Chromeography

In praise of the metal logos, lettering, emblems, and badges affixed to vintage automobiles and electric appliances.

[Chromeography @Chromeography]

Junked this jalopy. Took to the sky: https://t.co/ayHcM8nzqy

[I Love Typography @ilovetypography]

So @stewf has tweaked the site for a better mobile view: https://t.co/e4OohxRHnf

[Chromeography @Chromeography]

@TiroTypeworks https://t.co/Kn169w18Rq

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@TiroTypeworks https://t.co/lWLyB7imEs

[Chromeography @Chromeography]

@SidBridgeComedy @TamerlaneBlog Eurostile https://t.co/GxKimZA3Jd

[Chromeography @Chromeography]

@hellokittypro @TamerlaneBlog Karmann Ghia❣️ https://t.co/eDYFGip61K

[Chromeography @Chromeography]

@basmithart @TamerlaneBlog https://t.co/EJdPGVOAaU

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@uhalevi @TamerlaneBlog @supcat Stratos❣️ https://t.co/xxvFgpTGdL

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@DezTheOpossum @TamerlaneBlog Javelin❣️ https://t.co/4zgc5bXTID

[Chromeography @Chromeography]

@autonerdery @TamerlaneBlog The best don’t use fonts, but custom lettering (sorry to be pedantic). My faves: https://t.co/rHmLSib8VI

[Matthew Smith @mttymtt]

This is probably one of my favorite logotypes I’ve drawn.

[TypeCon @typecon]

Love classic motor cars? Anne Brown’s presentation, “Autoscript: A Close-up View of Lettering on Post-war Automobiles,” focuses on type and graphic elements on classic cars.

Catch @wordsplusimage talk at #TypeCon2021 and register today!
https://t.co/Ztgi6XQkpv

[Lubalin Center @lubalincenter]

This one is for @Chromeography:
A 1956 Chrysler “New Yorker” 4-door.
Love the concave curving of the letters.

[Chromeography @Chromeography]

📷 1979 GMC Rally STX 25 Van fender emblem (submitted anonymously). Someone got a little too excited about ligatures on this one. But I guess that was common at GMC. https://t.co/bLBzBvlFVc

[Chromeography @Chromeography]

Original range in our cabin built by my grandparents in the 1930s. https://t.co/C8AifmQf17

[Chromeography @Chromeography]

Extendomatic can deliver multiple emblem conventions in a single font: baseline connection https://t.co/BFQfJsZ1Po backslant https://t.co/MHyfHucDSZ upright script https://t.co/yJgIT7mEny extended https://t.co/C2HpdxSglO

[Chromeography @Chromeography]

There are lots of chromeography fonts out there, but the latest one is the most advanced by far.

[David Jonathan Ross @djrrb]

Extendomatic is a font that says what it does, and does what it says! ↔️ Here’s its variable tracking axis in action in @sketch 👀

More at https://t.co/WvOSScWcVr

[Chromeography @Chromeography]

📷 1930s Graham by Doug Haugum https://t.co/GTUJah3XdH

[Chromeography @Chromeography]

still shootin’

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Eight years ago this week we opened the Chromeography exhibition at @motaitalic in Berlin (https://t.co/FZEQBgqpao). Good memories. Photo and sign: @laureola

[Chromeography @Chromeography]

We still have all the panels if anyone in California wants to host it stateside.