Hand lettering

These hand lettering signs are part of what is called “fileteado argentino”. They are made by hand and these particular letterings have been painted on metal plates. There’s a wide variety of very interesting letterforms (even on a single piece) that, despite the fact that they are being painted by hand, are more based on typographic compositional forms than calligraphic (either pen or brush) writing.

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Posted on Friday, July 3rd, 2009 in Inspiration.

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