People Are Strange

People are strange from Denis Fongue on Vimeo. I wish I had the patience to do this kind of thing. Very impressive. (h/t Ministry of Type).

Political Advertising of the Past

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Originally uploaded by gitganben

Now Obama's branding might have been remarkably handsome, self-assured and consistent, but it wasn't on the back of matchbooks was it?

Take a look at the other matchbooks in the set.

Auto Skooter - Lakeside Park, Denver

Auto Skooter - Lakeside Park - Denver, Colorado
Originally uploaded by Roberto41144

I love Art Deco; the lettering above the shop is so bold and has such beautiful proportions.

Champion Script

I've become rather taken with The Ministry of Type of late and it has introduced me to an incredibly impressive font called Champion Script Pro. Now, I know next to nothing about fonts, but I do know that having 4280 glyphs in each weight, covering Latin, Greek and Cyrillic, this one is exceptionally elaborate. Over at their blog you can also read a making of which makes pretty fascinating reading. P.S. I nicked these cool examples of the font from the Ministry of Type too, so double hat tip.