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Each typeface highlights a piece of history from a specific underrepresented race, ethnicity, or gender—from the Women’s Suffrage Movement in Argentina to the Civil Rights Movement in America.
Tobias Frere-Jones: My Kind of Neighborhood
Some sleuthing uncovers an interesting twist in New York’s psychogeography:
All of the buildings have been demolished, and in some cases the entire street has since been erased. But a startling picture still emerged: New York once had a neighborhood for typography.
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Berlin Typography – Text and the City // Buchstaben und die Stadt
A blog dedicated to documenting the letterforms on display in Berlin.