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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Davis, Mark Jonathan, 1965- author, photographer.     Subjects     Signs and signboards -- Hawaii -- Pictorial works.     Midcentury modern (Architecture) -- Hawaii -- Pictorial works.     Hawaii -- Pictorial works.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Davis, Mark Jonathan, 1965- author, photographer.       by title:      Fonts in paradise : ...         MARC Display

Fonts in paradise : signs of mid-century Hawaii / written and photographed by Mark Jonathan Davis. by Davis, Mark Jonathan, 1965- author, photographer. [United States] : World Art Supply : North Pacific Media, [2019] Subjects Signs and signboards -- Hawaii -- Pictorial works.   Midcentury modern (Architecture) -- Hawaii -- Pictorial works.   Hawaii -- Pictorial works. ISBN:  9781941085028 (hardback) : 1941085024 (hardback) Description:  80 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  "During a Hawaiian vacation in 2011, I began photographing 1960's apartment building signs in Waikiki. Many of these mid-century buildings had once been motels, with idyllic names and leisurely fonts designed to entice vacationing tourists. Oceanside Manor.The Tradewinds.Tropic Surf. These swanky typefaces were also used around Honolulu for restaurants, businesses, and local attractions. Some were torn down, some were painted over, but many of these signs still endure and beckon beneath palm trees and tropical sky. Today, more than 50 years later, they recall for us the breezy optimism of post-war Hawaii. Their weathered letters linger on as loyal, noble monuments to the idea of paradise"--Page [4] of cover.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hana P/S Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 659.1342 Da Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Hawaiian & Pacific H 659.1342 Da Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Hawaiian & Pacific H 659.1342 Da Checked out 05/28/2024 Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library R -- Hawaiian & Pacific H 659.1342 Da Non Circulating   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 659.1342 Davis Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library R -- Hawaiian Reference H 659.1342 Davis Non Circulating   Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 659.1342 Da Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kealakekua Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 659.1342 Da Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 659.1342 Da Checked out 06/08/2024 Add Copy to MyList Manoa Public Library Hawaiian Nonfiction H 659.1342 Da Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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