Detailed image of holiday card made to look like knitted, patterned sweater; graphic design by Carolyn Porter of Porterfolio, Inc.
1Dec

Custom Holiday Card

BY | December 1, 2018 | 0 Comment

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1482621419700{padding-right: 33px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="298" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=".vc_custom_1546059155736{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text css_animation="fadeIn" css=".vc_custom_1547140710119{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}"]Carolyn hadn't expected the illustration would require that…

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Striking orange sunset photo featured on front cover of the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness report "State of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness"; graphic design by Carolyn Porter of Porterfolio, Inc.
1Jul

“State of the Boundary Waters” Report

BY | July 1, 2018 | 0 Comment

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1482703553494{padding-left: 33px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="309" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=".vc_custom_1546130143338{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text css_animation="fadeIn" css=".vc_custom_1559941540077{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}"]At sixty pages in length and with more…

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Part of poster showing lyrics of "God Bless America" that changes "White with foam" to "Black with oil" to protest the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; graphic design by Carolyn Porter of Porterfolio, Inc.
15Feb

“God Bless America” Poster

BY | February 15, 2018 | 0 Comment

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1482703553494{padding-left: 33px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="472" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=".vc_custom_1546459534888{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text css_animation="fadeIn" css=".vc_custom_1547432648991{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}"] Called both "heartbreaking" and "hauntingly beautiful," this…

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Yellowed, WWII-era envelope with blue and red chemical censor marks, green and blue postage stamps that show profile of Adolf Hitler and title of book "Marcel's Letters"
1Sep

Marcel’s Letters: A Font and the Search for One Man’s Fate

BY | September 1, 2017 | 0 Comment

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1482703553494{padding-left: 33px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="293" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=".vc_custom_1546064421114{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="294" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=".vc_custom_1546064439891{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text css_animation="fadeIn" css=".vc_custom_1548638187900{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}"] TEXT…

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Detail of map showing Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Map used in 2018 "State of the Boundary Waters" report published by the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness; graphic design by Carolyn Porter of Porterfolio, Inc.
15Jul

“State of the Boundary Waters” Report

BY | July 15, 2017 | 0 Comment

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1482703553494{padding-left: 33px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="309" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=".vc_custom_1546134094712{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text css_animation="fadeIn" css=".vc_custom_1548794171946{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}"]At sixty pages in length and with more…

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Swooping letter "M" of font P22 Marcel Script, with P22 Type Foundry logo. Font designed by Carolyn Porter.
1Jul

P22 Marcel Script

BY | July 1, 2017 | 0 Comment

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1482621419700{padding-right: 33px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="306" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=".vc_custom_1546063143346{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text css_animation="fadeIn" css=".vc_custom_1594669967434{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}"]The letters had been written by a Frenchman…

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Close-up of letters "err" of word "Merry" made of evergreen; design by Carolyn Porter of Porterfolio, Inc.
15Apr

Custom Holiday Card

BY | April 15, 2017 | 0 Comment

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1482703553494{padding-left: 33px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="393" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=".vc_custom_1546225365454{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text css_animation="fadeIn" css=".vc_custom_1548795671788{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}"] Despite the sticky mess, the project provided…

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Design of font in progress by Carolyn Porter
15Aug

Type Design

BY | August 15, 2016 | 0 Comment

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1482703553494{padding-left: 33px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="551" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=".vc_custom_1548796356718{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text css_animation="fadeIn" css=".vc_custom_1548796335518{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}"] "Ooh la la, she's got some curves,"…

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Screen grab from article on designing a connected cursive script font; graphic design and writing by Carolyn Porter of Porterfolio, Inc.
7Jan

Article for Smashing Magazine

BY | January 7, 2016 | 0 Comment

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1482703553494{padding-left: 33px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="567" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=".vc_custom_1546988640560{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text css_animation="fadeIn" css=".vc_custom_1548796939760{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}"]"Let’s say you found a beautiful old handwriting…

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Detail of Ideal Printers, Inc. 30th anniversary logo; graphic design by Carolyn Porter of Porterfolio, Inc.
1Dec

Ideal Identity Refresh

BY | December 1, 2015 | 0 Comment

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1482703553494{padding-left: 33px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="581" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=".vc_custom_1547073887926{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="570" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=".vc_custom_1547001382571{margin-bottom: 50px !important;}"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text css_animation="fadeIn" css=".vc_custom_1547074009215{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}"] As…

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