Good thing, too! James released it just in time for me to use it for the current Type Battle! :-)

ChrisL

Hah! This is good. It's always fun to see a new baby in use.

j a m e s

By now you must already have been contacted by any number of bubblegum producers, so I won't propose that.
But governments could adopt it, for making their bleak signage look friendlier. For example,

[This image was removed at the request of Sentinel Type and James Arboghast.]

(I searched for that old chestnut "Communism is 50 miles away" but couldn't find it -- too bad!)

I know from my sales records you haven't purchased Jabberwub, so you must have done this with the type tester on the new myfonts site. That's unauthorized use of the font and a breach of the Myfonts site copyright and use of content terms and conditions. Congratulations you just got into my bad book.

If Stephen Coles or anybody else comes in here and says the position I choose to adopt on this is ridiculous or "just silly", I recommend they talk to Erik Spiekermann or John Collins about why thier companies have these terms and conditions governing site content use on their websites in the first place.

j a m e s

hold on JAmes mate---I thought you said this was s bit of a joke?!?! i Didnt realise you were selling the bloody thing!! good one mate!! Does this mean thatn the jokes on them???

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Chopper Reid says "Harden the fuck up".

If you're going to be strict about copyright James, better not to use Fanta in your promotion.

BTW, that's a very silly typeface :-)

Nick—it's "Fonta", not "Fanta". Fonta may look like a rip-off of Fanta to some eyes. But you should know I have redefined what an "o-n" ligature looks like. I'm waiting for Coca-Cola's branding communications peeple to tell me I've violated their Fanta trademark. They will have a very hard time trying to prosecute me for violation of the Fanta trademark.

Clue: it's done with permission, and aesthetic license.

@Muzzer: I thought you said this was s bit of a joke?!?!

You said it was a joke. I only said I like a good joke now and then. This is for real.

j a m e s

Fonta is more our type of drink--Fanta is more for people who like to flick their wrist to make a breeze :-)

ChrisL

I have redefined what an “o-n” ligature looks like.

Yes, like "a-n"!
But don't worry, I suspect that people are aware script is a more personal expression than type, done with aesthetic licence, and employ "reading licence", turning up the readerability knob a notch and enjoying the mayhem. Or maybe script plays up the game-like, puzzle-solving dimension of reading.

I ain't worryin'. And yes I think you're ryte as usual, script lettering is a personal expressiveness type of thing. In effect I'm scaling the edge of readerability / readability while firing a shot into the trademark maelstrom to see what happens there.

I always do research before deciding on a retail font's name, to find out how widespread prior use (if any exists) of the name has been in the public domain. A google search of "fonta" turns up soome fascinating prior uses of it as a trademark, none of them registered. So the Coke peeple, if they ever bother hassling me about this) will have to admit widespread prior use of the letter string "fonta" by numerous companies and private individuals, whose use of "fonta" as a business name / brand has not diluted Coke's registered Fanta trademark. If Coke go for similar wordmark conflict, well, we'll see about that. Their claim would have to include an argument for dilution of the Fanta wordmark, and that could take a long time to hammer out out-of-court. Meantime I get a free ride with my Fonta mark acting as the pivot for the Jabberwub branding communications scheme.

For readers interested in prior use of "Fonta", here are some relevant links:

Google: "fonta"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=fonta&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
bout 1,420,000 for fonta

Fonta.org is the creation of an individual named Andrea Fontanesi
http://www.fonta.org/Welcome.html

http://www.fonta.com/
Thank you for your interest in fonta.com.
This domain is for sale. Please visit the fonta.com auction page at Sedo.

http://www.robtex.com/dns/fonta.com.html
fonta.com is a domain controlled by two nameservers. They are on different IP networks.

http://www.fonta-motor.com/
GUANGZHOU FONKWANG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD, is specialized in production and sales of FONTA and FKMEO brand motorcycles.

http://fibresystems.org/cws/company/B400014626
Fonta Industries CO.,LTD is a professional company of fiber-optic components in HongKong, China.

http://www.who.is/whois-com/ip-address/fonta.com/

Heh! I love that "Fonkwang Industrial" tag. Apparently "Fonkwang" in Japanese translates to "Fonta" in queen's English. What a world :^)

j a m e s

Dez, if Fonta is your type of drink, the fonta.com domain is up for sale.

@Nick: . . . turning up the readerability knob a notch and enjoying the mayhem.

I'm forcing type users to reassess what they think they know. That's our job as type designers. I want the world guessing where the truth begins.

j a m e s