Those pastel turquoise plastic boxes from the early 1950's, with white screen printed letters reading "FLOUR", "SUGAR", "COFFEE" etc. on one side were a simple quiet presence in our home back then and for decades after. Seeing them-Even that soft blue-green colour felt like home.
"SUGAR", the soul survivor of that set has become one of those mundane items of daily life that somehow become simple icons of another time, ripe with memories.
Obviously I had to make a font.
September 2014
Font Family:
· 8th Avenue Stencil
· 8th Avenue Ultra
· 8th Avenue Ultra Italic
Tags: 1950s, 1960s, headlines, posters, retro, stencil