Book Country
Book Country first appeared on a poster for “New York is Book Country” an annual literary event. It was inspired by the lettering of Ben Shahn on a poster protesting the 1927 execution of...
font_designer: Daniel Pelavin
China Market
The initial characters in China Market were created in 1996 for a logo featuring the Temple of Heaven in Beijing where emperors from the Ming and Qing dynasties worshiped heaven and prayed for abundant...
ITC Anna
ITC Anna is a labor of love by Daniel Pelavin. He designed the font for his wedding invitation and reused it on the birth announcement of his first child, Anna, whose namesake it is....
Salty Dog
Salty Dog’s a rough-hewn but sturdy rope script in two styles; a ready-made outline version and a solid that suits it for a variety of multicolor highlight and shadow effects. Rich with the hearty...
Tiki
It’s here, it’s new and it’s bamboo. Not to be mistaken for the lush magic of the actual tropical rain forest, Tiki evokes more of a feeling of an Oriental Trading Co. tacky Hawaiian...
Mimosa
The inspiration for Mimosa comes directly from the packaging for “Moulinard Jeune”, a line of French toiletries from the 1920s. I created the 240-odd glyphs needed to make up a complete font based upon...
Forgia
Forgia is a result of my fascination with the beauty I find in utilitarian industrial objects like the riveted stanchions in New York subway stations, decorative ironwork in Grand Central terminal and the eloquent...