Hal Taylor

Hal Taylor has been a graphic artist for over 30 years, spending much of the last four of them researching, writing and creating artwork for this book.

Entering the fray as a typographer, he soon began developing his own hand lettering and logo designs, and gained enough experience to begin teaching the same subjects at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He also developed over seven different original type designs which are available at a variety of online sources including fonts.com and myfonts.com.

Always considering lettering as a form of illustration, it was a logical transition to try this more expansive form of artwork, which resulted in Hal providing illustrations and design for over one hundred books for Townsend Press, a highly regarded publisher of academic works and classic literature. His work has also been displayed at the prestigious Philadelphia Sketch Club, the oldest artist's club in the Western Hemisphere.

Incorporating a love of history, the latest project has been writing and illustrating his own book, The Illustrated Delaware River.

Hal makes his home in historic New Jersey.