Many years in the making, this book is finally out. Totally forgot what we even submitted for this years ago. It is a well designed and overall great book. Go pick up a copy online at Upper Playground. Good luck!

“Distinctive hand style lettering is an essential skill for artists and designers. Deftly executed hand crafted letter forms are a nearly forgotten art in an age of endless free fonts. Graffiti is one of the last reservoirs of highly refined, well practiced penmanship. The most reviled and persecuted form of Graffiti, the Tag, is seldom appreciated for the raw beauty of its skeletal letter forms. Most tags are removed immediately, and thus the casual viewer seldom has a chance to discern the difference between entry level and advanced hand styles. Within the pages of Flip the Script, author Christian Acker has systematically analyzed the best graffiti hand styles, contextualizing the work of graffiti writers from around the United States. Acker presents the various lettering samples in a clean organized format, giving the material a proper, formal treatment evoking classic typography books.”

Here are a couple shots from the book:

Follow @Handselecta for information on the book release event/show in April!

We leave you with some Smart Crew name badges being used properly as name badges. Fuck hand done stickers though, we go for no-skilled/talentless printing in 2013…