Finnish economy-themed newspaper Kauppalehti organizes a yearly gala and this year they commissioned a cover lettering from me for their Optio-magazine. “Suuri Gaalanumero” is Finnish for “Grand Gala Issue“. The lettering is based on a hand-drawn sketch and uses numerous thin lines to add a slightly three-dimensional shape to the final letters. The inspiration for the lines was the intaglio printing technique seen in paper currency and old prints.

The lettering is printed in silver ink while the magazine name is in transparent varnish, so the look was quite distinctive in the shelves.

A collection of handmade lettering from my times in a game company. There was often a plenty of time to make fancy headlines for meeting notes, and some of those turned out pretty nice, so I kept them in my archives. Here’s a small collection of scans from the notes. Most are made with felt-tip & ball-point pens.

The logo for Swedish Green Party Youth organization event. The concept was bringing together & connecting different shades of green.

Logo design for a London-based game company. The typography is hand-drawn. The company makes mostly casino games, such as slots, and the vertical placement of the letters is inspired by slot machines.