July 03, 2010

Typography: Amazing hand lettering, bizarre old ads, & Han Solo

• De la vieja escuela:
  • Woodtyper.com offers gleefully archaic “Notes on Large and Ornamented Type and Related Matters.” [Via]
  • “No Flying Machines Over Seattle!” Discount menswear ad, 1917
  • Victorian-era Phaeton is excellent, and excellently named. [Via]
• Enjoy the gorgeous lettering of Irina Vinnik. [Via]
• Bizarre & excellent: “Wash your Han S.”
• Dave Cross shows off how to create a typographic portrait using Photoshop.
• PSDTuts features “53 Mind-blowing Uses of Typography.” I wouldn’t lay the praise on quite that thick, but some nice pieces are scattered throughout.