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I was going to save this news for !Exclamachine's web relaunch next week, but thought it might make a more interesting conversation starter here.
Heading out to eat with my friends, I got call telling me one of my faces was in a real, printed magazine. On the cover, no less! I grabbed everyone who happened to be with me and we made a trip to the nearest craft store. I just stopped and stared at the issues, my wife told the employees, "My husband did that font."

So, does anyone else have interesting stories of the first time they found their type design(s) unplanned in print or illustration, or on a sign or wall, or otherwise where you hadn't arranged for it to be?
25 Jul 2007 — 10:14am
Congratulations Choz. And I mean offense to you when I ask, which one is your face?
25 Jul 2007 — 10:42am
None taken. I don't have a central place to track my work online yet.
The photographed scrapbook page (specimen?, work?) uses !Sketchy Times Bold. This was a free font that became popular with scrapbookers. A sticker company contacted me, and I did an updated version exclusively for them. Evidently, they picked well; they didn't know about the use until they saw the cover at a trade show!
25 Jul 2007 — 10:55am
Well Bravo, I'm sure you're floating right now. Maybe someday, I'll know what it feels like.
25 Jul 2007 — 11:17am
Just get out there and do your thing.
25 Jul 2007 — 12:14pm
We went to my parents small-town WI mini-fair/festival thing a few weeks ago. All the banners used a font I had done. I smiled. Knowing no one else would care, I kept it to myself. (congrats, btw!)