Typography inspired by a hand-painted moving company sign



Project
Mercado
Type
Type Design
Details
Mercado was originally inspired by hand-painted signage of the Nick and Sons Moving Company in New Jersey. My team and I found inspiration from the variety of thick and thin strokes that resembled a crafted style, and we wanted to perserve this for our typeface.
Year
2020

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Original Sign












This typeface was designed in the beginning of pandemic!
It was a fun and very difficult challenge.