Leslie Cabarga loves mid-century letterforms. Streamline carries us back to the joining typographic scripts of the forties. They recall the American industrial scene as designers celebrated growing recovery from the great depression with the…
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 2, 2015
At last, an ultra-atomic connected script for the new millennium, brought to us from the fifties by Leslie Cabarga. He based this cool font on logos from the second wave of the all-American diner,...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 2, 2015
Leslie Cabarga’s Raceway descends from three-dimensional jig-sawn plywood letters, automatically spaced and aligned on a slotted board by the connecting stroke. Even strokes and curves combine with everpresent horizontal strokes to create a…
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 12, 2015
Blandly glowing strings of letters in chemical colors call forth endless memories of bars and restaurants, of beer and hot dogs, of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, the acme of neon. Gas-filled, bent-glass...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 19, 2015
Leslie Cabarga has returned to the streamlined scripts prepared by industrial designers at mid-century for the inspiration of this Font Bureau display series. The Magneto trio recall the chrome-strip lettering laid over the rounded...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 19, 2015
Lettering artist and graphic designer Leslie Cabarga has been charmed all his life with the eccentricities in amateur lettering, especially those found in logos and sign painting. The single font of BadTyp combines all...
by · Published May 26, 2015
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Saber began with a “lowercase,” a series of blackletter, uncial and celtic forms that appeared to Leslie Cabarga in a designer’s dream. From these illusory nocturnal images, a wide awake Cabarga dreamed up extravagant...
by · Published May 26, 2015
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