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Aug 19, 2008

Folk Typography

Jessica sent over a link to the Folk Typography Flickr Pool and I've been browsing through it finding a hodge podge of various greatness and not so great examples. After making it through a few pages you realize that sometimes the simplest signs are the ones that work best.

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