Good font is very important (often the most important) element of a good poster so - since we love both of these things - we prepared short set of vintage lettering inspirations.
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Agence Eureka. This rich Flickr collection contains scans of many books and publications related to typography and lettering. A few of them below:
Posted: Apr 22, 2015 | Tagged: book, calligraphy, font, graphic design, illustration, lettering, print, ruemarcellin, script, typography
(...) This 408 page volume is an overflowing treasure-trove of graphic work prior to the 50s–60s golden age of postwar Polish posters. - Steven Heller
Rypson examines the different faces of Modernism in Poland from the revival of the nation at the end of the First World War to the imposition of Stalinism in the late 1940s. He is an expert guide, supplying fast-paced narratives about the commercial, state and political clients for whom graphic designers worked. (...) - David Crowley, "Eye"
Design junkies need to buy this sucker immediately. - Will Schofield, 50watts.com
Posted: Apr 08, 2015 | Tagged: advertising, book, graphic design, illustration, posters, publication, war