Darren Booth, a typographer and illustrator in Canada, creates gorgeous illustrations and type designs. He forms many of his designs manually and then pieces them together digitally, like the cover he crafted for Steve Martin's, An Object of Beauty. He drafted letters by hand, painted his swatches and combined everything on the computer (and it's wonderful that he shared his process at his blog).

There's just something about the little imperfections and tactile quality of hand-drawn and painted typography that makes me happy.

Some other posts you might enjoy on our design blog:

Colorful Illustrated Type by Max Estes

Polygraph: A Playful Typeface by Pintassilgo Prints

The Evolution of Type and Anatomy Explorations by Andreas Sceiger

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