Gangly originated from the wall of a department store parking garage in San Diego, California in the early 1990s. Developed into a full-grown typeface by the unconventional mind of Joe Polevy, the lanky letterforms...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 19, 2015
Drawn at the close of the nineteenth century at the Boston branch of American Type Founders, Epitaph was modeled on a graceful Art Nouveau letterform that was bringing a new vitality to gravestone inscriptions...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified November 16, 2024
You have seen El Grande in mid-century comic books, used wherever simple, black-and-white ideas had to be driven hard, all the way home. The design was adopted by American grocery stores, by supermarkets, by...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified November 16, 2024
Ecru is based on four unique capitals designed by Los Angeles graphic artist Margo Chase for a single use. Richard Lipton examined these four letters: E, C, R, and U. To his designer’s eye...
