I know these look hand drawn, but does anybody know if there were any type precedents for these besides Hobo? For the record, I think first image is from the early 1940s and the second is from the mid 1930s.
Thanks!
Typophile
A slightly less-groovy Hobo?
IIRC, Hobo dates from around the turn of the Twentieth Century, and had no direct stylistic predecessors itself. So, no, probably not...
I see a touch of both Futura & Kabel in these.
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