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