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>False Idol a typeface cr eated in1997 This typeface is based on bad rubdown lettering from 1970s pornographic magazines and home-made r eligious leaflets distributed in central London. The letterforms it was based wer e trying to mimic a fe eling of ‘glamour’ but succe eded in just looking se edy. Somehow that se ediness is kind of beautiful and has made it one of our most popular fonts.
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This typeface is based on bad rubdown lettering from 1970s pornographic magazines and home-made r eligious leaflets distributed in central London. The letterforms it was based wer e trying to mimic a feeling of ‘glamour’ but succeeded in just looking seedy. Somehow that seediness is kind of beautiful and has made it one of our most popular fonts. This typeface is based on bad rubdown lettering from 1970s pornographic magazines and home-made r eligious leaflets distributed in central London. The letterforms it was based wer e trying to mimic a feeling of ‘glamour’ but succeeded in just looking seedy. Somehow that seediness is kind of beautiful and has made it one of our most popular fonts.
I could not think of anything mor e pathetic than looking at the
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typography rather than the images in a porn mag, but I am afraid that was the basis for false idol. (I hope my mother isn’ t r eading this)…
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P ornographic magazines ar e of course pieces of graphic design and I often wryly wonder if the modernists couldn’t have chosen a better example of transpar ent message conveyance… I could not think of anything mor e patheitc than looking at the typography rather than the images in a porn mag but I am afraid that was the basis for False Idol — I hope my mother isn’t r eading this…
This typeface is based on bad rubdown lettering from 1970s pornographic magazines and home-made r eligious leaflets distributed in central London. The letterforms it was based wer e trying to mimic a fe eling of ‘glamour’ but succe eded in just looking se edy. Somehow that se ediness is kind of beautiful and has made it one of our most popular fonts. This typeface is based on bad rubdown lettering from 1970s pornographic magazines and homemade r eligious leaflets distributed in central London. The letterforms it was based wer e trying to mimic a fe eling of ‘glamour’ but succe eded in just looking se edy. Somehow that se ediness is kind of beautiful and has made it one of our most popular fonts. This typeface is based on bad rubdown lettering from 1970s pornographic magazines and home-made r eligious leaflets distributed in central London. The letterforms it was based wer e trying to mimic a fe eling of ‘glamour’ but succe eded in just looking se edy. This typeface is based on bad rubdown lettering from 1970s pornographic magazines and home-made r eligious leaflets distributed in central London. The letterforms it was based wer e trying to mimic a fe eling of ‘glamour’ but succe eded in just looking se edy. Somehow that se ediness is kind of beautiful and has made it one of our most popular fonts. This typeface is based on bad rubdown lettering from 1970s pornographic magazines and home-made r eligious leaflets distributed in central London. The letterforms it was based wer e trying to mimic a fe eling of ‘glamour’ but succe eded in just looking se edy. Somehow that se ediness is kind of beautiful and has made it one of our most popular fonts.
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This typeface is based on
bad rubdown lettering fr om 1970s
pornographic magazines. This typeface is based on bad rubdown lettering fr om 1970s pornographic magazines and home-made r eligious leaflets distributed in central London. The letterforms it was based wer e trying to mimic a fe eling of ‘ glamour’ but succe eded in just looking se edy. Somehow that se ediness is kind of beautiful and has made it one of our most popular fonts. The letterforms it was based wer e trying to mimic a fe eling of ‘ glamour’ but succe eded in just looking se edy.
*** ‘I Hope My Mother Isn”t Reading Thi’s.
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