spiritguide: Caslon suicide note tattoo (via typographyshop) A young man I met at the Philadelphia Open Studios Tour back on October 11th. I’d noticed the type on his wrist peeking out from his shirt and was astounded to see well drawn typography in a recognizable typeface in a tattoo. It’s Adobe Caslon Pro, he proudly told me and gladly agreed to let me photograph him. His friend, the very talented silkscreener Tory Franklin had a studio in the building. He posed in front of Tory’s stunning work and told me that the tattoo was a suicide note in its entirety from a psychiatrist in the 1920’s.

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Caslon suicide note tattoo (via typographyshop)

A young man I met at the Philadelphia Open Studios Tour back on October 11th. I’d noticed the type on his wrist peeking out from his shirt and was astounded to see well drawn typography in a recognizable typeface in a tattoo.

It’s Adobe Caslon Pro, he proudly told me and gladly agreed to let me photograph him. His friend, the very talented silkscreener Tory Franklin had a studio in the building. He posed in front of Tory’s stunning work and told me that the tattoo was a suicide note in its entirety from a psychiatrist in the 1920’s.

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    ugh i love this. i saw it a long time ago, and ugh i cant even. it is so beautiful.
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  10. sylvi-culture reblogged this from fuckyeahtattoos and added:
    At first this was under my “likes” because it has my name on it. I’m narcissistic. But now I’ll reblog because it’s...
  11. minordickens reblogged this from fuckyeahtattoos and added:
    talk about stupid tattoos.. cool though.
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    After scrolling through pages of swallows, hearts and wanky song lyric tattoos, this really stands out.
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    typographyshop):

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