Badoni
“Grunge Typography? I invented it!” claims Chank Diesel. Badoni was created in 1993 for use in CAKE, a fanzine that reveled in grunge music. As creative director of CAKE, Chank wanted the magazine’s design...
font_designer: Chank Diesel
Skippy Sharp
Skippy Sharp was drawn by Skippy McFadden in 1995 and faxed to Mister Chank Diesel. Chank completed the character set, added extensive kerning and created a very friendly, informal marker handwriting font. The font...
Laundry
The “Laundry Fonts” family contains 3 fonts, Lambrettista, Laundrette, and Luncheonette. These are some of Chank’s earliest font creations, and all were inspired by the vintage Lambretta scooter logo. The first font in the...
Lavaman
Lavaman was created by Chank Diesel in 1995 as a custom font for the Cartoon Network’s Space Ghost Coast to Coast web site. This font represents the printed voice of the talk show’s surly...
Mantisboy
Screeech! Ack! Ack! Mantisboy was created by Chank Diesel in 1995 as a custom font for the Cartoon Network’s Space Ghost Coast to Coast web site. This font represents the printed voice of the...
Moonshine
Chank created this rough-n-tough, deconstructed grunge-serif font in 1993 for CAKE Magazine. “Something about the crude nature of this font makes me think of hillbillies,” says Chank. “And everybody knows hillbillies love moonshine!” Comes...
Ribjoint
Created by Chank in 1992, Ribjoint was Chank’s first attempt at creating a Egyptian, cursive font on the computer. Writing cursive with a pencil sure is easy, but getting all the letters to link...
Chub
Chub was inspired by and dedicated to: Jimmy Dean Pork Sausage, J Otto, Ben & Jerry, Spunk, Chuck Jones, Run DMC, those teenage kids with their big baggy pants, French Market coffee, George Clinton,...
Cosmic
The Cosmic font is inspired by a Slurpee Chank drank in 1976. “It was cold, it made my tongue pink, and it made my brain hurt,” says Chank. He converted it from memory to...
Crusti
In 1993, Chank designed Crusti, Crustier, Crustiest and Crusti Wacky to use in CAKE, a fanzine that celebrated grunge music. With a D.I.Y. ethic, inspiration from the likes of Nirvana, and a copier at...