Rene Verkaart started Characters Font Foundry in 2004 as the result of a decade of custom logo- and typedesign for clients. Since 1995 he's been running his own graphic design studio, Stoere Binken Design, with a friend. Most of his early typefaces were custom designed for product flyers or packaging for Sirius Products, his first and oldest client. His first font "BorVer" (unreleased) originates in 1995, still a graduate graphic design student at the Kunstacademie Maastricht.

His portfolio currently contains over 45 typefaces, and all his typefaces are extensively tested by carefully selected Beta testers, who are renowned graphic design studios that test the typefaces in practice and give critical feedback to improve the final release versions.

With Characters Font Foundry Rene wants to show himself and what he stands for. "Typography is a very personal thing and a powerful way of expressing yourself and conveying your message. I'm happy that there are websites yours where people can find the typefaces that fit to their personality and how they want to portrait themselves."

His typefaces have been featured in some major design magazines like Items (Holland) and Diseño (Barcelona).