LETTERING FOR SMILE - PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE

Creative Direction: Suzanne Dean | Commissioned March 2021

I was commissioned by Penguin Random House to create the title and author credit for “Smile” by Sarah Ruhl. As the title was going to be in red and a casual style, I wanted to use a slightly messy, brushy lettering style to invoke writing with a lipstick. Despite this brushy style, I actually created the lettering digitally, allowing for quicker iterations.

To see more digital lettering styles, you can find a sketchbook here, other client projects using digital lettering here and other book cover lettering projects here. To commission me to create lettering for a book project, please get in contact!