Chank Diesel of USA

Born: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1969

Chank Diesel (fonts on sale through The Chank Company) was born in Canada, raised in Florida, and educated in Minnesota. Minneapolis has been his home ever since.

Chank began making fonts in 1992 when he worked as creative director of the alternative music magazine, Cake. Making the most of his connections in the music industry in 1995, he road-tripped across the country and visited designers at record labels. He’d sell fonts to make enough money to get him to his next destination which garnered him a reputation as “The Travelling Font Salesman” and also snagged some high profile font appearances on album covers.

Chank’s fonts were featured in the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum as “important examples of contemporary typography” in 1996, the same year he established www.chank.com. In 1997, he was profiled in The Wall Street Journal, complete with etched portrait.

Chank strives to make fonts fun and accessible for both the average computer-user and professional designers. He also creates custom fonts for companies who want exclusive rights and a specific design for a typeface. Clients who have used Chank’s custom font services include Belkin, Cartoon Network, Church’s Chicken, Marshall Field’s, Medtronic, Ocean Spray, and Target.

Fonts by Chank Diesel

Adrianna, Ammonia, Badoni, Bawdy, Billsville, BlincType Letterpress Fontpak, Bonehead, Braingelt, Brainhead, Brimley, Brubecks Cube, Buckethead, Chauncy, Chippewa Falls, Chub, Chunder, Coffeedance, Collateral Damage, Corndog, Coronette, Cosmic, Couchlover, Crusti, Crusti Wac, Darling Nikki, Dekapot, Eatwell, Fridayluck, GFY Handwriting Fontpak, GFY Handwriting Fontpak #2, Gobbler, Hilde Sharpie, Hoosker, Instructor, Jawbox, Kegger, King George, Laundry, Lavaman, Mantisboy, Mingler, Mister Frisky, Mister Hand, Moonshine, Newercastle, Nicotine, Ollivette, Ollivette Elite, Orbital, Orbus, Parkway, Patching Compound, Ribjoint, Rosemary, Shrub, Sister Frisky, Skippy Sharp, Space Toaster, Sunflower, Sunshine, Tabitha, Thymesans, Trucker, Uncle Stinky, Venis, Woodrow, Wordy Diva, Yearling, Yellabelly, ZsaZsa Galore

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Activities

  Type Design
  Writing
  Art

Related Links

 • Chank Fonts
 • Chank's Font-Making Tutorial
 • Mac Weekly: Fill up your hard drive with Chank Diesel! by Blake Stone-Banks
 • Fonts.com: Chank Diesel

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