The Fonts

Arial was picked up by the local animal control on January 5th, 2017, and had her four kittens the very next day! Arial's kittens were Zapf, Baskerville, Wingdings (Winnie), and Garamond (Gary), named after various digital fonts. The family was then transferred to On Angel's Wings, and then to Kitten Academy. The Fonts stayed in the annex, and began to grow into tiny cats.

The Fonts visited the vet for an initial examination on the 11th, and because Arial was not eating enough. It was determined she was a little stressed from moving to a new place, and had a slight fever, however was otherwise heathy! She got some fluids and a whole buffet of food, and eventually settled down enough to eat. All of the kittens were very healthy!

Momcat Chutney had previously come to Kitten Academy on December 13th. She went into labor on December 18th, however due to complications (ectopic pregnancies) most of her litter was not viable and she went to the emergency vet and got a C-section. After her surgery Chutney had pain medication, however was still not feeling well and not eating. She went to the vet again on the 21st, and unfortunitely passed away due to peritonitis. However, one of her kittens was viable. After several days of emergency care, this kitten began to thrive! He was given to another foster who had more experience with bottle babies, and continued to be loud and energetic! He was named Charlie.

On January 19th, when Charlie was about a month old, he came to kitten academy to join the Fonts class. Charlie was a couple weeks older than the Font kittens, but Arial welcomed him right away! She groomed him and let him snuggle with her and her kittens. Charlie was old enough to eat solid food, and he really enjoyed playing with his new siblings. Because he was a few weeks older, and bigger, he sometimes played rough with the others and DJ took him out for "time outs", which meant he got extra snuggles.

They all visited the vet again on the 20th, because Baskerville and Gary had some eye discharge, and for Charlie's initial vet visit! They all got antibiotics. On the 27th, Mr A made a short television appearance with Charlie, on a local news segment on WGN TV about On Angel's Wings! Charlie charmed everyone with how cute and well behaved he was, and he got an approved adopter right after! Charlie was a real stand-out kitten at KA, he caused all kinds of mischief and silliness. His favorite toy was a blue sparkle puffball, which have since been called "charlie balls"

    In mid-February, the Textiles went to OAW for their adoptions, and the Fonts moved to the downstairs main room. They continued to grow, and play with each other. While the kittens liked other cats, Arial did not and would get angry at any faculty that attempted to visit. Winnie and Charlie both went to the vet, Charlie got some dewormer and Winnie was smaller than her brothers, however still checked out to be healthy. Around this time, Kitten Academy was also featured on BBC news! On March 3rd, Sarah Donner first visited Kitten Academy and the Fonts, she played a few songs and recorded one for her "covered with kittens" segment.

Charlie got his graduation neuter surgery on February 28th, and Around the same time, Zapf and Baskerville had an approved adopter together! Charlie's adopter, a longtime supporter and member of the KA discord, flew in from Texas on March 9th, and adopted Charlie as a surprise for his wife! The next day, a couple who were interested in adopting Winnie and Gary visited Kitten Academy, after learning they lived just down the road from them! These visitors turned out to be Jimmy and Jenni D, who became great friends and eventually, groundskeepers taking care of the Academy while Mr A and DJ were away. Jimmy and Jenni were soon approved to adopt Winnie and Gary, making the Fonts the first ever class of kittens to all have adopters before their graduation! However, Arial was still not adopted.

The rest of The Fonts had their graduation surgery on March 16th, and all the kittens went home on the 18th. Arial was moved to On Angel's Wings, where she stayed to find her adopter. While Arial was there, she eventually learned to co-exist with other cats, and even made friends with a cat named Eva. Arial spent months at OAW, and finally was adopted with Eva in July 2017.