Nameplate set in FF Quadraat Web from FontFont. Your typeface could be next. Learn more.
Commentary

ABCs of Art

Joshua Lurie-Terrell on September 17, 2004

When Deborah Grumet‘s daughter Megan turned 1, mom decided to make a very special gift for her. She illustrated a poster of the alphabet where each letter was drawn or painted in the style of an artist whose name began with that letter — for example, the L is filled with Lichtenstein benday dots, four brightly-colored Ws represent Warhol, etc.

At the urging of her friend Greg Balet, who was at the time marketing chipsets for Intel, Deborah began to have the poster printed commercially. She and Greg went into business and sell their poster at various bookstores (mostly in Cambridge and Martha’s Vineyard) and via mail/Internet order.

One Response to “ABCs of Art”

  1. Hrant says:
    09.21.04 at 3:38 pm

    Great idea.

    And I’ve recently fallen in love with the name Megan – but with the emphasis on the “a” – I’d spell it Megän (does that make sense?), or Megaan. It seems like a name from a time when a woman didn’t need a frilly name to be feminine.

    hhp

Post a CommentSign in as guest or log in below




Related Entries
Recently Commented
Colophon

Typographica is a review of typefaces and type books, with occasional commentary on fonts and typographic design. Edited by Stephen Coles, also of Fonts In Use and The Mid-Century Modernist.

Founded in 2002 by Joshua Lurie-Terrell. Relaunched in 2009 by Coles and Chris Hamamoto.

Set in Anchor by Eric Olson, FF Dagny by Örjan Nordling and Göran Söderström, FF Quadraat by Fred Smeijers, and Lucida Sans/Grande by Charles Bigelow and Kris Holmes.

Brought to you by this month’s nameplate sponsor, FontShop, MyFonts, Veer, Wordpress, and the letter B.

Account
Other Sponsors