roundup : typographic maps.

a few months ago, i came across these beautiful city subway maps in type from TRNSPRTNATION. they have them for boston, chicago, london, new york city, san francisco, washingtonDC, and most recently, los angeles! the LA one is a little sad (but that just reflects our public transportation system, really) but it got me to thinking that someone should do one of the freeway system in LA! maybe if i have some free time...

 

 

then today, i found axis maps! they offer online interactive map services, but i discovered them through their store of typographic maps. how cool is that! i particularly love that some of the backgrounds/non-street-areas are given the names of the neighborhoods. totally bummed they don't have one for los angeles yet!