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ROBERT FORD (1962–1993) published THING from 1989 through 1993. The Chicago-based publication foregrounded queer Black and Brown DJs, drag queens, artists, poets, and filmmakers. THING proudly proclaimed on its masthead, “She Knows Who She Is.” In 1994, Ford died from complications related to AIDS. This font was commissioned by Earth Angel, a Milwaukee club night, in June 2018.
MARTIN WONG (1946–1999) painted the world in bricks, sweat, and sign language. A gay Chinese American painter in New York, Wong created tributes to the gritty ecstasy of city life, the homoerotics
of prison and firemen, and queer Black and Brown love. This font is based on the stylized sign language system Wong employed in his artworks.
G.B. JONES (b. 1965) is an artist, filmmaker, and musician. In the early 1980s, Jones cofounded the post-punk proto–riot grrrl band Fifth Column and in 1985, launched the queer punk zine J.D.s with Bruce LaBruce. Jones’s “no-budget” films often depict bad- mannered girl gangs, homo hustlers, and anarchist mischief-makers. This font is based on the title sequence of her 2008 film The Lollipop Generation.
WOMEN’S CAR REPAIR COLLECTIVE was one of several initiatives organized by the Lesbian Alliance of St. Louis, Missouri, in the early 1970s. This “service by and for women” offered repairs of foreign and American cars, workshops, and rentals of garage space, books, and tools. This font is based on lettering from a flyer advertising the collective.