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Today the Society of Design in PA (my home state) invited me to speak. In doing so, they created the most touching awesome thing I’ve ever seen and I spent the last hour and a half crying at my desk just amazed that 35 people would go out of their way to make me feel [...]
Every now and then I get a really lovely email from an aspiring letterer that is about to publish a passion project of his or her own. They tell me my work was an inspiration and that they can’t wait to share their creation with the world. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside for [...]
I’m sure many of you went to art school and I’m assuming most of the people reading this article are designers, illustrators or others working within the world of what we reluctantly call “communication art”. When we graduated from art school, a career was promised to us. …
As I’ve seen my Should I Work for Free chart get reposted around the internet a bit, there is a topic that is always brought up in comments that I didn’t address on the chart itself: internships. I purposefully avoided talking about them on the chart, just as I avoided diving into great detail …
During my childhood, I don’t think I ever asked for a Barbie for Christmas, but this year that is exactly what I want. Thank you brilliant designer at Mattel that decided to use my Buttermilk Font on this year’s Holiday Barbie! What a day-maker! And thanks to my dear friend Elizabeth for spotting …
Hey everyone! You may have seen the interview I did with .net magazine which was posted online recently. The interview originally happened in late 2010, so there are some things that are a bit amiss—I’m now 27, Daily Drop Cap is over, and I ended up diving much further into the web world …
I am beyond excited to show off this stamp design I lettered! It’s taken a while to be released, but the USPS just started previewing the 2012 designs. Happily, I think these will be out by the time I have to send out my own wedding invitations, which makes it an especially celebratory release! I …
One of the most fun forms of procrastiworking I partake in is travelling around talking to folks at conferences and other events. Here’s a few upcoming places you can see me speak (and by “speak” I mean “curse a lot”) in the fall and beyond! I’ll post the more …
Head over to the store to check out the two new prints!
Brioche is a fun revival typeface ready for all of your fancy needs. The roman is modeled after a few 19th century samples with the exception of some special swashy characters (of course I had to add them!). The italic is a new design. Brioche Regular and Brioche Italic are sold together as one …
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