Brooklyn Check Typography
May 10, 2009 | Typography | 9 Comments
Lately, I’ve been appreciating the craft of handmade letterforms (or even the mechanical reproduction of it). I found a stash of these 19th century checks that are filled with engraved type and illustration from corner to corner. It’s rare to find something today as carefully considered as these checks. I bought 3 of them and scanned the most interesting parts for your typographic enjoyment! Click the images for a larger view.
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These are really cool. Very ornate.
What could $900 buy you back in the 1860’s?
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nice, love that green No.
[...] Deamplified came across a stash of 19th-century checks from Brooklyn and was immediately amazed at the level of detail adorned on the face of each check. You really don’t see such intricate markings on checks anymore and these are wonderful examples of great artistry on an item that is looking more and more plain by the minute. [...]
i used to help design cheques, and found this very interesting. A lot of modern cheques have an incredible amount of detail needed to combat forgeries. These cheques seem a lot more personal; as if money had more meaning then.
Beautifully detailed art of the past and worth recording for the future, awesome work.
superb effort mon ami!
bravo
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