“Vi äro rustade – att tillfredsställa våra kunder” Photo(s) by Sander Pedersen. Imported from Flickr on Jul 27, 2017. Artwork published in circa 1935. Source: www.flickr.com Uploaded to Flickr by Sander Pedersen and tagged with “erbar”. License: Public Domain. “We are ready — to satisfy our customers”. Ad for O.L. Svanbäck’s print shop in Grafisk Revy (1930–1935), with metal sorts arranged in military formation. Typefaces Etienne eng(Sample unavailable) Formats Advertising (1781) Topics Services (1226) Graphic Design (2592) Designers/Agencies O. L. Svanbäcks Boktryckeri AB (1) Tagged withmagazine ads (300)printing services (48)type on an angle (1068)military (33)red and black (1001)1930s (162)Swedish (language) (142)about printing (64)metal type (129) Artwork location Sweden (367) Stockholm (172) In Sets Inspiration (Parker Mathews) (17) 2 Comments on ““Vi äro rustade – att tillfredsställa våra kunder”” Florian Hardwig says: Jul 27th, 2017 8:35 pm Scary. Is that supposed to be Gutenberg as depicted by Bertel Thorvaldsen? Florian Hardwig says: Aug 28th, 2017 8:33 pm Here’s another depiction of sorts as soldiers, from a 1931 ad by Genzsch & Heyse for their Phalanx (image courtesy of IADDB): Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More Erbar-Grotesk in use Heinrich Bernhardt invoice, 1940c. 1940Contributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick AEG Thermofix ad1961Photo(s) by altpapiersammler on Flickr. “Aid the wounded” poster for Red Army Day1943F.H.K. HenrionContributed by Florian Hardwig Sponsor More in Graphic Design Print Isn’t Dead magazine, Element 004 issue2016James LunnContributed by Production Type The Insects Project. Problems of Diacritic Design for Central European Languages2016Agnieszka MałeckaContributed by Paweł Rosner Staff Pick Werkplaats & Urbino Summer School 20172017Jin Kwang KimContributed by Bold-Decisions.biz Save the Aqua2016Tiana OliviaContributed by Tiana Olivia More in Advertising Noita promotional video2020Nolla GamesContributed by Eben Sorkin SEED Editions wheatpaste campaign2018Seed AtelierContributed by Swiss Typefaces P. van Dijk / Schriftguss typeface product list1934P. van DijkunknownContributed by Stephen Coles NRC Handelsblad2010ThonikContributed by Shiva Nallaperumal More Fonts In Use The Martian UI graphicsc. 2015Territory StudioArthur MaxFelicity HicksonContributed by Florian Runge Staff Pick Palco23c. 2016Durana DuranaContributed by Soimadou Ibrahim-Aliamane Staff Pick Soulful Sessions2021Tijsje RevalkContributed by Anastasia Balashova (Contrast Foundry) Staff Pick RGD DesignThinkers Vancouver 20182018Zulu Alpha KiloContributed by David Jonathan Ross Staff Pick
2 Comments on ““Vi äro rustade – att tillfredsställa våra kunder””
Scary. Is that supposed to be Gutenberg as depicted by Bertel Thorvaldsen?
Here’s another depiction of sorts as soldiers, from a 1931 ad by Genzsch & Heyse for their Phalanx (image courtesy of IADDB):