Help me locate a website of photos of "found" typography!
August 19, 2022 12:08 PM Subscribe
Hello, Hive Mind - way back in the way-back of hand-coding HTML, I ran across a weblog that was a collection of photographs of hand-lettered signs, mostly from Eastern Europe, if I remember correctly. It was gorgeous, and human, and inspiring.
Perhaps one of you fellow typography-nerds have it bookmarked somewhere?? I would also gladly welcome any other website that collects images of hand-lettered signs - the older, the better.
Best answer: Mostly not hand-lettered, but gorgeous & inspiring & human: Type Hunting
posted by miles per flower at 12:36 PM on August 19, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by miles per flower at 12:36 PM on August 19, 2022 [2 favorites]
Best answer: This is not from eastern Europe but from France. But it's one of my all time favourite old school weblogs. Containing so many loving pictures of hand lettered signs.
posted by jouke at 12:37 PM on August 19, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by jouke at 12:37 PM on August 19, 2022 [2 favorites]
Response by poster: MonkeyToes - just an FYI, some of those links in the Previously now lead to malicious sites. Proceed with caution.
posted by Silvery Fish at 12:47 PM on August 19, 2022
posted by Silvery Fish at 12:47 PM on August 19, 2022
You may be thinking of the late, lamented TypArchive, or someone in their blogroll.
posted by zamboni at 2:15 PM on August 19, 2022
posted by zamboni at 2:15 PM on August 19, 2022
For crowdsourced stuff, there are some Flickr pools like The Center for Vernacular Typography.
posted by zamboni at 2:19 PM on August 19, 2022
posted by zamboni at 2:19 PM on August 19, 2022
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posted by MonkeyToes at 12:25 PM on August 19, 2022 [1 favorite]