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  • 2022. Available at Handselecta.com and better book sellers. We are actively trying to keep the editions of the book in print in for upcoming generations of aspiring vandals and typographers.
    2013 Original Post
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    I'm really excited to announce that Flip The Script will be hitting store shelves March 8 2013. I just got my advance copy. This has been a project ten years in the making. Over the last few years I have been very fortunate to have so many amazing writers open themselves to share their art & talents, insights, histories and personal stories with me.
    The Handselect project and Flip The Script, the book has been a passion of analysing graffiti handstyles, interviewing artists from the different and most influential cities around the USA, placing them in a context that few outsiders understand and discovering some factoids that many of the best writers themselves were unaware of until we unearthed them in the process.
    Stay tuned for more leaks and hit up our mailing list over at handselecta.com and instagram. There will be different promotions on each of these networks in the coming weeks.
    Below is a short preview of the content and interviews that you can look forward to in more detail in the book. Acknowledgments and gratitude to ThanksCamera for the technical support and production of the video.
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    10 years in the making, Handselecta is pleased to announce the release of our first book, Flip The Script, published by Gingko Press. Part history book, part calligraphy manual. it will be sure to be a monumental tome in the culture of graffiti and colloquial design.
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    Distinctive hand style lettering is an essential skill for artists and designers. Deftly executed hand crafted letter forms are a nearly forgotten art in an age of endless free fonts. Graffiti is one of the last reservoirs of highly refined, well practiced penmanship.
    The most reviled and persecuted form of Graffiti, the Tag, is seldom appreciated for the raw beauty of its skeletal letter forms. Most tags are removed immediately, and thus the casual viewer seldom has a chance to discern the difference between entry level and advanced hand styles.
    Within the pages of Flip the Script, author Christian Acker has systematically analyzed the best graffiti hand styles, contextualizing the work of graffiti writers from around the United States. Acker presents the various lettering samples in a clean organized format, giving the material a proper, formal treatment evoking classic typography books.
    224 pages, Hardcover, 7'' x 9'' (178 x 229 mm)
    100s of 2-color illustrations, English
    ISBN: 978-1-58423-460-9 $35.00

Komentáře • 57

  • @6945ASDFGHJKL
    @6945ASDFGHJKL Před 11 lety +6

    any writer lucky enough to have a mentor should appreciate that.

  • @that1thaigirl
    @that1thaigirl Před 11 lety +4

    ive saved up 7 months of my allowance for this, AND IVE FINALLLY GOT IT!!!! WORTH EVERY PENNY!

  • @BAYNC
    @BAYNC Před 11 lety +2

    Got my brother the book a little over a month ago for his birthday, and it might as well have been a present to myself and the rest of the crew. It is a history lesson, biographies, and a gallery in a book. Thank yall for the book

  • @handselecta
    @handselecta  Před 11 lety +11

    Did you ask your local Barnes and Noble if they stocked it? Just ask an epmloyee. They will bring it to your local one, and hopefully the request will bring it to the attention of their buyers and get it more widely distributed.

  • @EasterlyArt
    @EasterlyArt Před 4 lety +1

    So excited this is going to come back!

  • @PLOttawa
    @PLOttawa Před 9 lety +3

    Love this. Really shows tagging to be the art it is.

  • @atap81
    @atap81 Před 11 lety +1

    looks good! i wish you all the best for the book.

  • @MelanieAndIsrraelsFlexibilityC

    Guess ima make my own style now since it’s 325$ now

    • @daviddiaz8379
      @daviddiaz8379 Před 3 lety +1

      I’m trying to buy it today and it’s about 400$ crazy

  • @DahKid86
    @DahKid86 Před 11 lety +1

    Tags over EVERYTHING!

  • @yekker2245
    @yekker2245 Před 2 lety +1

    Book has been re-printed, grab it while it's hot ✌

  • @ZandaElwood
    @ZandaElwood Před 11 lety +6

    Maze sounds like a clown on Cough Sirup

  • @LaidbackAF
    @LaidbackAF Před 6 lety

    This is so dope! Thanks for the content, subscribed!

  • @SNSReaper
    @SNSReaper Před 6 lety +3

    R E P R I N T
    T H I S
    F U G G I N
    B O O K

  • @tiffanybluetarot
    @tiffanybluetarot Před 2 lety +1

    Wondering if the black books will be re-released at some point as well??

  • @klf97
    @klf97 Před 11 lety

    This looks so awesome!

  • @covechgo
    @covechgo Před 3 lety +1

    SPone 🏆

  • @cliffycashmore
    @cliffycashmore Před 2 lety

    Sweet

  • @andrestoscano5512
    @andrestoscano5512 Před 11 lety +1

    Maze is like Steve-O

  • @cosgarcia
    @cosgarcia Před 11 lety

    My final style could never go out of style.

  • @Connorbarrybarbering
    @Connorbarrybarbering Před 11 lety +1

    tags is where its at!

  • @SethFX
    @SethFX Před 11 lety +1

    Good luck :)

  • @ArtoZav0828
    @ArtoZav0828 Před 11 lety +1

    can u do kid twist

  • @melquiadesramiropradodelao5880

    I am from México 🇲🇽
    How can i get the book?
    Its out of stock everywhere!
    Help me out, I have a cousin that likes graffiti so this can be the perfect present for him.
    MUCH LOVE TO THE PERSON THAT HELPS

  • @666Twit
    @666Twit Před 11 lety +1

    kings of tags

  • @silvebringer1
    @silvebringer1 Před 11 lety +1

    Didn't know Steve-o was a graffiti artist

  • @kessiius
    @kessiius Před 11 lety

    this is fukn awesome

  • @marshmellow1337
    @marshmellow1337 Před 11 lety

    I preordered on Amazon sometime in February but they haven't sent it to me, saying they can't get their hands on the book :( sooooooooooo sad

  • @yoloswag4021
    @yoloswag4021 Před 6 lety

    Maze is actually steve O

  • @k1m0rec
    @k1m0rec Před 8 lety

    I'm lucky i got this book in Stockholm

  • @skatefdp
    @skatefdp Před 11 lety

    how can i get the book (flip the script) can i buy it? i'm from portugal... btw- respect, great videos....

  • @AIRSO97
    @AIRSO97 Před 10 lety +15

    my girlfriend got me this book for valentines

  • @bewtifull1204
    @bewtifull1204 Před 11 lety +1

    I'm still waiting to see this in Barnes and Noble, so I don't have to order it.

  • @Th3RealJ0K3R
    @Th3RealJ0K3R Před 11 lety

    pure sickness. I really need to buy this.

  • @Babasnsk
    @Babasnsk Před 11 lety

    Dowloand ?? :D

  • @crewzta
    @crewzta Před 11 lety

    Take my money pls!

  • @kingswithdreams
    @kingswithdreams Před 7 lety +5

    i thought 3:53 look like scribble scrabble. to me no?

  • @angelohusquin5883
    @angelohusquin5883 Před 10 lety +1

    Where can i download the book in pdf for free ?

    • @handselecta
      @handselecta  Před 10 lety +24

      I was wondering that too. Let me know if you find a spot Angelo.

    • @salfour6774
      @salfour6774 Před 10 lety +2

      handselecta hahahahahahahahahah xD

  • @ApeGank
    @ApeGank Před 7 lety

    What's the difference between the gorey and curve versions of this book?

    • @handselecta
      @handselecta  Před 6 lety

      Damian Zel 3 different books. FTS is a history book. Curve edition sketchbook has style sample by him. Gorey version has samples by him.

    • @handselecta
      @handselecta  Před 6 lety

      Damian Zel 3 different books. FTS is a history book. Curve edition sketchbook has style sample by him. Gorey version has samples by him.

    • @JP-ek2eu
      @JP-ek2eu Před 5 lety

      gank the curve one is super dope

  • @BLC777
    @BLC777 Před 6 lety +4

    Now the book is 100$ , smh way to keep the culture available for the low income kids

  • @5IRAHHHP
    @5IRAHHHP Před 11 lety

    WERL:)

  • @freemaxb402
    @freemaxb402 Před 10 lety

    werl tag was dizzope

  • @the_rugged
    @the_rugged Před 11 lety

    Montana Shop Lisboa

  • @durty337
    @durty337 Před 11 lety

    ...koolest dash ...legit shit

  • @neonblack211
    @neonblack211 Před 6 lety

    Does this book still fuckin exist

    • @handselecta
      @handselecta  Před 6 lety +1

      Neon Black it’s currently out of fuckin print. But we may be reprinting in the near future

    • @tristanb2666
      @tristanb2666 Před 6 lety

      Hey, guys. I'd love to get a reprint. I can't find them anywhere. How can we stay informed if it ever happens? Is there a newsletter? Thanks, guys.

  • @jakewareham
    @jakewareham Před 11 lety

    shut up and take my money!!!

  • @Gekruidgehakt
    @Gekruidgehakt Před 11 lety

    Where are the 2000 and up writers?
    Only respectable handstyle here is the philly one.