Cool Typography DIY Projects

Typography is an important element of graphic design, but it transcends the design industry into everyday life when it is used in unique ways to decorate your home or even to create clothing and accessories. Here are fifty fantastic typography-related projects that are sure to get your creative juices flowing.

Faux Watercolor Calligraphy

lex your handwriting skills by giving this faux watercolor calligraphy a try. This tutorial will show you how to outline text the correct way, and then it gives instructions for filling the words in with watercolor paint.

Monogram Pinboard

Personalize your office with a DIY pinboard monogram. It’s made of cork and wrapped with brightly-colored cord, so you can display snapshots and keepsakes.

Typography Art

Make your own typography art reminiscent of vintage printing press blocks using this genius tutorial from Make & Do Crew. The key is to collect a variety of different types of wooden letters, to give the impression of old school printing blocks. Wooden blocks are then cut to size.

Free Ampersands

If you’re a fan of ampersands, you’ll definitely want to check out this fun list of different fonts with great ampersands that can be printed out and hung as art on your wall (or just used as inspiration!).

Book Folding Tutorial

Learn how to fold book pages to form our app, unique tutorial from the See-Saw store. It will show you how to use a printout of your word or name to learn how to fold the pages correctly. You can even use different fonts to create a variety of styles.

Typography Easter Eggs

Get ready for Easter with some stunning typographical Easter eggs with gorgeous hand lettering. Dye your eggs different colors for variety, but use the same paint pen color to make them look cohesive