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Hand Lettering & Calligraphy

Typography made by hand: drawing, painting and writing letters – using a variety of specialized tools.

Advertising & PromotionGraphic Design & BrandingPublications & EditorialTypeface & Alphabet DesignHand Lettering & CalligraphySmall & Private PressesTrade & CraftEarly Printing & TypeUnidentified

Woodward’s logo script

Hand-Lettered Wordmark
Woodward’s
Irene Alexander,  c1945

Type & Paper

A handbook of contemporary type on contemporary paper
Booklet
The E.B. Eddy Company
Carl Dair,  1946

The National Ballet of Canada

Hand-Lettered Wordmark
The National Ballet of Canada
Al Elliott,  c1963

Cockney Slang

Poster
Cooper & Beatty, Limited
Jim Donoahue and Al Elliott,  c1970

Al Elliott

Hand-Lettered Wordmark
Al Elliott
Al Elliott,  1972

Typsettra

Hand-Lettered Wordmark
Typesettra
Dave Thomason,  c1975

Dave Thomason

Hand-Lettered Wordmark
Dave Thomason
Dave Thomason,  c1975

The Rush Job

Poster
Typesettra
Designer Unkown,  c1975

Reactor Art and Design

Logo
Reactor Art and Design
Karen Cheeseman,  1982

Modern Scribes and Lettering Artists

Book Cover
A Pentalic Book, Taplinger Publishing Company, New York
Martin Jackson,  1983

Ocean Paper Stone

The catalogue of an exhibition of printed objects
Book
William Hoffer
William Hoffer, Vancouver
Robert Bringhurst,  1984

Title: Curabitur blandit tempus porttitor

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