Dan Forster
Dan Forster is an award-winning independent lettering artist and type designer. He works with agencies, brands and direct clients from around the world on all manner of type-based projects from custom wordmarks, to highly flourished and decorative lettering, to illustrative and three-dimensional type.
He grew up surrounded by the typography and calligraphy works of his late father Tony Forster, which lead him to develop a fascination with letterforms from an early age. Although he began his career working in graphic design, it wasn’t until his father passed away in 2008, when Dan was tasked with clearing out his father’s studio, that he became inspired to pick up a pen and start drawing letters again. This re-kindled love of letterforms lead to a career change and he’s never looked back.
Alongside client projects, he believes strongly in the importance of personal work, experimentation and actively seeking inspiration from outside sources, such as travel, architecture, cultural references and more, to help bring fresh perspectives and greater expression to his type and lettering work.
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Dan ForsterStart NowLettering for Mr. Cup’s Letterpress Calendar 2024 View Folio
Dan ForsterLets DanceExample lettering created for my Domestika Course. Demonstrating how an expressive use of lettering and flourishes can help to communicate an idea visually. View Folio
Dan Forster30Book cover for Elmwood design, celebrating 30 years of their packaging work. View Folio
Dan ForsterQuirky AmpersandCreated as an additional character for the 36 Days of Type event on Instagram. View Folio
Dan ForsterHello HandsomePersonal lettering piece exploring depth, dimension and embellishment. View Folio
Dan ForsterLoveLettering created during the Covid lockdowns, and later donated to support the launch of Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service. View Folio
Dan ForsterBarcalonaLettering piece created for the final project of my Domestika course. The aim being to capture and convey the spirit of a city or place through the expressive use of lettering with swashes or flourishes. View Folio
Dan ForsterVarious Lettering examples View Folio
Dan ForsterBotanicalAnother piece created for my Domestika course. To demonstrate that swashes and flourishes are not just limited to scripts. View Folio
Dan ForsterMagical View Folio
Dan ForsterCartografieCustom Logotype for a new luxury chocolate brand. View Folio
Dan ForsterOddball ‘a’Personal piece exploring an alternative typographic form. With an added bit of bling. View Folio
Dan ForsterRomance View Folio
Dan ForsterWork Worth Doing PosterHuge (A0) typographic Poster for ThoughtMatter. Created to display the agency's goals and values within their New York studio. View Folio
Dan ForsterTaj Mahal AgraPersonal piece inspired by travel in India. View Folio
Dan ForsterG'G' created from a single stroke. For 36 Days of Type. View Folio