Print Magazine: type and lettering board
Print Magazine's Pinterest board with 500+ pins on typefaces, hand lettering, posters and type history, many with short editorial notes.
What it is
A Pinterest board run by Print, the American magazine about visual culture. It's called Typography & Hand-Lettering, and its own description promises typography inspiration and unusual hand-lettering projects. When we checked, it held 516 pins.
Why we picked it
Plenty of boards collect pretty letters. This one was put together by the editors of a design magazine, so many pins come with a line of context: who drew the typeface, where a poster came from, why it caught their eye. In our scroll we saw letterpress posters by Frank Baseman of Base Press, work by Jessica Hische, the MuirMcNeil Cut stencil family, a look at how House Industries grew from a type foundry into something bigger, winners of Print's typography and lettering awards, and a Steven Heller piece on an Armenian type artifact. Craft printing, commercial type design and history end up side by side, which is a good way to train your eye.
It hasn't had new pins in a long while, so treat it as an archive rather than a live feed. For typography that barely matters. Good examples age well.
Where to start
- Scroll the whole board without opening anything first, just to take in the range of approaches.
- Open the House Industries and Jessica Hische pins, which have the most detailed captions.
- Look for the letterpress posters and notice how the texture of the print changes how the type feels.
- Save a few pieces you want to study more closely and pick apart proportion, contrast and spacing.
Who it's for
Graphic designers who want a quick, curated source of references. People learning lettering who want classics alongside trends. Anyone who notices shop signs and can't stop looking at letterforms.
Quick answers
Do I need a Pinterest account? You can browse the board without one, but saving pins requires signing in.
Is it still updated? Not recently. Think of it as a finished collection rather than a daily feed.
Who runs it? Print, a design magazine founded in 1940, according to its Pinterest profile.
