Typographic pick-up lines, love letters, hate letters and lots of kerning. These little gems were printed in the COFA letterpress studio on handmade paper made by my grandmother. They are part of a small collection of sweet cards to be made just in time for Valentine's Day. There was no apostrophe in the metal type font of News Gothic on You're Not My Type so an upside-down full point had to suffice. Nothing like Morris Fuller-Benton's neutral early 20th century typeface to deliver the message straight ;-).
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I have often been ridiculed in the studio for my famed typography pick up line "I'd like to kern you tightly". Doesn't make any kind of sense but definitely sounds suggestive.
Oh, so far, zero success. Unless hysterical laughter counts.
Gem I need the you're not my type card stat!!!
Hey Gemma,
I'm from Sydney and I love type too. http://davethedesigner.net is my stuff/details. If you wanna meet up I reckon it'd be good cause us type geeks aren't many and should stick together.
Dave
I DO dig these pieces - amazingly beautiful work!
I'd love to kern you too mrs eaves...
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