Some early poster advertising and Typography

encyclomedia · Post by **encyclomedia** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:22 am

With all the new clients, need for speed etc, personal and individual attention to basicc forms like Type are getting mostly neglected at the altar of 'photoshop' etc. I was looking at some early poster art and the detail to typography is immensely beautiful. Extremely functional and very good expert control!

Some early poster advertising:
Letterpress with wood engraving, 1849

Letterpress with wood engraving, 1853

Letterpress with wood engraving, ca. 1855

Letterpress with wood engraving, 1858

rutam · Post by **rutam** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:21 pm

There is nothing more orgasmic than kerning each letter manually to form various words... ! And yeah.. those old posters look really cool.

Post by **Paramvir** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:55 pm

i agree with you rutam.
i want to do my biz card on letterpress!

lets see some more early typography. scraperboard typo anyone?