Blambot

Blambot

Blambot is the name of an online type foundry and is the alias of freeware and shareware computer font designer Nate Piekos. Blambot specializes in script and display typefaces for use as lettering in both print and online comics.[1]

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Nate Piekos

Nate Piekos graduated with a BA in Design from Rhode Island College. Since founding Blambot in 1999, he has lettered comics for Marvel, DC, Oni Press and Dark Horse, has become type designer to Harvey Award Winner, Mike "Madman" Allred, and has had his designs licensed by such companies as Microsoft, Six Flags Amusement Parks, The New Yorker, The Gap, and many more. His work has not only been utilized in comics, but on television and in feature films as well. Piekos also runs his own webcomic, Atland, in which he also uses his Blambot fonts for lettering.

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References

  1. ^ Pipeline - #304 - Comic Book Resources

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