Brush lettered scripts have such a quick expressive quality to them and have amazed me since I was a little girl. The quick whip of the wrist can make or break a letterform so...
My brother is an architect, and I have always loved his lettering, you know, the style of writing that can be found on architectural drawings. There is a common thread to it, yet each...
While there can be similar handwriting styles out there, no two handwritings are exactly the same. I like to think that I have the same handwriting style as my father, but I had never...
I recently came across an old travel journal I’d misplaced, and in it was a really rough sketch of an Italian post office. The sign lettering caught my eye while flipping through the pages,...
by Staff · Published January 11, 2016
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While I was in Boston in 2014, I visited the Museum of Fine Arts and to my good fortune there was an exhibit of etchings by Rembrandt, one of my favorite artists. As to...
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
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My latest typeface is a formal, copperplate script named Glade. Beginning as a project for a client who wanted several widths of a formal script style, the project never saw fruition. However, it did...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Have you ever seen lettering that you can connect with but have no clue where you’ve seen it before? It strikes a chord with certain feelings but you don’t know why. Slim Pickens was...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Discover why Pickle Sans is the font the makers of Comic Sans don’t want you to know about! Why not convey a casual professionalism that is a step above the competition? Pickle Sans is...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Would you hire one of the top hand lettering artists that worked for companies like Max Factor for your designs? Of course you would! Chas Bluemlein passed away many years back, and you couldn’t...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Ever think that supermarkets are becoming less personal and more clinical and cold? What will cost you less than a trip to the supermarket and put a smile on your face? Smiley was inspired...