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  Discovered the incredible wood engravings by master Alexei Kravchenko at a private library in Dalat

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  Serbian books from the 50s. ħ (hbar) is not ћ, the Serbian letter has the upper stroke lower to the level of the lowercase letters

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  Came across this letter X on the streets of Buenos Aires

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  This inscription from a 1970s brochure published by the Buenos Aires Ecopark caught my attention: “How wonderful it is to be small!” The typeface is geometric — a style especially beloved by local architects (here, every building seems to have the name of its designer engraved on it). It’s made up of two parallel lines of different thicknesses, creating an inner shadow effect that gives the letters a sense of volume.

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  I’ve started collecting architects’ signatures carved in stone on the facades of Buenos Aires. When I walk, a hunting instinct kicks in: my eyes sharpen, excitement grows. This isn’t a walk — it’s a hunt https://www.are.na/nikita-kanarev/caba-signed-in-stone

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  If I got it right: the more rhythmic the text, the slower the reading. But the real question is: how does that affect understanding? https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7175152/

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  Collected letters from the works of artist-engraver Julie de Graag: https://www.are.na/nikita-kanarev/letters-julie-de-graag