This article appears in print in the July 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. We live in a world of mass-produced, instant gratification, one in which tapping and typing is more common than writing ...

Letters hand-cut from magazines and placed haphazardly atop a photo with no regard to typeface integrity, leading or kerning is the designer’s nightmare. But something kept my attention.

They have dozens of hand-lettered styles in their catalog. I seem to buy a new hand-lettered font or three every year. Namely, Comicrazy (Everyday price: $395) Yes, the most expensive font they sell.