Sometime in 1978 I opened the newspaper and saw a classified ad that asked for letter drawers. Very intriguing!!  Some years later I told somebody I was a 'letter drawer' and was asked, "...why don't you just type them?" In any event, I answered the ad and was hired at Mergenthaler Linotype. Letter drawers are what Type Designers used to be called back when typesetting was all proprietary equipment and such. Over the years I've developed my own little library of fonts as well as working on libraries of fonts for other companies. What you'll find here is my 'private stock' so to speak.

Of course, this site is not intended as 'fonts only'. Over the years we've acquired a number of diverse skills. They run from type, to programs that use type (QA is rather important to type designers and font technicians), to systems admin, to script writing, code development, etc.

And someday these will be frequently asked questions-

What's an ArFF? 

In 1989 my wife and I took our vacation on the island of Aruba, two of the most enjoyable weeks we've ever spent. I was so impressed with the place that I decided that if I ever had my own business I would, most definitely, have some form of the word Aruba in the name. So, lets see, Aruba or Aruban? The word looks better with the 'n' and so we have the Aruban Font Foundry, ArFF for short. And, depending on my whim, ArFF is sometimes Purple Penny.  Now isn't that confusing?

What's a BILT font?

That's easy, Because I Like Them.

What about the fonts....?

 I've been involved with the development and/or production of well over 2500 fonts. I know what I like and I feel my long involvement with the industry qualifies me to build my own library of designs simply because I just plain enjoy this kind of work. Some designs are original and some are what I think of as really good ideas that I wish I'd had. I'm not all that concerned with name issues beyond identifying the fonts in some unique fashion. Kappa Nappa, Kappa Sappa and Rainman are examples of this concept. An examination of Geo Sans carries a slightly different theme. It has the individual thinking geometric- ITC Avant Garde, Spartan, Futura or is it all of that and a touch of Gill Sans? Kabel? Well, geometric shapes lend themselves to crisp, clean, legible glyphs. Geo Sans is simply my interpretation of the geometric design concept.

Thank you.