I don’t know much about the field of typographic cartography but its products seem to be made by graphic designers or artists rather than cartographers, for one thing, and often center themselves in London, for another thing. Why London? I have no clue.
Here are some examples, clicking on the pictures sends you to the source:
And we absolutely can’t leave out the amazing work of Axis Maps, a small portion of their Washington DC map shown here:
#1 by @juanemyr on March 26, 2012 - 9:02 pm
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