“The genesis and realization of Jackalope was […] a
hybrid process. In 1996, LetterPerfect commissioned type designer
Kathy Schinhofen to provide pen-written source material based on
her commercial handwriting style and specifically on a logo she had
designed for its "Viva la Fonts" line of script fonts. This work
was digitized by LetterPerfect’s Garrett Boge and later fonticized
by former Hallmark Cards type maven Myron McVay who unified the
design and contributed additional characters. The design sat
unfinished for over 12 years until Garrett Boge revived the project
in 2010 filling out the extended character set and integrating the
design into a multi-featured OpenType font.” More…
“The genesis and realization of Jackalope was […] a hybrid process. In 1996, LetterPerfect commissioned type designer Kathy Schinhofen to provide pen-written source material based on her commercial handwriting style and specifically on a logo she had designed for its "Viva la Fonts" line of script fonts. This work was digitized by LetterPerfect’s Garrett Boge and later fonticized by former Hallmark Cards type maven Myron McVay who unified the design and contributed additional characters. The design sat unfinished for over 12 years until Garrett Boge revived the project in 2010 filling out the extended character set and integrating the design into a multi-featured OpenType font.” [LetterPerfect]