The ABCs of Journaling
Abbey Sy
Hardbound, 121 pages, with full colour illustrations and photographs
Published by Summit Books
I have been following Abbey Sy’s work ever since I attended the Type Lab event last year. She is phenomenal–there’s her website to prove it! One look at her book–The ABCs of Hand Lettering–and it was typography love at first sight for me, and also the start of my somewhat muted journey into learning about calligraphy and typography.
Back then, before law school happened, I loved to pour out my innermost thoughts, and put them on paper. They were pretty much emo-laden thoughts (not exactly proud of that haha)–and although I cringe about what I have written back then, I pretty much enjoyed making it look pretty all the same.
The release of Abbey’s new book, The ABCs of Journaling brought me back to those days. I relished every stroke of the pen while I write my thoughts about something. It was heartbreaking because these journals met their demise through an overturned glass of water. And because they were unsalvageable, they were all eaten up by flames–lickety split. Continue reading
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