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April 12, 2012

Points, Pixels, Paper

Type in the Real World Vol. 3

Author: Jason Tselentis

Topics: Handmade, Layouts, Packaging, Random, Type

Volume 3 of Type in the Real World looks at typographic packaging, signage, cement art, and temperature.

Jack's Cookie Jar, hardware storefront, Matthews, North Carolina

Sanitary Fly Destroyer, hardware storefront, Matthews, North Carolina

This T-Pain packaging took me by surprise for its lack of typographic autotuning.

Unfortunately, recent construction and renovation did away with this Ween asphalt art in the Cotswold Shopping Plaza, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Tape reel packaging, various manufacturers.

I'm not sure what's cooler, the fact that The Black Keys used Cooper Black for the Brothers packaging and promotion, or that the CD itself is temperature senstive. Note the rough outline of my hand on the disc, which had been left on my 90-degree car seat last summer.

The cool Honeywell T87 thermostat (also called the T87 Round or simply the Honeywell Round) is, as far as I'm concerned, the easiest thermostat to set in the world thanks to its restrained typographic input and output.

In the early 20th century, fire fighters would cruise to emergencies in this Ford Howe fire truck.

If The Black Keys used Hobo, it would be considered cool for the sake of cool. But since it's not, insert your own caption. For more Hobo usage visit the I Hate Hobo tumblr.

The Galaga typography has a noticeable amount of halation, with its fuzzy edges making it seem blurry in this photograph. But that's not the worst part about what you see here: my pathetic score of 15,410 is.


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