Tag Hand-lettering

Andy Smith

I’m not really sure how I could have gone on this long without mentioning the work of illustrator Andy Smith, as I’ve been a big fan of his for quite awhile. His hand-lettering is what I’m most drawn to, and…

Letterror

Fun type and lettering experiments from the flickr stream of Letterror.

Martino&Jaña

I’ve wasn’t planning on adding another post this week, but I had to share these amazing posters I came across last night on Bēhance. The series was created for by Martino&Jaña for the Guimarães Jazz 2009 event. I love all…

James Gulliver Hancock

In addition to his illustration projects, James Gulliver Hancock creates some pretty amazing hand-lettered posters. Some of the ones below are unfortunately sold out, but you can check out what’s currently for sale right here.

Song faces

Yup, more hand-lettering. Meg Hunt has started a daily project where she chooses a song from her ipod and letters the title. You can find the whole collection right here in her Flickr stream.

Daily Drop Cap

Daily Drop Cap is an exciting new project from Jessica Hische. Each day she will post a new, hand-drawn decorative letterform that will be available for your personal use. She’s got three letters up so far, all of which are…

Steph Says Hello

Today is a holiday here in the States so I’m taking it off. So I’ll leave you with the incredible typography of Steph Baxter from Steph Says Hello.

Jordan Jelev

Amazing calligraphy by Jordan Jelev—check out his Bēhance portfolio for lots more.

Tattooday

Tattoday is the daily typographic project of Thomas Brodahl, one of the creators of Surfstation. Like a temporary tattoo, each day he hand-lettered a quotation or song excerpt on his arm.

The Heads of State in Real Simple

Lately I’ve noticed a lot of high quality art and design popping up in women’s magazines where you’d least expect. One example is this illustration and lettering by The Heads of State that appeared in the most recent issue of…

Steph Walker

Steph Walker’s day job is a sign artist at Trader Joe’s. Sounds like a pretty awesome job to me.

Nrmal

Mexican design studio Nrmal created this beautiful lettering as part of the brand for La Fabrica del Taco, an authentic Mexican Taqueria in Buenos Aires.