Quality and variety is the key to good lettering inspiration, which is one of the reasons why we created the Typism books. With the release of the Typism digital books, we thought we would travel back in time and take a look at each of the six books in more detail and showcase some of our favourite works.

1. HERE'S WHY THE
TYPISM DIGITAL
BOOK BUNDLE IS
SUCH A GREAT
SOURCE OF
INSPIRATION
Typism

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As a lettering artist just starting out, it is
tempting to head to Google or Pinterest
to find sources of new inspiration, but
it’s often the same stuff doing the
rounds and there is no way to know
whether it is high quality or not.

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If the curation is not done by
lettering experts, poor examples of
lettering are often showcased in
inspirational lettering collections
online.

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If you are looking to poor quality
work for inspiration, it is easy to
develop bad habits and if you are
looking at the same 20 artists over
and over again, it’s all too easy to be
over-influenced by their work.

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QUALITY AND VARIETY IS
THE KEY TO GOOD
LETTERING INSPIRATION,

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WHICH IS ONE OF THE
REASONS WHY WE CREATED
THE TYPISM BOOKS.

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With the release of the Typism digital books,
we thought we would travel back in time
and take a look at each of the six books in
more detail.

8. The initial idea with the Typism books was to produce them as a
print-on-demand book because there was no money for a print
run, but once artists like Luca Barcellona and Jon Contino
submitted their work, it became clear that we needed to raise
money to print them properly.
This is one reason for the small pocket size of the book and also
the fact that all the artwork is in black and white. We needed the
print cost to be affordable and the size economical to post.
Typism Book One: 2013

9. Once the first book was released, it sold out fairly quickly and when we
started making plans for a second Typism conference, it became clear that
we needed to think about the second book as well.
We put the word out on social media as well as inviting the artists from the
first book to submit work again, which many of them did. The artists were
so excited to have their work included in the book, they wanted that rush
of excitement again, and as the word got out about the book via the now
infamous Typism Book Selfie, we had no problem attracting submissions.
Typism Book Two: 2015

10. For Book Three, we went back to Aurelie Maron for a new logo to put on the
cover and we decided to increase the print run because the word was
getting out about the book and we didn’t want to sell out so quickly.
We doubled the print run and ramped up the pre-order. The Typism Book
Selfies were becoming a tradition now for anyone with work in the book and
it quickly became our favourite part of the whole process.
We also released a special limited edition version of the book for contributors
only in a partnership with BJ Ball papers and letter-pressed a white varnish
into their black cover stock. Ooh, so fancy.
Typism Book Three: 2017

11. The logo for Book Four was designed by another Typism conference speaker, Matt
Vergotis. He made use of his signature energetic hand lettered style.
The word was starting to get out about the books now, so we were seeing some
amazing submissions and so the judging panel had to get super picky about the
work they were selecting. Due to postage costs, we can’t afford to make the book
any thicker, much as we would like to, so book four was where we really started to
reject high quality work, just because it might have a similar style to other works in
the book, or if it said something similar. We only wanted to print one of each saying
or style, so we rejected a lot of calligraphy circles and “strength in letters” that year.
Typism Book Four: 2018

12. The story behind the logos for Book Five and Six started at the Creative South
Conference in Georgia where Typism founder Dominique Falla gave a keynote
speech and met many of the people she’d been following over the years in real life.
Two of the people she met at the conference were friends Colin Tierney and
Daniel Palacios, who had both appeared in the books and both wanted to create
logos for the cover of the next book.
Colin and Daniel duked it out, with Colin Tierney winning the chance for book five
and then Daniel was promised Book Six. Colin deviated from his usual
crayligraphy style and created this flourishing beauty for the cover of Book Five.
Typism Book Five: 2019

13. One year later and it was Daniel Palacios' turn to create a logo for the
cover and he went against the flourishing logo trend to create a clean
retro look for the book.
We ran into some trouble with the shipping of Book Six because COVID
restrictions meant lots of the countries Australia Post shipped to went
dark for a while. The COVID situation is pretty much under control in
Australia, but unfortunately many of the countries we were shipping to
were not, which is how the digital books came into existence.
Typism Book Six: 2020

14. Ambigram master Nikita Prokhorov was tapped on the shoulder
to create the logo for Book Seven and of course he created a slick
Typism ambigram.
We’ve also put the BOOK SEVEN text up both ways so that when
you get the physical book you can turn it round and read it both
ways like a true ambigram cover. The book is currently at the
printers and should be available at the end of April, early May 2021.
Typism Book Seven: 2021

15. As we went through the artwork to repackage them as
digital books, we began to notice some repeat offenders—
people who always seemed to pop up in every edition. We
went through and tried to find people who had appeared
in all seven books and discovered there were eight of them.
Can you guess who might be in every edition?

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Wouldn't it be great if there was a curated resource
where pieces of lettering had been carefully selected
over the years by a panel of experts for its variety,
visual appeal and technical proficiency?
How great would it be to open a folder on your
computer and have instant access to over 1000 pieces
of work in as many different styles as you can imagine
by some of the best lettering artists in the world?

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Well with the Typism Digital Book
Bundle, for the first time in history,
the full six Typism books are
available to download, right now.

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Head over to the
Typism Digital Book
Bundle page and
grab over 1000
pieces of inspiration
for just $67.
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