{"id":576,"date":"2009-11-02T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T19:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cartogrammar.com\/blog\/?p=576"},"modified":"2011-02-11T13:23:19","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T18:23:19","slug":"typographic-maps-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/typographic-maps-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Typographic maps II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time for a follow-up on a my short post about typographic maps<\/a> nearly a year and a half ago. Maps made up of type are, as the kids say, the bee’s knees. As typography- and map-based designs are rather popular in general, more of these typography maps crop up every so often. Here’s another short list of some more maps I have encountered since writing last year.<\/p>\n

[Update: it’s gone now]<\/em> typographymap.com has said “We’re launching soon” for two harvests now. I still don’t know what it is, but it’s kind of cool.<\/p>\n

\"Part<\/p>\n

My earlier post mentioned Mark Andrew Webber<\/a> and his linocut maps, but since then he’s worked on a large and amazing map of Paris<\/a>, which you’ve probably seen by now. More like awesomecut.<\/p>\n

\"Linocut<\/p>\n

One of my favorite maps from the poster session at this years NACIS conference was Mouths Wide Open<\/em> by Mike Boruta of Ohio University, mapping Athens, Ohio with things overheard around town as well as his own thoughts. With his permission, here is a larger section<\/a> of the map. Mike, it must be noted, was the winner of the NACIS student poster competition<\/a> for a different map, The Million Dollar Highway<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Part<\/p>\n

Hand-lettering is not typography<\/em> of course, but we can be liberal here. Layla Curtis<\/a> has several drawings of maps that consist, essentially, of labels. I think they are traced. On her site, look for them under Work->Drawings.<\/p>\n

\"Map<\/p>\n

Portsmouth Vernacular<\/a> by Jodie Silsby<\/a> is a fabulous map of Portsmouth (UK) with the streets written as local slang phrases. Maps + typography + language? Yes, please!<\/p>\n

\"Part<\/p>\n

Here’s a series of maps<\/a> at Very Small Array showing the US with each state filled in by the most common location mentioned in craigslist “missed connections” posts.<\/p>\n

\"\"missed<\/p>\n

Finally, this is as much as I am willing to show of an unfinished project right now, but here’s a tiny preview of a map I have slowly been working on for a while. For now you’ll just have to take my word that everything besides white space in the image below is made up of type. [Update: it’s more than done<\/a> now]<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Boston<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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