Characters

Additional Information

Full name

Rene Verkaart

Personal Bio

As a little kid I used to draw my own comic books. I was a huge fan of the ’superhero’ genre. The fonts used in American comic books made me aware of typography for the very first time.

I started Characters Font Foundry in 2004 as the result of years of custom logo- and typedesign for clients. Since 1995 I’ve been running my own graphic design studio, Stoere Binken Design, with a friend of mine. Most of my early typefaces were custom designed for product flyers or packaging for Sirius Products, our longest client. They sell food supplements, CDs, vinyl, DJ equipment and they used to organize techno parties. They flyer very often for self-promotion, and all their products need labels, packaging and detailed promotional material.

Most of my typefaces originate in my holidays. Then I finally have the time to sit down and do some sketching. Most of these fonts contain icons and symbols from that particular location.

All my typefaces are extensively tested by carefully selected BetaTesters. This are renowned graphic design studios that TestDrive the typefaces in practice and give critical feedback to improve the final release versions.

With Characters Font Foundry I want to show myself and what I stand for. Typography is a very personal thing and a powerful way of expressing yourself and your message.
I’m happy that there are websites like MyFonts and Veer where people can find the typefaces that fit to their character and how they want to portrait themselves.

My typefaces are featured in magazines like Items (Netherlands) and Diseno (Spain).

My favourite typeface: Reethi Rah

My fonts:
Accelerator, Ballet Mechanique, Bionix, BorVer, Cucaracha, Encrypted Wallpaper, FatBoy, Freaky Animals, Insider, Kryptonite, Nantua, Nantua Flava XL, Nordic A, Nordic Narrow, Plan A, B, C, Porta, Reethi Rah, Savant, SBD Block, SBD Block Cutout, Shell Shock, Shell Shock Cloak, Siventi Logo + Icono and Vagebond Condensed / Normal / Extended.