Hand Job: A Catalog of Type

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On this digital age of computer-generated graphics and typography, it is refreshing to find typographers who still imagine in working by hand. No longer relegated to designer’s sketchbooks, hand-drawn type has emerged from the underground as a dynamic vehicle for visual communicationfrom magazine, book, and album covers to movie credits and NFL advertisements. As the practice and appreciation of hand-drawn type grows, its time to celebrate the work of those typographers whose each letterform is a murals.

Hand Job collects groundbreaking work from fifty of these days’s most talented typographers who draw by hand. Graphic designer and hand typographer Michael Perry selects work representing the full spectrum of design methods and styles. Every hand-drawn work is entirely shaped by the artist’s unique processevery one a carefully executed composition enhanced by unplanned “accidents” of line, color, and craft. Hand Job also includes photographs of found type,artists studios, and the tools that assist in making typography come to life. Whether you need to invigorate your design work or are just in need of a little bit offbeat inspiration, Hand Job will have you reaching for your favorite pen.

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