kleinmatic

May 11

Steven Heller’s “den.” 


May 8
Another great one from Shorpy. Taken by Richard Hewett in 1966. View original.

Another great one from Shorpy. Taken by Richard Hewett in 1966. View original.


Font I want #5. HWT Unit Gothic by Hamilton Wood Type Foundry. via Typedia.

Font I want #5. HWT Unit Gothic by Hamilton Wood Type Foundry. via Typedia.


May 5
Eric Gill, 1928 on Flickr.
Eric Gill’s mark on 1928 sketch for Gill Sans. From Pencil to Pixel.

Eric Gill, 1928 on Flickr.

Eric Gill’s mark on 1928 sketch for Gill Sans. From Pencil to Pixel.


Popular Science, Oct. 1925. Gas masks for war horses. 

Popular Science, Oct. 1925. Gas masks for war horses. 


Buckminster Fuller cover of Time, Jan. 10, 1964. via 99 Percent Invisible.

Buckminster Fuller cover of Time, Jan. 10, 1964. via 99 Percent Invisible.


Selling Futura in Nazi Germany by philipp75 on Flickr.
Foldout from the series «Kleinpropaganda» by Bauersche Gießerei, mid/late 1930s.
Here is the text transcribed and Google-translated. The translation is clumsy and I’m sure awful but perhaps useful nonetheless.

Smooth, restrained power, pure expressive beauty - that a new section of the Futura has them, a noble, high-bred race, that goes without saying, and the typography is not expected anything else. But are experienced experts believe that with the recent addition of the large circle of the Futura font something really succeeded surprising. One says that deserve a special award because it is nothing more and nothing less than.
Geschmeidige, verhaltene Kraft, reine ausdrucksvolle Schönheit — daß ein neuer Schnitt der Futura diese Eigenschaften einer edlen, hochgezüchteten Rasse besitzt, das versteht sich von selbst, und der Buchdrucker erwartet es nicht anders. Doch sind erfahrene Fachleute der Meinung, daß mit der jüngsten Ergänzung des großen Kreises der Futura-Schriften etwas wirklich Überraschendes gelang. Man sagt, die verdiene eine ganz besondere Auszeichnung, denn sie sei nichts mehr und nichts weniger als.

Selling Futura in Nazi Germany by philipp75 on Flickr.

Foldout from the series «Kleinpropaganda» by Bauersche Gießerei, mid/late 1930s.

Here is the text transcribed and Google-translated. The translation is clumsy and I’m sure awful but perhaps useful nonetheless.

Smooth, restrained power, pure expressive beauty - that a new section of the Futura has them, a noble, high-bred race, that goes without saying, and the typography is not expected anything else. But are experienced experts believe that with the recent addition of the large circle of the Futura font something really succeeded surprising. One says that deserve a special award because it is nothing more and nothing less than.

Geschmeidige, verhaltene Kraft, reine ausdrucksvolle Schönheit — daß ein neuer Schnitt der Futura diese Eigenschaften einer edlen, hochgezüchteten Rasse besitzt, das versteht sich von selbst, und der Buchdrucker erwartet es nicht anders. Doch sind erfahrene Fachleute der Meinung, daß mit der jüngsten Ergänzung des großen Kreises der Futura-Schriften etwas wirklich Überraschendes gelang. Man sagt, die verdiene eine ganz besondere Auszeichnung, denn sie sei nichts mehr und nichts weniger als.


May 3

Apr 25
Via Shorpy. January 1943. Chicago Union Station. Really: View full size.

Via Shorpy. January 1943. Chicago Union Station. Really: View full size.


Apr 24
Who knew Karma Police had a video? Apparently everybody but me. 

Who knew Karma Police had a video? Apparently everybody but me. 


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