In our last Type Around Town post, we called upon the community to photograph awesome typeface implementations from their own neighborhoods. The point of this series is to appreciate the effect of good typography in the real world — in signs, ads, books, etc. — and not just on the web.
Of course, artful typeface usage exists everywhere, not just in hipster strongholds like San Francisco and New York City. A few members of the community stepped up to prove it: check out these snapshots from Las Vegas, Nevada; Semarang, Indonesia; Timisoara, Romania; Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico; and Croatia. And … we do have a few more from the Bay Area and New York.
Snapshots from the community
The King’s Pub, Romania
Typeface: Chopin Script; image courtesy of Gane Design
Camara cu Mirodenii, Romania
Typeface: Campanile; image courtesy of Gane Design
DUGDER night market, Indonesia
Image courtesy of mo2n KMD
Letras Café, Mexico
Image courtesy of dialfredo
Palanqueta de Nuez, Mexico
Image courtesy of dialfredo
Light Nightclub, Las Vegas
Image courtesy of BRANDONart™
Border Grill, Las Vegas
Image courtesy of BRANDONart™
Cofetaria D-l Goe, Romania
Image courtesy of TrueLoveDesign
Passte Pizza Mexican Food, Croatia
Image courtesy of Ines
Paul Mitchell, Croatia
Image courtesy of Ines
Snapshots from us
American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco
Typeface: Eagle Book
Big Bottom Market, Guerneville
Typeface: Impact Std Roman
Perla, New York City
Uniqlo, San Francisco
Typeface: Bodoni Old Fashion URW Medium Italic
ACCI Gallery, Berkeley
Typeface: Quaint Gothic SG Regular
Lure, New York City
Urban Picnic, San Francisco
JAQK Cellars, San Francisco
Typeface: Trade Gothic Pro Bold Condensed #20
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley
Typeface: Akzidenz-Grotesk BQ Bold Condensed
San Francisco
Berkeley
Typeface: Masheen Bold
The Station, San Francisco
The New Museum, New York City
Typeface: Neographik MT
Booklet accompanying the Criterion Collection DVD of Last Year at Marienbad
Typeface: Benton Mod Disp Cond Regular
