Friday Flickr Found Type
Gutbustingly Good
Invariably, these kinds of post are couched in grandiloquence, “The World’s Best, most stunningly awesome typographically awe-inspiring found type.” And although, the search engines might love it, I just can’t do it. So here’s some stuff I found that I rather like—and I hope it inspires you.
From Martin Pecina’s Flickr. The type is Manuskript Antiqua from designer, calligrapher, and type designer Oldřich Menhart.
Could this be Arial?
Greg Meadows has one of the best Found Type Flickr pools. Great type and stunning photography:
Greg has a great blog too.
Like this material cut of typetogether’s Bree. Handiwork and photo by Marina Chaccur:
You can see Marina’s web site here.
goenetix with some Czech signage:
These covers from LIMONete:
And this one for umbigo magazine (would love a poster of this):
She also has a web site that’s well worth a look.
From TaBe*:
An ampersand made from bark chippings, from Sarah France:
Type skecth from JRG Cisterna:
Bechira Sorin is still playing with type:
Proof that romance is not dead and buried (from Kristina Miletieva):
Kristina has a web site too.
Love these from Petar Pavlov:
Be sure to check out Petar’s Type as Image collection.
Serial ‘thrifter’ monkeysox bought and snapped this cover designed by Barbara Ravizza:
What an exquisite backdrop for a rather mundane sign. From Nolan Webb:
Nolan has also published a book of his abstract photography.
Wonderful homage to Milton Glasner by Oded Ezer:
More from Oded Ezer.
Today’s masthead courtesy of Erik Kastner’s very clever Spell with Flickr.
— Hochuli & Kinross
— Jeffrey Zeldman
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Stephen
The 95 is indeed Arial. I’ve always found its figures much more palatable than the rest of the face.
Sep 27, 2008
Alek
great stuff! good inspiration for sure!
Sep 27, 2008
inspirationbit
wow! Thanks for the powerful flickr/typography inspirational shower. Love the interpretation of Milton Glaser’s logo.
Did you use Spell With Flickr for iLT’s masthead today, or manually picked the photos? ;)
Sep 27, 2008
johno
inspirationbit
Thanks. I used Spell with Flickr—much quicker.
Sep 27, 2008
S. Orban
Nice selection this week ! The more I learn about type, the more I love it.
Sep 27, 2008
Aaron Martin
I’m now addicted to JRG Cisterna’s Flickr feed. And thanks for posting my photo, I’m really flattered you find it inspiration.
Sep 27, 2008
Danh ba web 2.0
Oh great ! I like them very much
Thanks for collection
Sep 28, 2008
Sander
Great collection of type! There is so much inspiration in browsing through Flickr. Thanks for compiling this showcase. Nice masthead bytheway.
Sep 28, 2008
johno
Sander
Yes, Flickr is a great place to find inspiration. Lots of typography and lettering groups too. Perhaps I should add those links to the post.
Sep 28, 2008
Josef
Please do. :)
And thank you for this!
Sep 28, 2008
Jos Buivenga (exljbris)
Lovely post & ditto header!
Sep 28, 2008
sasidesign
awesome typographiy
it was inspiring me much
thanks for sharing
Sep 28, 2008
Robert
some really amazing type photography :)
Sep 29, 2008
TypoJunkie
ARGH! BIG ARIAL!!!!
Other than that, it’s a great post John! I especially loved Nolan Webb’s image.
Gotta love Flickr these days, a lot better than Google Images! I also love the type groups; very useful for inspiration.
Sep 29, 2008
Fabian HUber
Oh my God! It’s really the Arial (jup, just tested it in Illustrator) - how did you see that???
Oct 10, 2008
LL
COOL
Oct 27, 2008