Linda Blackwell Bentley is an experienced Chicago graphic designer specializing in calligraphy, hand-lettering, custom type design and font generation for corporate fonts. She is also available to work onsite to create calligraphy for corporate events, on special gift items such as cards, ornaments for special events, baby showers, bachelorette / bachelor parties, wedding parties and more. Her distinctive calligraphic design work has been used by party and wedding planners, leading advertisers, companies and private parties for custom calligraphic projects including wedding vows, poems, greeting cards, scrolls, proclamations, baptismal poetry, family trees, resolutions, certificate design, chinese, hebrew and sanskrit calligraphy, monogram ring design and other special projects. She also offers calligraphic instruction in onsite in her studio or on location. Additionally Linda also creates brand logos, brand-lettering and logotypes, ( many which are hand designed / hand drawn typography), retail and corporate identity systems, signage, displays, RFPs. white sheets, product varietals, fonts, packaging, wine labels, headlines, certificates, advertising, retail branding and more. Working with multinational corporations as well as small business, designing corporate and brand identities is just one of her specialties which subsequently lead to her creation of marketing materials, web design and print ads. A professional calligrapher, lettering artist and type designer, Linda also customizes fonts and refreshes existing brand logos and logotypes for ad agencies, branding firms and business. Her award winning work as been recognized for excellence in design by: Communication Arts, Society of Typographic Arts, Print Magazine and Graphic Design USA.
