This simple alphabet is the basis for a type style I'm collaborating on.  The diagonal letters aren't done yet.  Now I'm wor...

These caps go with ThereThere , #281 from November 29.  They are based on slightly squared circles, or if you prefer, slightly rounded s...

This oddball script works better for some letters and words than for others.  Note the precision required to overlap the squares with the...

Sorry about black squares; new operating system and it has changed my editing program.   This pretty alphabet can be left blank or fil...

I just dashed these off.  I think you can come up with a better O and S and X and Y.   ' Tis the season of last minute gift tags ...

The A is shown with an outline to remind you of the edges that your mind creates.   Today the nights stop getting longer and head back ...

These are grouped into families to make their design clearer.   This alphabet will help you label things.  Big things.  Over and ove...

Rose is built on the structure of Edelweiss .  Note the mix of petal-shaped strokes with straight construction lines.  You'll fin...

Sprouts lets you add richness to the texture of simple Roman.  The little strokes are slightly curved and overlap the vertical stroke a...

I've been trying out one of my favorite calligraphy alphabets with an eye to turning it into a type face. It's making me look reall...

Remember Leafy Green  from last week?  You can turn it into Poinsettia .  Rinse out your pen and write these pointy italics with red ink...

Gothic letters are inspiring to design with.  Their medieval flavor is closely identified with Christmas customs, which mainly came from ...

I love what happens when letters repeat.  In Snowflakes , I have oriented each letter, done in pointy Gothic outline, at a 60° angle arou...

The pointed letter body we saw in Leafy [November 30, #283] can look even leafier in color as Leafy Green .   .  

Note: I got a little rushed on this alphabet: I forgot to use waterproof black ink for the outlined title.  Red and green watercolor inks...

Elf is just a simple nod to "It's Christmas!" Use basic outlined Gothic letters and fill the upper half with green, using a...

One more variation on Flower Box, an empty outline that suggests the little white flowers of Edelweiss .  Make sure your joins are preci...

Flora is a softer view of yesterday's Flower Box .  Like that alphabet, it is shown here in letter families to help you understand ...

Flower Box is a hard alphabet to just sit down and write.  I've broken it into letter groups, but even then, many of the letters don...

This heavy, emphatic alphabet is made by writing basic Gothic with a Speedball D nib pen.  Its difference from a sharply broad-edged n...