Alphabeans

5.21.2009

I'm a bit of a font dork. (Actually, I'm a dork in general, but that's a different post for another day.) I like looking at signage and seeing if I recognize the font. One of my favorite signs in LA is on the no-longer-in-business House of a Thousand Fabrics. I love the mid-century script they used:


Given this, it should come as no surprise that I decided to create an alphabet series for Bean. I used 26 fonts; each font name begins with the letter of the alphabet it's representing. I still don't know what I want to do with it - wallpaper border? Framed art? Big poster?


Any ideas?


The fonts - in case you're as big a dork as me (in which case: hi! drop me a line!) - are:

Aardvark Cafe
Bauhaus 93
Caitlyn
Daly Hand
Eco-Files
Farang
Giddyup
Halbstarke
Informal Roman
Jester
Kawoszeh
Larabie
Madfont
Nickelodeon
Old English Text
Patrick
Quixotte
RaggMopp
Sala de Fiestas
Transformers
Ultima Campagnoli
Vendetta
Weirdmojo
XenoWort
Yellow Submarine
Zebrra

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Comments for Alphabeans
I say framed art.
 

How about incorporating your woodworking skills and do blocks? (And if that's too daunting, I also vote for framed art.)
 

This book I'm reading right now, "A Whole New Mind," uses font recognition as an example of peeps who are able to bridge the synapses between your right and left brain more easily. I like fonts too.
 

Rerun - thanks for the book suggestion!
 

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