While we’re on the subject of newspaper design and newspaper flags, get a load of this version of The Guardian’s flag from 1919:
(Did you know that those boxes to the left and right of the flag are called “ears” in newspaper parlance?)
Here’s a look at “Guardian” up close:
Is that not a dreamy typeface that makes you want to go back and live in 1919?
Thanks to Isaac L. Stewart for the pointer to 1919.
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