Makoto Nakamura (GGG Book 19) EyeMag the respected calligrapher who hand-lettered

the respected calligrapher who hand-lettered innovative and remarkable signs for the Morgan Library

We keep our copy of this book next to our Chicago Manual of Style

Each letter is about two-and-an-eighth-inches-tall and the whole is a lovely example of the sign-writer’s art even if it doesn’t say anything in particular

These red & chunky sans caps are good clean fun

Makoto Nakamura (GGG Book 19) EyeMag the respected calligrapher who hand-letteredMakoto Nakamura spent his entire professional career working for Shisheido. In the beginning of the 1970s he created a revolution in cosmetic advertising by using close ups of faces and fingers in situations that always tell a story, dramatic or mysterious, thereby building a strong and unique identity for the company. And now you know as much as we do. (And we just swiped that bio from Swann Galleries.) This books 2 page introduction gives just a