"My fetish with fonts began in kindergarten, when I was inspired by the letters of the alphabet that ran above the chalkboard," says Marcus Burlile, who started RawTypes Fonts three years ago.
Burlile has stretched the boundaries of typeface design by creating character dingbat fonts that he says are a result of personal exploration. "I wanted to add a wider variety to the character icons out there. Instead of using a smiley face, I'd rather use something more amusing, something that focuses on expressions of life, different viewpoints, and the darker side of comedy." RawTypes's droll fonts include "Relatives," which offers 66 icons of toothless, bespectacled yokels; "Deadbugs," a collection of squashed or humanized bugs; and the ghoulish "Widows," which includes a bottle of pills, a shovel, a pitchfork, and sinister-looking dowagers. RawTypes Fonts: +1 (703) 451 0873.
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