Hatmaker, one of Evans’ more popular typefaces, was originally developed for the Boston-based broadcast design firm of the same name. Inspiration for the design came from Ben Shahn’s famous hand-constructed alphabet. Shahn’s alphabet, however, was limited to capital letters. “Daunted by the idea of designing a lowercase that would measure up to Shahn’s capitals, I developed a second set of caps–simple, quirky, yet almost classic–to work as ‘lowercase’ with the Shahn-like caps,” explains Evans. Mixing the two in Hatmaker, creates a lively interplay of light and dark.