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The original interview was recorded on May 26, 2017. Font designer Chank Diesel was born Charles Anderson, but neighbors called him "Chanky," after Spanky from the Little Rascals. He has been running his Minneapolis-based type house and art studio, Chank Fonts since 1992. Clients who have used Chank’s custom font services include Ben & Jerry's, Cartoon Network, Indian Motorcycle, PBS Kids, Scholastic Books, Simon & Schuster, Target, Walt Disney, and much more. In this podcast episode, we talk to Chank about his font-making process in original experimental free fonts and affordable trendsetting commercial fonts. In the typography conversation segment, I ask Michael to explain and demonstrate to the TypeEd Alumni how to determine the body copy size just by the format and size of the page. Please leave the Typography Dojo podcast a rating and review on iTunes and help spread the good word of type. See you next week in the #typedojo! View the show notes at typographydojo.com/009
Chank Diesel founded the Chank Company, a Minneapolis based art studio where he crafts fonts for companies and brands all over the world. Hear about how he got started and what's next for the founder of the infamous "liquor store" font.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/StephanieHansen)
Chank Diesel founded the Chank Company, a Minneapolis based art studio where he crafts fonts for companies and brands all over the world. Hear about how he got started and what's next for the founder of the infamous "liquor store" font.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/StephanieHansen)
Chank Diesel founded the Chank Company, a Minneapolis based art studio where he crafts fonts for companies and brands all over the world. Hear about how he got started and what's next for the founder of the infamous "liquor store" font.Support the showFollow the Makers of Minnesota on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @MakersofMN. Send story ideas to Stephanie@stephaniesdish.com If you appreciate the work we do here, please subscribe on Patreon Please subscribe to My newsletter at https://stephaniehansen.substack.com/ so you don't miss an epiosde of the Makers of Minnesota This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit stephaniehansen.substack.com/subscribe
In the dojo, we'll talk about aspects of visual design influenced by type and typography with a designer or two in every episode. In the first episode of Typography Dojo, Rachel Elnar gives you a sneak peek of what you can expect in our upcoming sessions. Previews of discussions are revealed with Australian mural lettering artist Gemma O'Brien, San Francisco-based hand letterer Joseph Alessio, Berlin-based type designer and letterer Martina Flor, PSY/OPS type designer Rod Cavazos from San Francisco, type designer Mark Jamra from JamraPatel from Portland, Maine, Minneapolis-based type design Chank Diesel, Altitude Design Office environmental designer Patrick Fredrickson from Los Angeles, Hollywood script runner-turned-graphic designer Paul Mendoza, and Los Angeles-based typographer and Creative Director Michael Stinson. View the show notes here: http://www.typographydojo.com/001 Tweet questions or comments to me @TypographyDojo