Member ben… Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 This topic was imported from the Typophile platform Last year some friends opened a shop called Gubb & Mackie on Customs Street in downtown Auckland; when I visited the shop they had just refurbished the place and unearthed this mid-20th century mosaic from under the floor vinyl, welcome mat and god-knows-what-else. Interesting to see how much extra trouble the lettering artist of the day had gone to over that angular ampersand; I figure that by the time they'd trimmed all the tiles to allow for the diagonal insets, it couldn't have been much of a time-saver. Link to comment
Member Dun… Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Fabulously wonky as all-git-out. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment
Member mer… Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Nice. Makes me cringe thinking about that being covered in vinyl flooring, but what can you do? Link to comment
Member spe… Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Boy is that D narrow... Link to comment
Member hra… Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/48413419@N00/273967188/ hhp Link to comment
Member dbe… Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 That's truly splendid "Interesting to see how much extra trouble the lettering artist of the day had gone to over that angular ampersand.." I'm not sure what you mean by "extra trouble" over that ampersand, unless you imagine the alternative, a round design at a 6 tile cap height as being extra large trouble. ;) Cheers! Link to comment
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