Introducing carey type
A typeface to honor the late great New Orleans sign painter Lester Carey
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Lester Carey was a New Orleans sign artist whose work has been found on churches, corner stores, neighborhood bars, and other commercial buildings around numerous neighborhoods of New Orleans for three decades.
There will be other font variations at some point in the future. Next up will be Carey-Script. If you would like to become a contributor to this open-source project, please reach out.
News/Links
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Ars Technica
Honoring New Orleans Folk Art with a Font
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Nola Nacular: Lester Carey Books
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YouTube: Defend Corner Stores, TypeCon 2024
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Nola.com: The sign painters of New Orleans
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Threadless: Nola Nacular
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Flickr: The Art of Lester Carey
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WWL: Lester Carey artist behind iconic hand lettered signs dies at age 64
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