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Jason Castle, founder of CastleType, has pursued many passions over the years: performing Medieval music and doing calligraphy and illuminating in his twenties, computer programming in his thirties, digital type design in his forties, returning to school in his fifties to get his masters in counseling psychology and even interning as a psychotherapist for a few years. But, after all his meandering, Jason finally realized what he wants to be when he grows up and has returned full-time to his first and truest love: type design. It is Jason's hope to share his delight in type design with others through this blog.

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Found Type: Downtown San Rafael (Part 2)

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The last several posts on this blog have been fairly technical; this one is just for fun ... and to add some color to this page. No references, no links, just eye-candy. These photos show how I tend to see things when I'm wondering around in my hometown, especially when I'm in type-design mode (which is most of the time, lately). Okay, I lied; here's just one link: Found Type: Downtown San Rafael (Part 1), just in case you're curious.

October 4, 2009

Found Type: Downtown San Rafael, California

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Type, hand lettering, graffiti. Painted on glass, cast in metal, scrawled on walls, baked onto tiles, carved into wood. Everywhere we look: type. Beautiful, ugly, whimsical, utilitarian, nostalgic. But, always fascinating ...to some of us. These pics were taken while walking home from Shaky Grounds coffee house, where I enjoyed reading about the design of the typeface 'Rumba'. Yes, when I'm not designing type, I'm often reading about designing type ... or photographing it. More Found Type: San Rafael (Part 2)