A Brief Visual History of Vintage Typographic Scripts
Thank you to Maria Popova of Brain Pickings for this review of Steven Heller and Louise Fili’s latest book Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design’s Golden Age . According to Ms. Popova their book is, “a treasure chest of typographic gems culled from advertising, street signage, type-specimen books, wedding invitations, restaurant menus and personal letters from the 19th to the mid-20th century. Ranging from the classic to the quirky, the 350 stunning images are unified by a common thread: All the typefaces featured are derived from handwriting or symbolic of the handwritten form, and the letters in each touch each other.” Read the entire review.
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Ham Radio QSL Card Designs
Fascinating article by designer, Steven Heller, on his personal experiences with Ham Radio and Quebec Sign Language (QSL) Cards. These cards once enabled ham radio operators to form a type of over-the-air social network long before the days of the Internet and Facebook. The graphic designs on the cards are pretty cool, too.
Pavel Fuksa designed several desktop wallpapers for the Desktop Wallpaper Project that have a similar look.
