HAND-DRAWN TYPEFACES & ILLUSTRATION
Typefaces and illustrated worlds, drawn by hand.
By Hand is the independent creative practice of Dena Jane; designer, artist, and typeface creator. Fonts and abstract artwork that carry the character of somewhere: a place you remember, one you’ve imagined, or a season of life you’re still moving through.
The Font Collection
A growing library of thoughtfully crafted typefaces, each built around a feeling of somewhere. Available in licenses for boutique brands to large-scale businesses.
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Low Country
A growing library of thoughtfully crafted typefaces, each built around a feeling of somewhere. Available in licenses for boutique brands to large-scale businesses.
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Sol
A growing library of thoughtfully crafted typefaces, each built around a feeling of somewhere. Available in licenses for boutique brands to large-scale businesses.
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Antica
A growing library of thoughtfully crafted typefaces, each built around a feeling of somewhere. Available in licenses for boutique brands to large-scale businesses.
FONT LICENSING TIERS
Pick the license that matches your business needs
Independent & Boutique
For small, founder-led businesses just starting their branding
Creative
For one named client project, flattened deliverables.
Mid-Market Business
For established brands with a larger footprint
ART LICENSING
Exclusive Illustration Collections
Curated collections of signature abstract illustrations to use as patterns, prints, and merch that stand on their own or repeat into something new. Inquire today to get hand-drawn designs with the By Hand feel. Ready now, released in limited batches so it stays original.
Submit Request
Share a little about your brand, business, or creative practice.
Receive Exclusive Updates
After review, selected clients will hear when new collections are ready, along with licensing details and examples of the work in use.
Access your art
Each launch will have a limited number of licenses. Access the private collection to purchase your designs.
Go live
Get immediate access to your design collection and start using it in your brand.
Custom Design Work
When your brand needs a world built from scratch. I take on a small number of custom projects each year: hand-drawn logos, brand illustration and full identities, built with the same care that goes into every typeface.
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Tender Hearth
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Babe Oil
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Summer Solstice Beverage Co.
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Rpy Swim
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Nôepe Wellness
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Project Pangaea
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