Mandingo BTN, Manic Tambourine AOE, MardiParty AOE, Marquisette BTN, Mighty Tuxedo AOE, Military Document AOE, Montelago AOE, Morning Limerick BTN, MoTenacity AOE, Mother Hen AOE, Motherlode AOE, Neuntotter AOE, Neurotic Minds BTN, Ocovilla AOE, Office Memorandum AOE, Operator Nine BTN, Overdrawn Account AOE, Paradiso AOE, Penicillin AOE, Peppered BTN, Pink Sangria AOE, Pixel Gantry AOE, Platinum Beat BTN, Polynesian Tourist AOE, Prison AOE, Quick Handle AOE, Quilted AOE, Red Pigtails AOE, Register Sans BTN, Register Serif BTN, Restraining Order AOE, Retro Starstruck BTN, Revelation BTN, Ruthless AOE, Salsa Mangos BTN, Salty Doggie AOE, Santiago BTN, Saratoga Slim AOE, Schnitzle AOE, Screwed AOE, Sistine, Sneakerhead BTN, Spruce AOE, State Evidence AOE, Sticky Moula BTN, Stingwire, Strongman AOE, Sugarskin BTN, Supremaganda BTN, Swimsuit Boys AOE, Synchronous AOE, Tannarin, TapeHead AOE, Toasted Vein BTN, Tribal Dividers BTN, Tropicali Script BTN, Troutkings BTN, Ugly Stick AOE, Unknown Caller BTN, Urgent Telegram AOE, Vanguard III AOE, Vanishing Boy BTN, Whiskers AOE, Wickenburg, Workstation Clutter, Young Itch AOE, Yuba BTN, ZenoPotion AOE, Zolano Serif BTN

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