![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Speaking of which, last week I foolishly took a walk through all the smoke and headed over to the Mission where I stumbled upon this lovely garage door, designed by a fellow from New Bohemia Signs: The book would be a rambling, unfocused, and joyous little thing. There’s desktop publishing and neon lights, the fallow tech industry and it’s lazy branding efforts, there’s the indie type designers, and the video game industry. There’s the Letterform Archive and Silicon Valley's contribution to typesetting, there’s the Center for the Book, Type Thursday and, of course, New Bohemia Signs to talk about. So whilst Gary’s book traces the city of San Francisco through its geography, mine would trace the city through typography and lettering. It’s tough to see at first but once you do you begin to see wonderful letters everywhere. The city has a peculiar typographic history and a high concentration of people that care intensely about letterforms. This idea has been floating about in my head for about two years and it struck me the first moment I laid eyes on San Francisco on an overcast day in December. But this week Gary’s book reminded me of an idea I can’t shake for a book of my own. If you’re interested in the history of San Francisco then I’d certainly recommend it. I’m reading Gary Kamiya’s Cool Gray City of Love at the moment which is an account of the history of San Francisco and it’s architecture, culture, and people. ![]()
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