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The letters in wildstyle graffiti are often highly exaggerated with curves and overlapping, intertwined, and interlocking letters. [1] Arrows are very common in wildstyle graffiti, [1] and are used to suggest the flow within the artwork. [6] Wildstyle pieces often use large amounts of vibrant colours. [7]
Calligraphy artist Hassan Massoudy called Arabic calligraphy and graffiti "two daughters of the same parents" because of their interrelationship. He notes that "Obviously [calligraphy and graffiti] both are about the use of letters and their alphabets, and their center of gravity is the beauty of writing.
Philly letters are usually difficult to read for those outside the graffiti community due to this abstraction and stylisation of the letters. Pichação is a handstyle developed in São Paulo. This handstyle is distinctively cryptic and has a dark aesthetic. The letters are usually painted vertically, while free climbing or rappeling off buildings.
A hollow throw up using the letters SPLEEN. Note the consistency in letter form and height. Throw ups, [a] or throwies, are a form of graffiti that fall between tags and pieces in complexity. [1] The name comes from the way they are designed to be "thrown" onto a surface as quickly as possible. They are almost always done with aerosol paint. [2]
Eine's shutter lettering on Hackney Road, London. In his commercial work he has produced numerous lettering styles including Shutter, NewCircus, Neon, Elton, Vandalism, Tenderloin and Wendy. In 2007, the Tower Hamlets Partnership began to survey residents of Brick Lane to ask whether they considered his graffiti offensive and should be removed. [7]
A piece using the letters EKOM. Pieces, short for masterpieces, are a form of graffiti that involves large, elaborate and detailed letter forms. They are one of the main forms of modern graffiti, along with tags and throw ups, and are the least controversial of the three [1] and least likely to be seen as vandalism.
Brush lettering practice by artist Emmanuel Sevilla. In the past, almost all decorative lettering other than that on paper was created as custom or hand-painted lettering. The use of fonts in place of lettering has increased due to new printing methods, phototypesetting, and digital typesetting, which allow fonts to be printed at any desired size.
The Cool S consists of 14 line segments, forming a stylized, pointed S-shape.It has also been compared to the infinity symbol. [4] The S appears to have depth, where the overlap in the center of the S and the appearance of a potential altitude change at the top and bottom of the S make it look like the S connects back to itself in the same way as the infinity symbol does. [5]