Category Archives: Typography

Handwritten Illustration: Election Voting System

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“2016 Election” in the sample ballot in Figure 3. Figure 4 is cute but terrible for it can make someone a president of the Philippines in 2016

 

I came across this photocopied handwritten information with illustrations, promoting an election voting tool that is manual yet fast. Handwritten illustrations, instructions, including handwritten maps have certain kind of appeal to me. I’ve picked this somewhere in the exhibit area on an empty table but only get to read it at home. So, I didn’t get to see this “fast manual” tool at the Science Nation unlike the Smartmatic’s state-of-the-art touch screen voting machine, a super upgraded PCOS system where I got to touch the candidate’s name with picture beside it to cast my trial vote.

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They even made a pitch on the lower left “The excitement and suspense in watching the counting of votes can still be experienced!”

Well, this election voting system on paper says no electricity needed. Voting will be fast for instead of writing, one just needs to punch holes. Reminds me of the beginnings of computing systems where punched cards were used.  Also reminds me of the paper bus tickets in the country.  An entertaining read.

Menu Miscellany

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[Yogyakarta, Indonesia] Warung makan menu

Scrolling through my snapshots, I found several menu pictures which perhaps at that point in time struck me as something interesting to snap on.

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[Yogyakarta, Indonesia] Here’s the warung place. I’d find this again just for their ayam goreng

I think the place and my ala carte eatables were quite interesting too that each experience merits preservation by means of a menu photograph.

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[Tokyo, Japan] This is Tokyo so that’s the menu – that vending machine to prepay for one’s order. This menu machine will give you a sort of receipt to hand over to the one-man restaurant guy. Very efficient

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[Tokyo, Japan] Restaurant counter where the guy (not visible in the picture) is preparing my prepaid ramen

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[Makati, Philippines] Somewhere in Poblacion is this tiny Korean eating place managed by an ajumma who sits by the cash register table

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[Makati, Philippines] The inside of Magpie’s menu. A picture menu is logical for a foreign restaurant

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[Makati, Philippines] Magpie’s menu also in the wall with couple of magpies, a symbolic bird of South Korea

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[Makati, Philippines] Beni’s Falafel menu of vegetarian, kosher, Israeli fare

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[Makati, Philippines] Beni’s Falafel place

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[Makati, Philippines] List of Puerto Rican viands with some background information written and printed in several pages of bond paper that are stapled together

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[Makati, Philippines] Another page of Sofrito’s menu. I don’t have snapshot of the place but it’s a small one similar to Beni’s Falafel

Banaue’s Folk Typography

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They serve purple rice (or black rice mixed with white) and their staple viand is pata with monggo

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Students made paper flags and stuck them in plant pots for the Philippine Independence Day last June 12

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I like their squash pandesal

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Had lunch in here after 3 hour hike from Batad, and to sustain another 3 hour trek back to Batad

Typography: Prepaid Load

Mini Mart Typography

Testament in Mud Flap

God in Mud Flaps

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Gift of God / Smile God Love You

Every space in a jeepney can be a venue for masa art. Images such as zodiac stickers and Jesus Christ, writings such as dedications and Bible verses and also borloloys such as horns and horses. Philippines is predominantly Christian country so it’s not a wonder that in a span of 30 minutes I’ve sighted 3 mud flaps with God phrase.

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God Bless Us

LJ’s Ice Cold Tuba

I’ve drank about 500 ml of cold tuba that’s sold per liter in 7-Up reused bottle at 50 pesos in this carinderia somewhere in Nueva Ecija. I don’t have a snapshot of it but this sweet liquid looks like sugarcane juice and sort of a cross between sugarcane and coconut water in taste.
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Eats Illustration

Typography: Goto & Log-log

Typography: Nagapamakal

Typography: Shoe Repair

Typography: Market Stalls

Hand painted store signs with related painted drawings in these humble stalls in Bocaue public market. I like those painted ones than the added Knorr sponsored signage above it.

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Painted vegetable drawings. Folk signs such as this are honestly beautiful.

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Painted fish drawings

Typography: Bridal Shop

Typography: Hopia Shop

Hand-drawn Map

Typography: Banca Names

Typography: General Merchandise Store & Bakery

Typography: Peanut Vendor

Carinderia Ballpen Typography