We will not go quietly into the night…We will not vanish without a fight…We’re going to live on! We’re going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!
— Jon Contino
Happy 4th
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The Royal Order
23 Loading ...Dedicated to all of my fellow letter-makers out there. We are alphastructaesthetitologists: Teachers and students of the art of fine letter-making…or something like that. — Jon Contino
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Dated July 1st, 2010 and tagged calligraphy, friends of type, Guest Post'r, Jon Contino, lettering, Lockup, shield
Dated July 1st, 2010 and tagged calligraphy, friends of type, Guest Post'r, Jon Contino, lettering, Lockup, shield
The Beast
30 Loading ...An ode to summer. — Jon Contino
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Dated June 30th, 2010 and tagged Guest Post'r, Jon Contino, lettering, Lockup, sans, serif
Dated June 30th, 2010 and tagged Guest Post'r, Jon Contino, lettering, Lockup, sans, serif
I Have Waited
47 Loading ...A little something I put together as a gift to my
wife Erin last Valentine’s Day. — Jon Contino
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Dated June 29th, 2010 and tagged Guest Post'r, Jon Contino, lettering, Lockup, script, serif
Dated June 29th, 2010 and tagged Guest Post'r, Jon Contino, lettering, Lockup, script, serif
Sea and Land
54 Loading ...I give thanks to the Friends of Type for letting me into the club for the week. I’ll try not to wreck up the joint. — Jon Contino
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Dated June 28th, 2010 and tagged Guest Post'r, Italic, Jon Contino, lettering, Lockup, sans, serif
Dated June 28th, 2010 and tagged Guest Post'r, Italic, Jon Contino, lettering, Lockup, sans, serif
Team Contino
38 Loading ...Now stepping to the plate, Jon Contino the 6th Guest Post’r for Friends of Type.
This NY native brings an arsenal of lettering skills to the field. You can catch him practicing on premium clothing companies such as Brooklyn Circus, Casualty Killers and Johnny Cupcakes. Off the field he is co-founder of the design studio
OneTwentySix and CXXVI Clothing Co. We’re lucky enough to have him play over at FoT till Friday. Make sure to stop by everyday this week and check out some of his smashing posts.
You can find Jon on Twitter, Flickr and of course on JonContino.com.
Check back at 10:30 (EST) to see his first piece.
Intro post by Erik
Keep in touch Grafik
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Dated June 23rd, 2010 and tagged drop shadow, humanistic, lettering, stroke, texture
Dated June 23rd, 2010 and tagged drop shadow, humanistic, lettering, stroke, texture
Long Weekend
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Dated July 2nd, 2010 and tagged booze, decorative, ribbon