I’m a photographer, not a designer by trade, so excuse me if I’m butchering an explanation on this collection. The google translation of the title is roughly Letters for Use By Painters. Based on that, I’m assuming this was an old collection of letters for sign painters to use as inspiration. Correct me if I’m wrong though. Regardless of its purpose, I’m in love. You know how much I love painted signs.
There’s a ton more inspiration to be had on pillpat’s Flickr stream so check out the set for large versions of these files as well as several thousand pages of other scanned inspiration.
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