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The Utah State Fair

The Utah State Fair is an amazing wealth of hand painted typography. Man-oh-man! By far the sideshows had the best signage. The worlds smallest woman, Holy Moly!, Strange!, and the best treatment i found had to have been Giant Snake. the snake for an S! At the animal sideshow Americas Largest Sideshow where most of the yellow, red, and green signs came from were most likely painted by a professional sign painter, which was really amazing to see. These treatments are all very unusual and represented sign painting from the 1940's and 50's. All in all i hope you made it to the fair.

Foreign + Domestic

I love these two sign simply because of what they're advertising. I dont know how much i would trust the hand painted complete auto repair for my domestic car. However it also offers a mom and pop shop aspect. I walk past this store a lot and there are always AMAZING cars out in front. these guys use their talent for fixing cars as apposed to paying for a fancy sign. Thats why i love these handmade typographic moment, because it usually indicates something great inside.

Pupusas

This sign is on about 8th south and between 8th and 9th west. This is by far one of my favorite hand painted signs in town. I can't get over how stylized the counters (the fully or partially enclosed space within a character.) are within the P's. I also love how high the Cap Height (The height of capital letters) and how tight the letter spacing is. This typographic treatment is incredibly unique and  I think the composition is really amazing as well, slightly off center and  pushed to the right.