October 30, 2009
Ork Posters has created something guaranteed to delight typophiles (that’s me) and San Francisco neighborhood geeks (check) alike.
It’s a typographic neighborhood map of Our Fair City.
See?
Oh sure, they do it for a bunch of their other favourite cities too. But this is so cool that I forgive them for that.
Screen-printed. Multiple color options. Totally cool.
On the other hand, partial (dis)credit for using “San Fran” in the URL. They’ll be hearing from Emperor Norton about that …
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November 2, 2009 at 12:19 pm
I recently came across those too, and I agree they’re pretty amazing. As an Oakland resident, though, I wish we had one too!
November 4, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Great map! Creative types can have a lot of fun with playing with maps. Have you seen the “upside-down” world map? It really shakes you out of the Euro/US-centric view of the world.
November 13, 2009 at 9:44 am
That’s so cool. Thankfully it doesn’t say Alamo Square, or worse, that fictitious NOPA tag for my neighborhood.
November 13, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Man… I’ve simply got to get away from this website. I’ve been here for hours. (Just commented on the Lefty O’Doul post). I never actually realized how comparatively tiny some of these neighborhoods are. Like Cow Hollow, And how big others are, like Bayview. Anyway, thanks for this. Love the site.
December 13, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Thanks for highlighting these. I just bought three copies as Christmas presents (plus one for me).
February 11, 2010 at 2:43 am
I never actually realized how comparatively tiny some of these neighborhoods are. Like Cow Hollow, And how big others are, like Bayview. Anyway, thanks for this