(currrently retired)
To do novelty fonts with any speed, one constructs templates, which one can then alter as the need arises. The templates which gave rise to AntsyPantsy and related fonts can be seen in a simplest form in GothicBlock. It is a typeface with no curves, and it has a gothic or medieval look to it. TwoTonedStoned puts a simple design in the blocks, and yields a font that looks like it is made of bricks with relief.