Typographic Curb Appeal

Ngoc Ngo15 Oct 2008

While walking home the other day I spotted this on the front-side of a new apartment building. I thought the typographic treatment was very unique, and I liked the way the letters flowed in and out of the surface.

If you've seen type used in interesting ways where you live, please share them here.

eliason15 Oct 2008#

Very cool. Thanks for posting this. Do you know the whole text?

aluminum15 Oct 2008#

neat

victor ivanov15 Oct 2008#

incredible!
thanks for the post!

mica15 Oct 2008#

it is dreamy.

Joe Pemberton15 Oct 2008#

Handpicked.

gentlepurespace15 Oct 2008#

Thanks for this.

pica pusher16 Oct 2008#

What a simple, brilliant idea. What material is that?

RAWTYPE16 Oct 2008#

cool

hear is my latest find

: salon fog

Quincunx17 Oct 2008#

The first example is very nice. Really well executed.

Ngoc Ngo19 Oct 2008#

@cirulis: That's a great find, too! Raising the letters is a nice touch. The best drop-shadow is a real shadow! Thanks for sharing.

James Arboghast20 Oct 2008#

Ngoc, this is fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

Does anybody want to ID the font?

If you’ve seen type used in interesting ways where you live, please share them here.

No, sorry. There isn't any of that here in Oz. Type used in interesting ways virtually does not exist in Australia. Certainly there is fack all of it in Melbourne and Sydney.

I think it's worth me pointing this out. You could drop a bomb on every major city in Australia, and the damage bill for unique and interesting type treatments would come to $6.

j a m e s

dsb26 Oct 2008#

It looks like a Garamond. Maybe MT?

cjLaughlin5 Nov 2008#

That is really cool, especially for an apartment complex.

All the places around where I live have really similar utopian names, and 12 different typefaces on their billboards.

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