Tuesday Flickr Set: Folk Typography.
Today, we welcome the return of The Tuesday Flickr Set. As addressed yesterday, it's been somewhat swept under the rug in favor of less important tasks, like new business and taxes. In an effort to post these each and every Tuesday, I'll work to scale back the commentary supporting our weekly inclusions. But as you know, we have a tendency to ramble on a bit. Or at least I do.
To make up for past omissions, I'm digging you a group pool. Yes, it's like the set that goes to eleven. Folk Typography is administered by San Francisco photographer, Cassidy Curtis. He oversees a nice collection here, from nearly 1,000 sources and largely composed of found typographical references. Spend some time. It'll be worth your while.
About the form, Curtis writes explains "Folk Typography is also known as outsider typography. Surprising, original letterforms created by people who are not designers, typographers, calligraphers, or graffiti artists – in other words, people outside of all traditional schools of typographic influence." The way it should be.