#typographyinthewild

Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.headword@lingo.lol
2025-12-03

Nice numero sign (№) spotted on Blågårds Plads, Copenhagen.

#numero #NumeroSign #TypographyInTheWild #DoorwayWednesday

A stone inscription above a door saying ‘№ 6.’ The capital N is based on a lower case form and has a swung right leg ending in a ball terminal. The superscript o is very small, and below it is a swash that echoes the N.A wider shot of the same doorway, where you can see the blue door with a partitioned window in it.
Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.headword@lingo.lol
2025-03-08

[8½ years ago today]

En bog om #Greve? #typographyinthewild #typography #script #book

English translation:

A book about Greve (a town in Denmark)?

(first posted 8 Sept. 2016 by me [@]munk_typography@instagram.com)

#BestOfMyGrams

A book cover with the title ‘Greve’ by Catarina Sobral. Greve is also a town in Denmark.
2024-07-25
W la Friendica (che dio la benedèndica): la guida al Facebook del Fediverso

La guida di Informapirata a Friendica, dedicata a tutti coloro che dal Fediverso vogliono ottenere tutto il possibile.

Un Mastodon con gli steroidi e attualmente l’unica alternativa a Facebook di tutto il Fediverso. Con mille pregi e, soprattutto, mille difetti. E mai nessuno che ci spieghi come utilizzarlo.

Almeno finora…

https://www.informapirata.it/2024/07/25/w-la-friendica-che-dio-la-benedendica-la-guida-al-facebook-del-fediverso/
2024-07-10
Guida galattica per x-stoppisti finiti su mastodon (nuova versione)

Guida galattica per X-stoppisti finiti su mastodon – La nuova versione della guida di informapirata

“Probabilmente quasi tutto quello sapete su Mastodon è sbagliato!

Ma siete in buona compagnia…”

https://www.informapirata.it/2024/07/10/guida-galattica-per-x-stoppisti-finiti-su-mastodon-nuova-versione/
Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.headword@lingo.lol
2024-05-20
An ad for Kasanova with a red heart above two black curly brackets (or braces, if you will) facing eachother with their pointy ends making it look like two faces kissing in profile.

The Italian caption is:

“Regalatevi una parentesi tutta per voi”

Or

“Take a break (a parenthesis) just for you”
Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.headword@lingo.lol
2023-08-19

An old facade advertisement in Valby, Copenhagen

#GhostSign #GhostSigns #Valby #TypographyInTheWild #SignPainting #Mural

A facade of a ca. 5 storey brick house with an advertisement painted blue with white narrow sans serif text in all caps. In the bottom left corner is an illustration of a hand holding 6 playing cards, 4 of which are aces.

The Danish text says:

“Er De forsikr[et] [hos] Fjerde Sø af 1863, har De gode Kort paa Haanden”

Translated:

“Are you insured by Fjerde Sø of 1863, then you have a good hand of cards”
Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.headword@lingo.lol
2023-03-24

Travelling to Sweden today, I saw an odd quirk on the train's display. The ä has a glitch in the stroke of its bowl that the a and the å don't have. You'd think they'd have copied and pasted the base letter, but apparently something has gone wrong. And it's not a dead pixel either. It persisted, when the letters were moving across the display as a ticker tape.

#glitch #typography #TypographyInTheWild

Matrix display in a train with the text “Tåg mot Växjö C. Vagn 11”Detail of the previous picture showing how ä is different from a
2022-07-18

Funny Q for a children's alphabet #typography #typographyinthewild

The letter Q made by Bobles. It resembles a mirrored P with a little stroke on its stem. Looks mostly like a mirrored rubles symbol.

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