A Love Letter to Amsterdam’s Curly Letter
Book about Amsterdam's 'curly letter' is an informative and visually rich guide to the vernacular style.
The result of a personal research project by Ramiro Espinoza (the designer who runs the Dutch foundry Retype) and photographer/graphic designer Rob Becker, De Amsterdamse Krulletter (The Curly Letter of Amsterdam) is an engaging love letter to the beautifully crafted and fast-disappearing hand painted lettering which can be found on the windows of some of Amsterdam’s oldest bars.
Read on for a review of the book which is available to buy here in the BLAG shop.
The Curly Letter of Amsterdam
Amsterdam’s vernacular ‘Krulletter’ (curly letter) is explored in depth in this richly illustrated book by Ramiro Espinoza and Rob Becker. It deals with this history of the lettering style, dissects its essential characteristics, and introduces its most influential practitioners. This is a beautiful…
