A letter, a ligature, an accent. A full stop, a forward slash, an ampersand or colon. Colourful characters is a menagerie of single-letter marks, monograms and wordmarks in which typographic units of all kinds get the chance to beautify and signify.

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1. Abbott Laboratories

Pharmaceuticals company, USA Designed by George Nelson Associates (Don Ervin), 1958 There aren’t many logos that last 50 years. The comings and goings of CEOs, managing directors and marketing chiefs, not to mention fashions and companies themselves, see to that. In a scientific ...

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