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Lydia Stutzman
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✱ Art director & graphic designer for nonprofits, social entrepreneurs, artists, advocates & activists ✺ Cat: #LuckyPenne | Kindness Monster | she/her

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Happy #Caturday! Has your cat tried lemongrass yet? It’s Penne’s favorite.

#catsky #cats #LuckyPenne
Photo: tortoise shell cat with green eyes looks up to camera through bright green blades of lemongrass planted in a flower pot.
July 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Some quick freehand pattern hand-printed notebooks. Plate made from a recycled styrofoam sheet.

#artsky #printmaking #handmade
Photo: Hand-printed notebooks with a pattern of flowers printed in green on Kraft paper
June 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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“Refugees come with empty hands, but not empty heads.” —Tariq Tarey, Documentary Photographer

#SupportRefugees #StandUpForImmigrants #artsky #lettering #design
“Refugees come with empty hands, but not empty heads.” —Tariq Tarey
June 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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(C)OFFEE
📍 Dayton, Ohio

#foundtype #artsky #typehunting
Photo: Vintage red sign letters on the side of a building spelling the word Coffee, but the C is missing (just a ghost of the letter remains). There is a blue sky above and red white and blue bunting below.
June 3, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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“Your self-worth shouldn’t come from how someone else treats you.” —poetrybyboots

@typeincbus.bsky.social 📍Franklinton, Columbus, Ohio

#artsky #poetry #foundtype
Photo of a utility box with spray painter stencil words reading : “Your self-worth shouldn’t come from how someone else treats you.” —poetrybyboots
May 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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#LuckyPenne smells the flowers.

#catsky
Tortie cat smelling a flowers in a vase
May 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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All together! 36 hand-drawn, hand-carved characters printed together. Ink on paper. Each letter is 2x2 inches.

#artsky #linocut #printmaking #alphabet #lettering #typography #36daysoftype
36 hand-drawn, hand-carved characters printed together. Ranger ink on drawing paper. Each letter is 2x2 inches and bright colors
May 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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A/Z

#artsky #linocut #printmaking #artmaking
Linocut and letters A and Z overlapping directly on top of each other printed in cyan and magenta semi-transparent ink on white paper.
May 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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X/Y, Y/Z

All the letters are ready!

#artsky #linocut #printmaking #handlettering #typography
Letter Y printed over letter Z in green and yellow Letter Y linocut and printed on paper in yellow Letter Z printed over letter Y in magenta and yellow Letter Z linocut and printed on paper in magenta
April 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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V/W, W/X

#printmaking #linocut #stampmaking #artsky
Custom lettered V and W linocut and stamped onto white paper in orange and purple Custom lettered W linocut and stamped onto white paper in purple Custom lettered X and W linocut and stamped onto white paper in green and purple Custom lettered X linocut and stamped onto white paper in bright green
April 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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T/U, U/V

#artsky #printmaking #36daysoftype
Letter U overlapping letter T Letter U linocut and stamped on paper in magenta Letter U overlapping letter V Letter V linocut and stamped on paper in orange
April 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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R/S, S/T

#artsky #printmaking
Photo: Letters R and S stamped onto a paper square, overlapping in purple and bright green Photo: Linocut letter S stamp and letter S stamped onto a square of paper in bright green Photo: Letters S and T stamped onto a paper square, overlapping in yellow and bright green Photo: Linocut letter T stamp and letter T stamped onto a square of paper in yellow
April 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Happy Earth Day! Here’s one of the shirt designs I got to illustrate and letter for K.S. Wild this year, featuring two salmon from the Klamath-Siskiyou region of southwest Oregon and northwest California.

#artsky #handlettering #illustration #typography
An illustration of two salmon surrounding hand lettering of the words “stay wild” in bright green.
April 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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P/Q, Q/R

#printmaking #artsky #linocut #typography #lettering
Letter Q carved out of linoleum type rubber and printed in orange on a white square of mulberry paper Letters P and Q overlapping in magenta and orange Letter R carved out of linoleum type rubber and printed in purple on a white square of mulberry paper Letters R and Q overlapping in magenta and orange
April 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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N/M, N/O

#artsky #printmaking #linocut #typedesign #lettering #blockprint
Letters M and N overlapping and printed on white paper in bright green and purple Letters N and O overlapping and printed on white paper in bright green and yellow
April 16, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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L/M, K/L

#artsky #printmaking #typography #lettering #linocut
Letters L and M stamped overlayed in purple and orange Letters L and K stamped overlayed in magenta and orange Linocut letter L stamp over a square piece of paper with an orange printed L Linocut letter M stamp over a square piece of paper with a purple printed M
April 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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IJ, JK.

#artsky #linocut #printmaking #typography #lettering
Letter I and J overlapping in a linocut print. Colors: yellow and green over cream. Linocut letter J stamp above printed yellow letter J. Letter K and J overlapping in a linocut print. Colors: yellow and magenta over cream. Linocut letter K stamp above printed magenta letter K.
April 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Hi! Letter I. 9/36

#artsky #printmaking #linocut #analogart
The letters H and I printed in green and purple overlayed on off-white mulberry paper The letter I linocut and printed on a square of mulberry paper in bright green
April 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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F/G, G/H

#printmaking #36daysoftype #typography #lettering #linocut
Linocut and printed letters H and G Linocut and printed hand-lettered purple H Linocut and printed letters G and F Linocut and printed hand-lettered orange G
April 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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D/E, E/F.
#printmaking #linocut #artsky #lettering #typography
Photo: Linocut stamped print of the lettered e and f overlapping in magenta and yellow Photo: Linocut stamped print of the letter f overlapping in magenta Photo: Linocut stamped print of the lettered e and d overlapping in green and yellow Photo: Linocut stamped print of the letter E in yellow on a square of white mulberry paper on top of a black grid cutting mat
April 7, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Letter D. Day 4.

#artsky #printmaking
Lino print of letter c and d Lino print of letter d
April 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Letter C.

#36days_c #36daysoftype #linocut #printmaking #lettering #artsky
Photo of stamped letters B and C overlapping each other on paper. b is orange and c is purple. Photo: 2x2 inch purple letter c carved in faux linoleum and stamped on a square of paper in purple.
April 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Day 2: Letter B!

#printmaking #artsky #linocut #36days_B #alphabet #typography
Photo: linocut letter b. Orange on white paper on top of a black grid cutting mat. Linocut print of a letter an and b overlapping each other. Orange and magenta on white paper.
April 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Letter A. 1/36

Characters in 36 parts. A tradition continued since April 1, 2014.

#lettering #handlettering #artsky #design #36daysoftype #36days_A #36days_carly #36days_wot #printmaking
Photo: Linocut lowercase letter A stamped in magenta on a square of mulberry paper.
April 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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In preparation for another round of 36 Days of Type, here’s a peek at my set from 2020. Which started right before lockdown and finished during.

#36daysoftype #stamps #artsky #illustration #36days
An entire alphabet of letters plus numbers in the colors red, blue, teal, white, and black hand lettered into stamps. An entire alphabet of letters plus numbers in the colors red, blue, teal, white, and black hand lettered into stamps. An entire alphabet of letters plus numbers in the colors red, blue, teal, white, and black hand lettered into stamps.
April 1, 2025 at 4:56 AM