Preserving local flavor with Vernacular Typography | SmartPlanet
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Walk down any main street in America and more often than not, you’ll be met with the same few chain restaurants and stores, the same block of corporate advertisements and signs. Local character? That’s a thing of the past—and in its place is most likely a McDonald’s.
But graphic designer Molly Woodward is hoping to preserve at least one powerful marker of regional heritage: local typography.