Jill Bell
Jill Says: I usually don’t sit down to design a typeface. The designs usually originate from lettering I have created for other purposes: a note written to myself, lettering done while experimenting or something created for a client. I strive to have the alphabet look unique, like something I haven’t seen before, while still maintaining legibility. I’m definitely a display kind of gal. All of my typefaces to date were primarily done by hand and retain a handwritten feel. They were created with a traditional broad edged calligraphy pen, a pointed copperplate pen, a dry bristle brush, a pointed Chinese brush, a Sharpie, or even the wrong end of a brush in the case of Smack. Afterwords, they were digitized and refined.
See Jill’s website at jillbell.com for about Jill Bell and her work.