As most of you fruits know, I'm a big font fanatic. It's a good thing the History Channel has been running marathons of their Peabody award-winning documentary
Font Land. It chronicles the rise of all the big graphic designer motorcycle gangs from the early '60s and beyond. Many of these typographic rebels would go on to become productive members of the design establishment, founding influential branding and corporate identity firms. The guy pictured above (A.M. Cassandre) created the Peignot typeface which is tattooed on his knuckles. This modernist masterwork saw heavy usage in the ad campaigns of the '40s but fell out of favor as tastes began to skew towards less decorative headings. But as you can see Peignot enjoyed a renaissance in the '70s:
And look who's back for a little gallery hopping!
Or perhaps a football match:
Or maybe you'd like to join Mr. Peignot for an open house tour (I know--not too exciting--it was the only semi-interesting 3rd option available):
As most of you fruits know, I'm a big font fanatic. It's a good thing the History Channel has been running marathons of their Peabody award-winning documentary Font Land. It chronicles the rise of all the big graphic designer motorcycle gangs from the early '60s and beyond. Many of these typographic rebels would go on to become productive members of the design establishment, founding influential branding and corporate identity firms. The guy pictured above (A.M. Cassandre) created the Peignot typeface which is tattooed on his knuckles. This modernist masterwork saw heavy usage in the ad campaigns of the '40s but fell out of favor as tastes began to skew towards less decorative headings. But as you can see Peignot enjoyed a renaissance in the '70s: 
And look who's back for a little gallery hopping!
Or perhaps a football match:
Or maybe you'd like to join Mr. Peignot for an open house tour (I know--not too exciting--it was the only semi-interesting 3rd option available):
3 comments:
Who would have thought that motorcycle gangs and fonts go hand in hand?
I'm SO surprised there's a documentary about people working with fonts. I'm gonna need to tune in.
definitely tune in, WW. it's a great show
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