“Our own Dave Correll is also a very talented designer. “Over the years, I've had the good fortune to work with many talented artists and Letterhead Fonts wouldn't be what it is today without their help.” Sign artist John Studden was one of the first designers to join Chuck’s foundry: he’s been on board ever since and has had a hand in creating most of the fonts on the website.
So I proceeded to create 4 fonts and sold them on a subdomain of the site called "Letterhead Fonts" – the term "Letterhead" referring to a skilled sign craftsmen.”Īlthough they are headquartered in Reno, NV, the foundry collaborates with incredible designers from all over the world. I had already started a website to offer ready-to-cut custom designs to the sign industry, but that wasn't going anywhere. I imported letters that I had drawn by hand and soon had created my first font: CD Esoteric. The program was crude, but perfect for a novice user because of it's simplicity. Since I'd been interested in creating a font for some time, I rescued the disk from the trash and put it into my Mac in the office. I couldn't help but notice one of the floppy disks said "FontMonger". “One day I noticed one of the employees cleaning out a storage room and throwing old software into a large trash bin.
Having worked as a sign painter for many years, he switched gears in 1998 and began working as a graphic designer for Boeing. “Letterhead Fonts began quite by accident,” Chuck says. “Those letters must work together harmoniously to add something to your design.” “A font is so much more than just beautiful letters,” Letterhead’s founder and president Chuck Davis says.
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