Isn’t it amazing how the Internet works?
Way back in, oh, 1991 or so, I created a font called “Generation” for use on the videotape labels of my Star Trek: The Next Generation tapes. I gave it to a few friends, then I put it on a few bulletin boards. A while later, it was listed along with a couple of other fonts I made in the Mac Shareware 500 book. Then I saw it was used on a few official Star Trek soundtrack albums. And just now, I’m watching an information channel about HDTV on Dish Network… and they’re using my font!
The amusing thing is that mine is a knockoff of a real, live typeface called “Crillee.” So, all these big companies using my font could have spent about $50 to buy the real, complete, professionally designed font. Instead, they’re using mine – I assume because it’s free.
How can I tell it’s my font? Because I never finished creating the numerals. I used a different typeface for the numbers – one I had been working on for a company who’s logo I was working on. So, the numbers in “Generation” don’t match the letters. Amazing how many places this font shows up in…
And I’ve never made a single penny on it.
Other fonts I created that show up a lot: “Groening” (the Simpsons & Life in Hell typeface) and “Cable Dingbats” (with logos of cable stations). If I can find the original files for all these, I’ll post them up again for the nostalgia of it all…
