Speedway Alphabet
These hand painted letters were created for the fairground style alphabets which feature in Joby Carter’s book, All the Fonts of the Fair. This style of lettering known as ‘Speedway’ was designed by Joby Carter to give the impression of speed.
Each letter is one of a kind and hand painted by Joby Carter using enamel paint on aluminium composite board. The final letters were varnished and framed in house and will be dispatched flat in a protective cardboard wrap.
The overall size of the framed letter is 315mm x 315mm x 12mm
These letters were originally available to buy with prices ranging from £80-£160 per letter.
Price includes a signed certificate of authenticity and free UK delivery.
£48.00 – £96.00
Joby Carter says:
“Fairground art reflects popular culture and as technology advanced in the early 20th century there was a fascination with speed. There are lots of ways of giving the illusion of speed in lettering and in this example I’ve created an italic alphabet which is going so fast it’s sprouted serifs on one side. I’ve also given the letters a long shadow on their trailing edge. Note too how the tails of the K and R are very subtly bent round in the ‘wind’ due to the speed they’re ‘travelling’. The letters are painted in red enamel paint blended to orange with a cerise block with purple shading, all on a dark green background which is reminiscent of British racing green, a colour used on British racing cars in the early 1900s.”
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