Ray Larabie
Ray Larabie (born 1971 in Mississauga, Ontario) is a prolific designer of computer Truetype fonts. Beginning in 1996, Larabie distributed his designs over the internet as freeware. Many of his designs were inspired by corporate and rock band logos:
- Crystal Radio Kit - Inspired by the 1970s-vintage Radio Shack logo
- King Richard - Resembles the 1970s-vintage Plymouth logo. It is named for racer Richard Petty who raced Plymouths for much of his career.
- Squealer - Resembles the logo of the hard rock group AC/DC
- Pastor Of Muppets - Inspired by the 1980s-era logo of heavy metal group Metallica
Others were creations of Larabie's own imagination. Early designs were typically science fiction or techno-oriented, but Larabie eventually began designing fonts in a wide variety of styles. Many of his designs would become commonly used in advertising.
Larabie would release over 300 freeware fonts before announcing in 2002 that he would be focusing exclusively on commercial fonts that he sold through his new type foundry Typodermic.
Larabie's prolific creativity inspired numerous other amateur designers to create freeware fonts.