Sam at BLAG<p>'The Magic of Mr Masking, Costa Rica's King of Tape' is today's despatch from bl.ag online: <a href="https://bl.ag/the-magic-of-mr-masking-costa-ricas-king-of-tape/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bl.ag/the-magic-of-mr-masking-</span><span class="invisible">costa-ricas-king-of-tape/</span></a></p><p>The feature looks back at the work of Mr Masking (aka Gerardo Picado, RIP) and the typographic vernacular he created in San José.</p><p>Thanks to the work of Pupila, a branding and graphic design studio, Mr Masking's legacy lives on in film, print, and photography.</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/signpainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signpainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/sigwnriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sigwnriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lettering</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/type" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>type</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/typographic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>typographic</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/sanjose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sanjose</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/costarica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>costarica</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/maskingtape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maskingtape</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/mrmasking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mrmasking</span></a></p>