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Custom Letters

Posted on 09. Jul, 2009 by Rory McCafferty in Design

LETTERCult has an interesting piece on the best custom lettering of the first half of 2009, I especially like this one from Esther Aarts

Custom Letters is an evolving category that includes calligraphy, sign painting, graffiti, stone carving, digital lettering, hand lettering, paper sculpture, and type design (we’d prefer to feature new/original type over, say, revivals).

Custom, in this instance, means built from scratch; we aren’t looking for customization—a type treatment or 3d treatment—of an existing typeface.

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