This post is brought to you by our partners at CanvasDiscount.com Typographic and lettering-based prints have a timeless appeal. Whether they feature an inspiring quote or lyrics from your favorite song, an elegant word-art print will complement almost any interior design scheme. The photo printing experts at CanvasDiscount.com are here to explain what makes typographic and lettering prints so reliably popular. A Great Fit for Any Interior Space The appeal of this style of pr

Founded 1919, in the wake of the horror known as The Great War, Der Orchideengarten (The Orchid Garden) is considered to be the first fantasy magazine. A 2017 Kickstarter introduced the magazine to a niche American audience in an eponymous book by Thomas Negovan, proprietor of the visionary Century Guild Museum of Art in Los Angeles. The genre has also been written about by others, which is why I am floored not to have known about it before (thanks for opening my eyes, Henri

Print has been acquired by an independent group of collaborators, and soon enough, we’ll be back in full force with an all-new look, all-new content and a fresh outlook for the future. In the meantime, we’re looking back at some of our most popular pieces, such as this one by Rebecca Bedrossian. Typography by Louise Fili, using the Montecatini face In 2000, a conference at the St. Bride Library in London featured only female speakers. It was organized by Dr. Shelley Gruendler

Print has been acquired by an independent group of collaborators—Deb Aldrich, Laura Des Enfants, Jessica Deseo, Andrew Gibbs, Steven Heller and Debbie Millman—and soon enough, we’ll be back in full force with an all-new look, all-new content and a fresh outlook for the future. As a sneak peek at our new lineup: Expect Design Matters, and an exclusive piece to accompany it, right here, every Monday. Jessica Hische, photographed for PRINT magazine by John Keatley. Writing about

Centuries of Monograms In my business, Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer LLC, I create monograms and ciphers for clients and spend a good deal of time looking for historic inspiration. This article shares some of my research. It is likely that modern monograms originated with the beginning of type, about 1450. This is when printers, print collectors and artists began creating marks identifying that their work, or collection, was distinct from everyone else’s. Figure 1 – Illustr

Lettering maven Sam Roberts announces Letterheads 2018: London Calling is bringing the international Letterheads movement to London for the first time from August 16 to19 at the Bargehouse on OXO Tower Wharf, SE1. “These ‘meets’ are typically closed-doors affairs, but the London expo will provide a rare (and free!) opportunity for the public to glimpse the beautiful sign and lettering work via a free exhibition, demonstrations, screenings, behind-the-scenes tours, and much mo

Register today for the free course “5 Skills Every Design Needs to Know.” You may not realize it, but my theme for a few of this year’s (in fact, this past month’s) Daily Hellers is fifty years. Here is the one on underground type, and this one is about Rolling Stone. Today is another. Fifty years ago this month I met Brad Holland for the first time. I’ve written about him before, and will doubtless write about him again, like today. The following is a conversation about his

This is the third year we’ve run our New Visual Artists: 15 under 30 issue. What was once a highly edited list of 20 of the best and brightest young designers is now a deeper exploration of 15 of the most original talents working in visual communications today. This issue of Print comes at an interesting time. This new group of designers, while undeniably adroit, is part of a generation fully proficient in the art of self-promotion in a digital age. Getting the word out about

Call for entries: HOW Logo Design Competition Deadline for entry: October 30, 2017 This is the third year we’ve run our New Visual Artists: 15 under 30 issue. What was once a highly edited list of 20 of the best and brightest young designers is now a deeper exploration of 15 of the most original talents working in visual communications today. This issue of Print comes at an interesting time. This new group of designers, while undeniably adroit, is part of a generation fully p

[CALL FOR ENTRIES: International Design Awards Deadline August 14, 2017] Editor’s note: The following article was originally featured in the Print Special Typography Summer 2017 issue. Grab your copy featuring Jessica Hische and 9 other brilliant women ruling type and lettering today, PLUS the top 25 American type masters. Tattoo Artist As Typographer? Words by: Alex Harrell After experiencing firsthand the eternal embarrassment of a poorly executed type-based tattoo, I start

Figure 1 – Hand engraved lettering styles—these are not fonts—offered by Nancy Sharon Collins, Stationer LLC Through the advent of desktop publishing in the 1980s, social stationery was a ubiquitous part of every day life. Printed calling cards, business cards, letterhead, correspondence cards, note and thank you cards, invitations, announcements and other stationery items were mass-produced and used as quickly and expendably as Tweets and text messages are today. Now, we lov

Jessica Hische grew up in Pennsylvania, “raised by two non-creatives that decided it would be OK to let their little girl pursue a seemingly impractical career.” Seemingly being the key word there. After declaring graphic design as her major, Hische graduated in 2006 and joined HEADCASE Design in Philadelphia where she spent time designing books. Soon after, she began working for Louise Fili out of Brooklyn. And by 2009, she was on her own as a letterer, type designer, illust

The deadline for PRINT’s Typography & Lettering Awards has been extended to Dec. 2! Enter today. Mitch Putnam notes in the intro to his new book, OMG Posters, rock posters are a completely unique art form—“they’re drawn, printed (many by hand), hung, and sold to commemorate a one-night event in a single city. It’s hard to get more niche than that. The editions are usually mind-bogglingly low, often one hundred copies or fewer, never to be reprinted.” Which is part of why Putn

Lately, we’ve been featuring some of our 2016 New Visual Artists—PRINT’s annual list of the 15 best creatives working today under 30. If you haven’t already, meet the brilliant Gemma O’Brien. Here, she discusses her influences, her work, and how her career has evolved. Photo by Elle Green Age: 29. From: Brisbane, Australia. Current city: Sydney, Australia. Education: University of New South Wales: College of Fine Arts (BA, Design). Earliest creative memory: Winning a first-gr

Typography & Lettering Inspiration from Mary Kate McDevitt “It just has to feel right. If I look at a piece and something’s a bit off, it throws me. That could mean an unbalanced composition, kinks in the swashes or flourishes, or wonkiness in the letters when the style calls for something more technically proficient. Not to say I don’t love some weird and wonky lettering (because I do), but it still needs to feel harmonious.” Mary Kate McDevitt has been working as a freelanc

Typography is one of the most vital keys to successful design—and Print’s Typography & Lettering Awards is here to celebrate it. Enter your best hand lettered or typography-centric design work today. The second in a series of unexpected designers. Explore the design work of Henri Matisse here. Earlier this year I interviewed design provocateur and alternate design historian Art Chantry for AIGA Eye on Design, and he made the following statement: “The art world can’t do design

Don’t miss your chance to enter the Print Typography & Lettering Awards. This isn’t just a competition for classic type designers: We’re looking for projects that feature great uses of type by any designer. We’re looking for handlettered work. And, of course, we’re looking for original typefaces built from the ground up. Enter today. We all know that a lot can come out of attending university—from dream careers to stellar portfolios and lifelong friends. For Bobby C. Martin J

Ever want to design lettering that causes eyes to glaze over in amazement, such as the letterings of Jessica Hische or Louise Fili? The first step is to learn the basic letterforms. From HOW Design University’s course with Type Camp, Letterform Design, we grabbed some useful diagrams on type anatomy. Letterform Design covers how to design lowercase letterforms of the entire alphabet plus symbols. Dr. Shelly Gruendler from Type Camp says that the goal of the course is to have

Serendipitous encounters happen all the time on the Internet, and luckily for us, we know of one that set in motion an exemplary creative collaboration. Designer Craig Black, hailing from Scotland, and designer Nicole Phillips of Australia, connected over social media on their love of design and typography. An International Creative Collaboration: Opposites Attract As their friendship blossomed, they started directing the conversation to the idea of an international creative

Pyttans AB and CD to Learn is a strangely delightful ABC book dedicated to the Swedish opera singer Marianne Morner, also known as Pyttan. Painted in 1896 by “uncle” Albert Engström, it has become one of the classic works of Swedish literature. But being that my Swedish is next to ingenting, I publish it here to look at the quirkiness of the letters, the wrong strokes and the imagery, which may give you a hint at the word(s). Be aware some of these images represent the ethni