The art of Calligraffiti
The work of Niels Shoe Meulman, via Some Type of Wonderful
This comes up a lot in my type classes. Urban lettering – graffiti – is often practiced by students in my typography courses. The work is typically great, however, where things tend to fall apart is when I’m teaching traditional form, such as script or italic.
As one student put it, “in this class I learned not to be gangsta . . . . ” [Read more →]