1960's Typography

1960’s

PEACE SOLID, PEACE OUTLINE, LOVE STONED and LOVE OPEN

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Typefaces reminiscent of the swinging 1960s, the psychedelic era of hippies, bellbottoms, lava lamps, pop music, the Beatles, and free love

PEACE SOLID

The psychedelic concert poster lettering of the 1960’s’ was actually a throwback to the Vienna Secession art movement of one hundred years ago by Alfred Roller in 1902. Preeminent Fillmore poster designer, Wes Wilson spotted it at a gallery exhibition in the mid sixties and adapted Roller’s lettering style, adding his own unique “spin. Wes Wilson was an American Artist and leading designer of the American psychedelic posters in San Francisco. Wes was synonymous with the peace movement, and the psychedelic posters of the 1960’s..

LOVE OPEN

LOVE SOLID

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