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CUSTOM LETTERING // These are some examples of my custom lettering projects. I usually work out my ideas in rough hand-drawn sketches, which I refine in meticulous digital form. // GLADE: I worked with accomplished designer and type historian Paul Shaw to draw a new logo for the Glade brand. Lettering by Paul Shaw & Jesse Ragan; art direction by Ready366 // TYPECON: I was among several designers invited to contribute custom lettering based on local handmade signs for the 2005 TypeCon in New York. Lettering by Jesse Ragan; art direction by Christian Schwartz & Joshua Darden // BEST AFTER 60: I contributed custom script lettering to this logotype for a sixty-plus lifestyle website. Lettering by Jesse Ragan; art direction by Norman Rabinovich, Studio 5 in 1 // COCKTAILS WITH COWARD: For a revue of songs by Noel Coward, I drew inspiration from an evocative 1935 lettering exemplar by Ben and Ed Hunt. Lettering by Jesse Ragan // THE ORIGIN OF BRANDS: The paperback cover for The Origin of Brands demanded custom lettering for a not-so-subtle spoof. Lettering by Jesse Ragan; cover designed by Victor Mingovits for Mucca Design, HarperCollins // DECORATED R: I designed the form and ornamentation of this letter for personal project: a small edition of laser-engraved keepsakes.