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Tuesday
June 19, 2007

11:13 AM

Jon Parker
Diespeker

Ghostly typography

Inspiring for their antique romance and their sign-painterly craft, PCL LinkDump points to Forgotten NY's trove of fading outdoor advertising. Other good resources: Flickr, good ol' Lileks, and the Fading Ad blog. Fake 'em yourself with fonts like these, or use Machine Wash Filters.

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Forgotten NY is so awesome, I never getting tired of poring over its many pages. No detail is too small for them to document.

And then I said …
Christine
  • Wednesday June 20, 2007 11:28 AM
  • Christine

I started a blog of sorts for fading signs here in Philly...

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Lawrence O'Toole
  • Thursday June 21, 2007 11:11 AM
  • Lawrence O'Toole

Great stuff, Lawrence. Thanks!

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Jon
  • Thursday June 21, 2007 12:37 PM
  • Jon

Instructions for do it yourself fading ads from creativepro.com....

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Chris Freek
  • Wednesday June 27, 2007 11:16 AM
  • Chris Freek

Thanks for featuring my picture on your blog. This is actually a UK sign, not from New York:
flickr.com/photos/82514380@N00/333716480/

Lots more like this and commentary at: brickads.blogspot.com

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Sam Roberts
  • Monday July 16, 2007 7:21 AM
  • Sam Roberts

Hey! Thanks for the mention! I'm going to link you to my blogroll!

Jump

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Frank Jump
  • Tuesday August 7, 2007 9:56 AM
  • Frank Jump

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