Brand by Hand documents the work, career, and artistic inspiration of hand letterer extraordinaire Jon Contino. Over the past two decades, Contino's award-winning designs, typography, and illustrations have graced magazine covers, T-shirts, product packaging, album jackets, murals, food trucks, movie posters, websites, and national advertising campaigns for clients such as Nike, Ford, Target, Wired, and the television show Louie. He is the founder and creative director of Jon Contino Studio and is personally involved in every project the studio takes on. Part how-to, part graphic design retrospective, Brand by Hand shares how Contino has taken a passion for pen and ink and turned it into an expanding empire of clients, merchandise, and artwork.