This nostalgia-filled letter tugged at my heartstrings. You can feel the connection this soldier is yearning for as he asks about old friends and recalls carefree moments before the war. READ MORE
What’s the first thing that caught my eye about this postcard from September, 1943? The unusual emerald green ink, of course!READ MORE
Four years ago, at TypeCon 2012, I had the privilege of receiving a short critique from a trio of type design luminaries. At the time, I was still refining the font ‘Marcel’ and I appreciated the opportunity to hear feedback that could help me make the font as good as it could be.READ MORE
I don’t know about you, but I take terrible selfies. READ MORE
Months ago, as I workshopped excerpts of “Marcel’s Letters,” a fellow writer had a strong reaction to how I wrote about a swastika.
Over the weekend I attended a two-day Spencerian Masterclass. READ MORE
According to curators at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, some modern papers “only have a lifespan of a few decades.” So, if you have precious letters or documents, what can you do to preserve and protect them?READ MORE
Huge congratulation to Tom and Jane on their wedding this weekend.READ MORE
On June 6, 1944, the mother of Lou B.—who at the time was in military training in Massachusetts—wrote this letter capturing her reaction to the D-Day invasion.READ MORE
Second to Marcel Heuzé’s letters, this postcard has been the most incredible find.READ MORE
We pick a font hoping it says something about us; that we are creative, intellectual, or have business know-how. But what happens when a font picks a graphic designer and turns her world upside down and inside out? Working from a handful of fragile and translucent pages written in a language she doesn’t speak, Carolyn sets out to uncover not only the mystery of Marcel's life, but in the process finds her own passion to create a font in his honor. In Marcel’s Letters, Carolyn rescues one man’s legacies, and ultimately gifts us with her own.
– Elizabeth Rynecki, author of the forthcoming book and documentary Chasing Portraits
You know those times when you have news so big to share it feels surreal to actually share it? READ MORE