{"id":110,"date":"2011-02-16T23:40:54","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T04:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenlivinghistory.com\/?p=110"},"modified":"2024-08-26T16:13:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:13:03","slug":"vintage-found-and-hand-drawn-typography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/2011\/vintage-found-and-hand-drawn-typography\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage, Found and Hand Drawn Typography"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote a post for Word Grrls today about typography<\/a>. At least that was how it started. Soon I discovered more about old lettering, found lettering and hand drawn lettering. Also, ghost signs, which have been a long time interest along with urban and rural exploration. So here are the links, reposted from the Word Grrls post. If I get looking for more (most of these are Flickr groups) I will add them in new posts. Eventually, all of these links will be in the web directory I want to get done. (It is started!)<\/p>\n

Vintage Typography<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flickr: Font of all Wisdom<\/a> – Unique vintage lettering.
\nFlickr: Historical Type and Lettering<\/a>
\nFlickr: Vintage Product Signs\/ Murals<\/a><\/p>\n

Hand Lettering<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flickr: Hand Drawn Type<\/a>
\nFlickr: Hand Lettering<\/a>
\nFlickr: Typostruction<\/a>
\nFlickr: Custom Lettering<\/a>
\nFlickr: Signpaintr<\/a>
\nFlickr: Handpainted Signs of the World<\/a>
\nFlickr: Handmade Signs<\/a>
\nFlickr: Handmade Typography\/ Lettering<\/a>
\nFlickr: Bad Type<\/a>
\nFlickr: Folk Typography<\/a>
\nFlickr: Blackboard Lettering<\/a><\/p>\n

Found Typography<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flickr: Found Typography<\/a>
\nFlickr: Urban Typography<\/a>
\nVilla Type<\/a> – Type and lettering found in the public domain.
\nLetterpeg<\/a> – Fonts found around Winnipeg, Manitoba
\nNYC Type<\/a> – Typography and lettering found in New York.
\nFlickr: Street Typography<\/a>
\nFlickr: Found Type<\/a>
\nFlickr: Signs, Signs<\/a>
\nTyparchive<\/a>
\nFlickr: Fontspotting<\/a>
\nFlickr: I Love Typography<\/a>
\nFlickr: Signage and Typography<\/a>
\nFlickr: Font Whores<\/a>
\nFlickr: Barn and Building Painted Advertisements<\/a> <\/p>\n

Ghost Signs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flickr: Faded Signage<\/a>
\nFlickr: Ghost Signs<\/a>
\nFlickr: Old Painted Wall Advertising<\/a>
\nFlickr: Old Signs<\/a>
\nFlickr: Ghost Signage<\/a>
\nFlickr: Ghost Ads<\/a>
\nFlickr: Half Lost Signs<\/a>
\nFlickr: Old British Signs<\/a>
\nFlickr: Fragmented Urban Language<\/a><\/p>\n

Also, I read a couple of posts in typography related blogs about sign painting becoming a lost art. So that is something else I will add to my to-do list. I am always interested in lost arts, like bookbinding. Industries and technologies falling into disuse as new technology evolves. The main downside (other than the employment issue) being repairs to old equipment and such still in use and requiring someone who knows the old ways to keep it going. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wrote a post for Word Grrls today about typography. At least that was how it started. Soon I discovered more about old lettering, found lettering and hand drawn lettering. Also, ghost signs, which have been a long time interest along with urban and rural exploration. So here are the links, reposted from the Word […]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[983,288,371,372,1073,1097,1099,111,112,1227,730,1241],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75756,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions\/75756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thatgrrl.com\/site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}