![]() ![]() One pass that reads “Can I Kic It” and the second that reads “k”. Can I Kick It // Yes You Can is a best seller of ours and we have to print the Can I Kick It poster in two passes. I bring my own with me every time I print. The wood is slightly porous too, so over time the type has taken on nicks and scratches as well as being stained from the many different inks passed over it.Īnother secret I’ll let you in on about this particular typecase is there are no I’s or K’s. If you look close enough no two letters look exactly the same, which I love. The type was created using a pantograph, which means each individual block was traced by hand using the device, so there are slight variations from one letter to the next. It’s a bold, uppercase, gothic, wood type that would have been used primarily for headlines back in the day. Technically it belongs to the SF Center for the Book. I’ve used countless fonts throughout my professional career but when it comes to Paper Jam Press and our letterpress posters, I’m in a long term relationship with typecase. Whether you want to be straightforward or a little more flourished, these beautifully handcrafted letterforms are perfect for eye-catching statements that sit at the top of your communication hierarchy. These fonts would all make fantastic, powerful, direct headlines. Seeing the collaboration between P22 Type Foundry and the Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum to bring typefaces that were previously only available in the analog world to the digital world makes my heart sing. I chose these typefaces because of my undying devotion to wood type. Tell us a little about why you selected these typefaces. ![]()
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