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Is It Art, or Is It Type? What We Learn When Language is Built, Not Written

Eye on Design

In her work Here on Future Earth , she employs her Cree Comic Sans in a series of photographs that show everyday scenes in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, replacing the English on shop signs and town wayfinding with Cree syllabics. Shannon Finnegan, Do you want us here or not, 2020, Carleton University Art Gallery.

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Retro Packaging Design: Bringing Back Vintage Styles

Inkbot Design

Vintage signage fonts mimic painted shop sign lettering with distressed, imperfect shapes, offering an authentic retro touch. But in 2020, they doubled down on vintage styling with a new “Monster” throwback design. A vintage cola-style serif font looks plucked straight from a 50s advertisement. Rustic charm abounds.