Comments on: Form & Function http://spiekermann.com/en/form-function/ Typomania is incurable but not lethal. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:27:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jeff Barkema http://spiekermann.com/en/form-function/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Jeff Barkema Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:20:48 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=729#comment-408 There is also a fairly large mural that says SCARY that is on Rivington St. I believe that was done by Eine. Here is a photo from the last time I was on holiday in London: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffsb/2330884828/ There is also a fairly large mural that says SCARY that is on Rivington St. I believe that was done by Eine. Here is a photo from the last time I was on holiday in London: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffsb/2330884828/

]]> By: erik http://spiekermann.com/en/form-function/comment-page-1/#comment-407 erik Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:19:50 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=729#comment-407 Thanks, Matt, very useful links. I wondered who was behind these – certainly not Hackney Council. Eine may have a limited typographic repertoire, but his letters still brighten up the place, even the wrong way round. Thanks, Matt, very useful links. I wondered who was behind these – certainly not Hackney Council. Eine may have a limited typographic repertoire, but his letters still brighten up the place, even the wrong way round.

]]> By: Matt Cooper http://spiekermann.com/en/form-function/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Matt Cooper Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:46:25 +0000 http://spiekermann.com/en/?p=729#comment-406 These big shutter letters are done by a grafitti artist called Eine, you can see them all on this website: http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/Graffiti/eine_graffiti.htm Living near Shoreditch, an area with dozens of these shutters, they are as much a part of the identity of the area as the people and shops. Although as a typographer i'm constantly annoyed by the backwards M: http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/Graffiti/graffiti_text_eine_letter_m.htm These big shutter letters are done by a grafitti artist called Eine, you can see them all on this website:

http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/Graffiti/eine_graffiti.htm

Living near Shoreditch, an area with dozens of these shutters, they are as much a part of the identity of the area as the people and shops.

Although as a typographer i’m constantly annoyed by the backwards M:

http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/Graffiti/graffiti_text_eine_letter_m.htm

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