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fmbm: core
by: serialize-door.sh @ BOH-Command-Silo-003-25-22
created_utc: 2026-08-16T19:05:03Z
created_local: Sun Aug 16 2026, 12:05 PM PDT
time_source: local
type: Apex Door
title: Foundry.Ink
resource: https://foundry.ink/
door_template: door.template.html
door_template_version: 260816-ff66c962
serialized_utc: 2026-08-16T19:05:03Z
tags: [rail-works, apex-door, foundry.ink]
status: live
---

# Foundry.Ink

Custom lettering, hand-inked art and typefaces cut to brief. The byline abeatbyKai was published under in 2011. By Studio X.

## Status
- **Custom lettering** — Wordmarks and logotypes drawn for one client. Taking enquiries by email (`NOT YET`)
- **Hand-inked art** — Brush and pen work for labels, packaging, apparel and signage (`NOT YET`)
- **Commissioned typefaces** — A full character set cut to brief and licensed to the client (`NOT YET`)
- **Portfolio** — Fifteen years of work exists. None of it is uploaded here yet — that is the next job (`NOT YET`)
- **Booking form** — Commissions go through a person until there is something better (`NOT YET`)
- **abeatbyKai** — The 2011 typeface, at studioxfonts.com — free for personal use, always (`LIVE`)

## Family
- [StudioX Fonts](https://studioxfonts.com) — The foundry — retail typefaces
- [A Beat By Kai](https://abeatbykai.com) — The 2011 typeface
- [Studio X](https://studiox.fyi) — The studio — design, build, ship
- [Union.ink](https://union.ink) — Union ink, on press
- [Kai Buskirk](https://kaibuskirk.com) — person · technology, merch, design, apps
- [Print Shop Link](https://printshop.link) — The shop network
- [Cadre](https://cadre.fyi) — The cadre gateway