Hal Taylor

There are about 3 bazillion fonts on the market including mine. Many feature exotic ligatures and scads of alternate glyphs. Many look like hand-lettering. So why is there still a need for custom hand-lettering? The same reason there are so many fonts available–that certain situation where nothing else will do…the glass slipper. It could be one simple word, a phrase, a sentence.

I have been hand-lettering for years and have never lost the desire or love of doing it. It's illustrating with letter forms. Here are some samples of my work; some that go back years, others much more recent. As you can tell, I'm partial to scripts.

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Custom Hand LetteringLabel design for a line of fresh produce products.
Client: Campbell Soup Cp.
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Custom Hand LetteringLettering design for department store shopping bag.
Client: Strawbridge & Clothier
Custom Hand LetteringCreated for a poster competition encouraging the use of black & white design.
Client: Dorland, Sweeney Design Studio
Custom Hand LetteringPost card lettering advertising a conference in... Seattle!
Client: Wyeth Laboratories
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Custom Hand LetteringMock design in the style of sheet music of the early 20th Century.
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