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Typography: In The Wild
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Showcasing IRL typography (good and bad) from around the world.

Submissions and suggestions welcome through DM! 💜

Associated with the Glyphs and Alphabets Discord: https://discord.gg/glyphs-alphabets-850457945220841473
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 22

Sand Art Bottle, Arabic writing (Abu Dhabi)
"Khalil" written in sand in Arabic in a bottle of sand art
February 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 21

Breakfast burger box, smiley umlaut (Abu Dhabi)
yellow square with white lowercase text on the inside that says "egg bün", with little glints on the dots above the u
December 9, 2024 at 8:40 AM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 20

Storefront, creative logo (Dubai)
Storefront that says "eyewa" in English and Arabic
December 7, 2024 at 7:25 AM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 19

Car dealership sticker, AW ligature (Dubai)
Silver serif letters AWR, with AW being a ligature that's a smaller glyph than the R
December 4, 2024 at 6:27 AM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 18

Ginger paste packaging, MF ligature (Abu Dhabi)
MF ligature in a comic font on a box of ginger paste
December 3, 2024 at 12:50 AM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 17

Noodles packaging, humourously plain (Abu Dhabi)
Noodles packaging with plan sans serif text on the front that says "Plain Noodle Only, It's Noodle"
December 1, 2024 at 11:31 AM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 16

Bag of Chips, aggressive lettering (Abu Dhabi)
A row of bags of chips, colored yellow red and blue
November 28, 2024 at 9:54 AM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 14

Storefront, stylized Latin logo (Abu Dhabi)
Storefront with a red background and white text that reads "QKO"
November 25, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 13

Shop sign, Arabic calligraphy (Abu Dhabi)
Arabic calligraphic shop sign that says "Salon Rival Sister AlSiyrat"
November 24, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 12

Restaurants sign, creative H/o (Abu Dhabi)
Sign that says "Sushi Story" in English, Arabic, and Japanese. In English, the vertical lines of the H are made of chopsticks that also go down to the o in "Story", which is a sushi roll.
November 23, 2024 at 8:26 PM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 11

Honey Drop Bag, Blackletter packaging (Abu Dhabi)
Bag of honey drop candies with Blackletter text that reads "Herbamelle Limone Zenzero"
November 23, 2024 at 12:01 AM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 10

Map of Palestine, gold lettering (Beirut)
Map of Palestine, drawn on a black paper with gold ink
November 21, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 9

School logo, Calligraphy (Dubai)
A circular sign that days "Mohammed Bin Rashid School For Communication"in English and Arabic A wall with Arabic calligraphy that translates to "Mohammed Bin Rashid School For Communication"
November 20, 2024 at 6:45 AM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 8

Algerian, fitting context (Dubai)
A vertical banner from the American University in Dubai about a certificate in Middle Eastern Studies. The words "Middle Eastern Studies" are in the font "Algerian".
November 19, 2024 at 9:58 AM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 7

Arabic board game, 3arabizi (Beirut)
Arabic board game that says "7zar shou?" Arabic board game that says "7zar shou?"
November 18, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 6

Sh ligature, billboard (Dubai)
an Sh ligature where the top of the S is connected to the top of the h, in the word Shory which is in a sans serif font
November 17, 2024 at 7:16 AM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 5

MJ Lettering, billboard (Dubai)
Billboard for Meraas Dubai with brown MJ lettering on the side
November 15, 2024 at 9:21 AM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 4

University Plaque, different "i" tittle (Dubai)
American University in Dubai, in gold lettering on a wooden plaque, the tittle on the i in "American" is tilted, the rest are not
November 14, 2024 at 7:17 AM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 3

Rooftop lettering (Netherlands)
Rooftop that has orange lettering that reads "Apotheek", painted on the roof itself
November 13, 2024 at 10:42 AM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 2

DXB Logo and Transliteration (Dubai)
Blue and yellow logo that says "DXB" with text under that says "mawgif" in English and Arabic
November 12, 2024 at 6:06 AM
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#Typography, In The Wild: Day 1

Street Sign (Netherlands)
Dutch street sign that reads "vrijhouden voor Brandweer"
November 11, 2024 at 8:44 AM