Typography t-shirts and canvas

Typography designs make the words the artwork: a phrase, a single word, a hand-lettered line or letterforms arranged into a shape. On a tee, type-driven pieces depend on spacing, weight and contrast, because a phrase has to stay readable on a moving body from across a room. On canvas, lettering can grow larger and more detailed, closer to a poster.

Look for careful spacing between letters, a lettering style that suits the message, and words that still read when the fabric folds. The best typographic pieces say one thing well. Short lines usually hold up better than long quotes, since every extra word competes for the same space. Every typography piece is produced to order after you buy it and carries an edition number from an independent artist’s run, written to your order and never handed to anyone else. Explore numbered edition tees.