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RETRO TYPOGRAPHY EXAMPLES

02.14.10 | SIZZLIN' STILL WORK | 14 Comments »
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I walked into a used book store Friday night killing a few minutes before meeting my wife for a date night. I saw a record section and couldn’t believe the # of albums with amazing typography on them. I immediately grabbed my iPhone and started snagging pics of some of my favorite ones. I can’t say for a fact, but I’m pretty sure Photoshop did not exist in the early late 70’s and early 80’s. All these albums must have been long before… not sure if they are done by hand or what. Either way, they are amazing!

80s typography

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14 Comments

  1. jon says:
    02.15.2010 at 12:49 am

    The Tomita Planets one is by far my fave. Shaun Cassidy and Zebra are pretty rockin too (no pun intended)…

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  2. Emilio says:
    02.15.2010 at 1:40 am

    I only recognized the albums by The Firm and Kiss. Oh, and the Captain and Tenille.

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  3. Jamice says:
    02.16.2010 at 10:47 pm

    Love the top left one! Amazing!

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  4. 40 Quellen guter Design- und Photoshop-Tutorials | print24 Blog says:
    03.15.2010 at 9:08 pm

    [...] Aktuelle Beispiele: Traditional Drawing Quick Tips and Tricks Retro Typography Examples [...]

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  5. 40 sources of great Design and Photoshop Tutorials | print24 Blog says:
    03.16.2010 at 5:52 am

    [...] recent examples: Traditional Drawing Quick Tips and Tricks Retro Typography Examples [...]

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  6. Roger Wilson says:
    03.19.2010 at 10:26 pm

    You don't know when Photoshop started being used AND you don't know how typography was done before computers? Are you fucking serious?

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    • bartondamer says:
      03.20.2010 at 12:57 am

      There is a lot I don't know. I am always learning. Please share with me how the Kiss logo and all of it's lighting effects were done.. that would be awesome to learn.

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  7. pmp213 says:
    05.18.2010 at 9:21 am

    Congratulations Roger Wilson, you win the moronic post of the year award.

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  8. Hennessy says:
    05.19.2010 at 6:42 am

    Big LOL

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  9. Suzanne Molt says:
    06.06.2010 at 3:51 pm

    Cool, As i was passing by here and i read your post.It’s quite interesting.I will look around for more such post.Thanks for sharing :D

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