James Grieshaber

A digital type foundry that puts a modern spin on familiar concepts to create relevant type styles with a significant nod to the past.

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

I’ve always loved this cover design, Alphabet Thesaurus Nine Thousand from Photo Lettering Inc.
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#type #typography #lettering #photolettering #phototype #fonts #edbenguiat @… https://t.co/tQSe3T7gfW

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

A B C E F, brought to you by International Typeface Corporation circa 1977.
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#itc #phototype #typography #internationaltypefacecorporation #type #fonts #photofont #letters #abc… https://t.co/K1U0sTL2P5

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

CHICAGO.
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#foundtype #foundtypography #streettype #streettypography #type #typography #signage #chicago #chitown #metaltype @ Chicago, Illinois https://t.co/QtbEaz9EZr

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

HOLMES PYOTT & CO. CHICAGO ILL.
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#chicago #chitown #foundtype #streettype #streettypography #fontsafari #typesafari #type #metaltype #ironcollumn #chicagolove @ Supreme Picture… https://t.co/sxCv4q4o6N

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

CHICAGO! ****
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#typesafari #streettype #streettypography #streetwriting #type #typography #chicago #chitown #chicagoflag @ Lake Street Bridge https://t.co/S7rj6ZGHzu

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

Apparently over the years the wood type patterns virginwoodtype have been modified, altered, or augmented as needed. I find this one kinda funny.
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#woodtype #woodtypelove… https://t.co/WAqwVJjJZg

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

Quite a g, from a pattern for Foster Outline. first shown in the 1952 American Wood Type catalog.
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#woodtype #woodtypelove #type #typography #typelife #typehistory… https://t.co/NjjYnkO0JD

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

$ from Gothic No. 5072... thank you makers of the past for identifying your work for us! Allied Wood Type made this and many other gothics circa 1950... although they may have lifted these… https://t.co/8rfJasO1Cr

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

Unusual g, from an otherwise standard looking (unidentified) gothic. This pattern looks like it had some work done over the years, seems to have been remounted onto pressboard at some… https://t.co/TpHmQ3mQOf

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

American Wood Type stamp? This piece of type was found by mattrieck in the hell box of the type acquired by virginwoodtype from American Wood Type. Through the years of American producing… https://t.co/ByLMgZ0TOh

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

T Day type.
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#type #typography #letters #metaltype # embossed #foundtype #embosedprinting #thanksgiving #turkeyday @ Getzville, New York https://t.co/QwZUcTI2RK

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

Flower City Logo in pride colors, official city signage.
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#flowercity #flowercitylogo #flourcity #flourcitylogo #roclogo #rochesterny #rochester #rochesternewyork #rochchacha… https://t.co/CZ20zz9McT

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

g, before and after cleaning. This one is from Sans Serif No. 4 by Stevenson Blake & Co.
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#woodtype #woodtypelove #letterpress #letterpresslove #letterpressprinting #type… https://t.co/k6WnoyoaQt

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

Hollywood &.
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#ampersand #foundtype #foundtypography #streettype #streettypography #typelife #typography #type #walkoffame #hollywood #losangeles @ Hollywood Walk of Fame https://t.co/qwtetvE1rZ

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

City of Los Angeles.
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#cityseal #cityemblem #emblem #citylogo #la #losangeles #hollywood #sigange #seal #streettype #streettypography #foundtype #foundtypography #type @ Hollywood… https://t.co/o6pKhMEwW6

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

Pinchy &.
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#foundtype #foundtypography #streettype #streettypography #typography #typelife #type #ampersand #metaltype #metaltypelove #& #pinchers #manholecovers @ Rochester, New… https://t.co/hJEPrS2ixy

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

Stencil A.
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#foundtype #foundtypography #streettype #streettypography #letters #stencil #a #type #typography #signage #citypark #rochesterny @ Broad Street Bridge https://t.co/mw2LWCV24s

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

•1925•
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#blackletter #fraktur #oldenglish #foundtype #foundtypography #streettype #streettypography #type #typography #numbers #cornerstone #universityofrochester #uofr @ School… https://t.co/YDtvgp6ZAx

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

Flower City Logo stenciled on orange.
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#rocny #rochester #roclogo #rochchacha #rochesterny #flourcity #flourcitylogo #flowercity #flowercitylogo #rocpride #rochesterpride #logo… https://t.co/lBuj0BJqUN

[James Grieshaber @typeco]

Is it just me or are those W and O backwards?
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#deco #foundtype #foundtypography #streettype #streettypography #type #typography #lettering #signage #signpainting @ Letchworth… https://t.co/TfrkTR9yUW