Lead Type (melting in the oven of your mind)

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lisa.waterstone says:

heh that's cool!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

allr1 Taking time off for the Holidays. P&L says:

Wonderful.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

danvesma says:

stunning. love it.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

glen.h says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Lead-Delicious But Deadly!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Ingleman says:

Nice jumble of letters, effective image.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

k.webb says:

very cool!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

jm3 says:

@allr1, @Ingleman, @danvesma, @k.webb: thanks for the comments, glad you like it. I've some other type-related stuff in my Design Projects collection — check them out if you like this.

So, I found a huge box of lead type at the Alameda swap meet, just outside of San Francisco one weekend, and I bought some key letters.

The caption for this photo has an origin story that Ali told me; a girl in art school who, in an attempt to clean some lead type she found, BAKED THE LETTERS IN THE OVEN. Given the low melting point of lead melts, the merits of this approach remain questionable (at best), but highly memorable.
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

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Lead Type (melting in the oven of your mind)

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