The [often overlooked] fine art of lettering

Book designer Emily Gregory has put together a really fine look at typography in the Little Book of Lettering. This one was a surprise for me - typography doesn't exactly leap out at as something that would be deemed page-worthy to a person who is not in the design field. But seeing it here, in all its full color glory, it becomes hard to look away if you care the slightest bit about art. (And if you like books and appreciate their design then you'll really love this.)

The book is put together really well - brief biographies of designers, some examples of their work and split into three sections as "Digitally Drawn Lettering", "Hand-draw and Illustrated Lettering" and "Three-dimensional Lettering". Readers get a little taste of the work of a ton of artists while also learning a bit about how they do it and gaining a healthy list of people to follow-up with. (Gregory has compiled websites in a contributors' list at the end.)

Little Book of Lettering is an easy choice for anyone interested in art but it has a unique appeal that should transcend the obvious. I want the work of so many of these people to grace my own walls - really truly fabulous stuff here!



A sample of what's inside - this one by Yulia Brodskaya