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Crackhouse was created by Jeremy Dean and released by House Industries in 1993. (At least, I think it was 1993 -- some sites say 1994.) House catalog #22 describes it as "the infamous Crackhouse (the font everyone loves)".

Fonts In Use has some examples of Crackhouse. Jeremy Dean used to be on tumblr as @thehardcorearchaeologist but hasn't posted since 2014.

WAGING DEATH & SLAUGHTER ON UNBELIEVERS SINCE THE EARLY '70s -- SPIDEY READERS, BEWARE.

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1212×1920 -- Taking a swipe at your friendly neighborhood wall-crawler in the late '90s -- Spotlight on a Marvel house ad for both "Conan the Barbarian" monthly title and "Conan the Savage" B&W magazine, c. 1999, both published by Marvel Comics.

Source: https://forum.sanctuary.fr/t/page-s-de-pub/185608/225?page=9.

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Halfwayhouse (or Halfway House) was created by Allen Mercer and released in 1993 by House Industries, as part of a collection of fonts that all had "House" in the name.

After we got over the euphoria of starting our own design company in 1993, we decided that design work for pesky clients was just too much aggravation. About the same time, we had a notion to pool together some of our lettering for those same clients and design a small postcard advertising the “fonts” for $25 each or $150 for everything. We mailed it to 400 hand-typed addresses and blissfully forgot about it until the art director from Warner Brothers Records called wanting the entire collection sent for next day delivery. After invoking the “please allow four to six weeks for deliver” clause in our fine print, we coaxed those original glyphs into font format. In spite of early technical and practical shortcomings, the General Collection fonts still have an organic flavor that strikes a nerve in today’s design and advertising trades.

Allen Mercer left House Industries in 1998 to become a Christian missionary in Hungary, though he still makes fonts under the name Alive Fonts.

'To hell with you.' Advertisement for Doom 64 on the Nintendo 64 (1997).

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Keedy Sans was originally created by Jeffery Keedy in 1988 under the name Bondage Bold. Edward Fella convinced him to change the name, and Zuzana Licko helped to refine the font, resulting in the version that was released publicly in 1991 by Emigre Fonts.

A famous use of Keedy Sans was in the logo for The Prodigy.

The 2002 type specimen for Keedy Sans is pretty neat.

May 1995

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Brush or Brush Script was created by Robert E. Smith and released by ATF in 1942.

Fonts In Use has more examples of Brush Script.

Sanrio ad (1996)

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Roughedge is a grunge font designed by Robert J. Howell and released in 1998 by T-26.

Tomb Raider II video game ad (from The Darkness #11 circa January 1998)

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Hobo was designed by Morris Fuller Benton and released by ATF in 1910.

Jose Cuervo, 1994

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Balloon was designed by Max Richard Kaufmann and released by ATF in 1939.

One of the most famous uses of Balloon was in the Nickelodeon logo, used from 1984 to 2009.

See Fonts In Use for more examples of Balloon.

Children's magazine ad for Capri Sun Pacific Cooler flavor, March, 1991. Disney Adventures Magazine.