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Josh Korwin

@jaykay109@mstdn.social

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Josh Korwin @jaykay109@mstdn.social

· 37mo ago

This week I made a wild discovery: the original interlock display font used for the cover of “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak. I wrote about my “Safari” here: https://blog.threestepsahead.com/general/safari-where-the-wild-things-are-font/ @FontsInUse@typo.social #typography #WhereTheWildThingsAre #MauriceSendak #fonts #fontsinuse #photolettering

Three Steps Ahead

A Wild Discovery: Safari, the “Where the Wild Things Are” Font - Three Steps Ahead

Poring over some photo-lettering specimens—one of my preferred pastimes—I stumbled upon an advertising postcard that had been mailed to the original owner of my Lettering Inc. book back in November of 1960. The postcard was exciting enough to me on its own; I presume very few examples of this kind of ephemera have survived, and […]

Josh Korwin @jaykay109@mstdn.social

· 37mo ago

@isger@norden.social At first glance, this is very similar to Dymaxion Script, a 1950s “streamline” monolinear cursive style: https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/dymaxionscript

DymaxionScript Font Free by Nick's Fonts | Font Squirrel

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DymaxionScript Font Free by Nick's Fonts | Font Squirrel

Download and install the DymaxionScript free font family by Nick's Fonts as well as test-drive and see a complete character set.

Josh Korwin @jaykay109@mstdn.social

· 36mo ago

Replying to

@laureola Apparently this kind of thing exists! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hornwerk.compactcassetteplayer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hornwerk.vinylage

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Casse-o-player - Apps on Google Play

Stylish cassette player in your phone!

Josh Korwin @jaykay109@mstdn.social

· 37mo ago

@Lfaimagebot@typo.social Yikes. Might want to include some context when posting Nazi propaganda.

Josh Korwin @jaykay109@mstdn.social

· 37mo ago

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@Lfaimagebot@typo.social I appreciate it! And I do think there is value in posting problematic content for educational purposes provided that it is accompanied by informative context. We owe it to future generations not to forget what this text signified. It just becomes ambiguous when something like this is posted in the same manner as any other benign type specimen.