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. Something ORIGINAL. 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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Hand-lettering
Label design for a line of fresh produce products.Client: Campbell Soup Cp.
Personal greeting card design.
Proposed titling for the Townsend Press edition of Jane Eyre.
Personal greeting card design.
Proposed titling for the Townsend Press edition of Frankenstein.
Proposed title page graphic.
Promotion piece.
T-shirt design
Lettering design for department store shopping bag.Client: Strawbridge & Clothier
Created for a poster competition encouraging the use of black & white design.Client: Dorland, Sweeney Design Studio
Post card lettering advertising a conference in... Seattle!Client: Wyeth Laboratories
Design echoing old fruit box labels for a New Jersey cranberry farm.
Created for a letter design competition.
Mock design in the style of sheet music of the early 20th Century.
Proposed point of purchase logo treatment. Client: Manington Floors
ID logo for local television station.
ID logo for local television station.
Proposed titling for Townsend Press edition of Pollyanna.