“The Letters of Sakarya” featured in the Sign Design Society newsletter.

🔗 https://mailchi.mp/248dfdb065b7/sds-february2026-newsletter-general

#vernaculartypography #signpainting

Before the era of computer graphics, the visual identity of cities was crafted by sign painters whose handmade signs are now largely anonymous. In this article (in Turkish), I trace the forgotten vernacular heritage of Bursa by documenting the lives and works of key sign painters through archives and interviews with their families, securing their place in our national graphic design history.

🔗 https://doi.org/10.55004/tykhe.1192452

#GraphicDesignHistory #SignPainting #VernacularTypography #Bursa

Just published a case study on our site about how Ghanaian street poster lettering became a Google Font. David Abbey-Thompson's work on Ga Maamli is a brilliant example of preserving vernacular design digitally, making it worth sharing for anyone interested in how culture shapes typography.

Read: https://www.lttrink.com/blog/from-ghanaian-street-signs-to-google-fonts-creating-ga-maamli-with-lttr-ink

#TypeDesign #Typography #Lettering #FontDesign #VernacularTypography #TypefaceDesign #GraphicDesign #TypeSpecimen #LetterForms #CustomType #GoogleFonts

New Euro sign just dropped.

Looks like a combination of Ꞓ and ₵: ₵̶

#Euro #EuroSign #TypographyInTheWild #Vernacular #VernacularTypography