Discretionary Ligatures

{ typographic } characters joined more for decorative than functional reasons...historic, elegant, or fun. { blog } two designers joined in a mutual love of type.

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By Stephanie Kubo.

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Cover design for the novel Wink, Poppy, Midnight due out this March, by Perrin. (@made-by-perrin)

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By Michelle Leigh for Bitch Media. 

(Kristin Rogers Brown, AD.)

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via Geeked Magazine’s intersectionality issue, here

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Drawing the 2014 Brooklyn Derby Artwork, by Jen Mussari

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By Neil Summerour

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Muokkaa Studio (AKA Alex López Becerro), for Spanish magazine Yorokobu’s annual calendar. Via It’s Nice That

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Building in New Orleans.

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Restaurant signage at Arnaud's in New Orleans.

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Trash can in Lafayette Cemetery #1, New Orleans.

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Keetra Dean Dixon, Amazing Mistake

Excited that she was the first speaker announced for this year’s AIGA conference!

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Gemma O’Brien (via her instagram: @mrseaves101)

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Prints available on Etsy, via eyethink

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From "Letter Love", by Juri Zaech.

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via Mark Holmes, Google Doodler

(inspiration for Alessandro Volta's 270th birthday doodle; see more here)

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Lulo Clean. That ampersand...