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chickenfries on May 29, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: An 1874 Type Catalog

Wretched excess?

I'm not an expert on 19th C typography, but I imagine that typography like this wowed people back then, and imparted a kind of authority and grandeur for the businesses that used them.

thefontguy on May 29, 2017 [–]

Pretty excited to see how 21st C creatives leverage color font technologies to wow people these days ;) See https://www.colorfonts.wtf

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