ChicagoType http://chicagotype.com An ongoing project documenting interesting typography in Chicago. Tue, 21 May 2013 15:16:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Wellington Avenue Pumping Station http://chicagotype.com/wellington-avenue-pumping-station/ http://chicagotype.com/wellington-avenue-pumping-station/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 15:14:49 +0000 admin http://chicagotype.com/?p=1551 Corner of Clybourn and Wellington.

]]> http://chicagotype.com/wellington-avenue-pumping-station/feed/ 0 114 West Grand http://chicagotype.com/114-west-grand/ http://chicagotype.com/114-west-grand/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 15:11:28 +0000 admin http://chicagotype.com/?p=1545 Gotta be one of the oddest/cleverest bits of type in town.

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]]> http://chicagotype.com/cta-sign-2/feed/ 0 Grayland Theatre http://chicagotype.com/grayland-theatre/ http://chicagotype.com/grayland-theatre/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 15:04:16 +0000 admin http://chicagotype.com/?p=1536 This is right by my house and I never noticed it! Probably because of the tree that made it so difficult to shoot!

]]> http://chicagotype.com/grayland-theatre/feed/ 0 Kilpatrick near Berteau http://chicagotype.com/kilpatrick-near-berteau/ http://chicagotype.com/kilpatrick-near-berteau/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:59:13 +0000 admin http://chicagotype.com/?p=1528 Not sure what the business is. But they’ve tried to keep this sign alive over the years!

And there’s this one, too:

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]]> http://chicagotype.com/parking-sign/feed/ 0 More from Chinatown http://chicagotype.com/more-from-chinatown/ http://chicagotype.com/more-from-chinatown/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:07:15 +0000 admin http://chicagotype.com/?p=1497 The Church:

 

 

 

And, of course, the ubiquitous faux-Chinese font:

 

 

 

 

And no shortage of variations on the real thing:

]]> http://chicagotype.com/more-from-chinatown/feed/ 0 Chang Ying Ginseng http://chicagotype.com/chang-ying-ginseng/ http://chicagotype.com/chang-ying-ginseng/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:01:05 +0000 admin http://chicagotype.com/?p=1493 On Wentworth in Chinatown.

]]> http://chicagotype.com/chang-ying-ginseng/feed/ 0 Cantonesia http://chicagotype.com/cantonesia/ http://chicagotype.com/cantonesia/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:55:27 +0000 admin http://chicagotype.com/?p=1488 On Cermak in Chinatown.

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