{"id":244,"date":"2009-01-29T04:41:49","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T11:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=244"},"modified":"2009-07-31T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T23:29:07","slug":"the-art-of-calligraffiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/244","title":{"rendered":"The art of Calligraffiti"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe work of Niels Shoe Meulman, via Some Type of Wonderful<\/a>
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\nThis 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.<\/p>\n

As one student put it, “in this class I learned not to be gangsta  . . . . ” <\/p>\n

There’s a time and a place.<\/p>\n

So I actually consider urban lettering to be an advanced form of type; an evolution from forms we’ve been using for hundreds of years into something personal, different.<\/p>\n

Which is nothing new: our lowercase alphabet evolved thru what was basically personal expression in lettering. And it makes sense that our letterforms will continue to evolve.<\/p>\n

In that, I ran across this post today in the Upscale Typography blog. It’s about the work of Niels Shoe Meulman, who practices Calligraffiti: traditional lettering mixed with urban style.<\/p>\n

Click on the image for a video and more info:<\/p>\n

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Then go look at Daid Daragones’ work. It’s also just as cool (also click image):<\/p>\n

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