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Vintage metal oil cans are much better than today's plastic oil cans like many other old things! It is more powerful, more impressive, more iconic. These days, the relatively few metal oil cans that survived that familiar pattern have become collectibles. These cans not only served as containers, they also gave oil companies one more opportunity to advertise their brand name and logo. These vintage cans are also really good source for reflecting power of "Public Gothic Family", Antrepo's condensed, vintage and industrial font family.





25 Apr 2011 — 3:38am
Great presentation!
25 Apr 2011 — 6:53am
It is. Do wish the BSD and Linux mascots were on the cans, too.
25 Apr 2011 — 8:47am
588 pixels is the max image width before scrolling.
27 Apr 2011 — 11:40am
Not only do I love the face, but I want a few gallons of the oil. And I don't even own a car.
27 Apr 2011 — 11:45am
(Double post. Deleted. Too much coffee.)
27 Apr 2011 — 1:13pm
#2 is Castrol and #3 is Chevron, right? Most of what I saw of these big cans up here was Esso and Mobil, followed by BP and Shell.
27 Apr 2011 — 6:32pm
The last two are Gulf and Sinclair. Nice concept.
4 May 2011 — 8:22am
I love it. Great presentation. btw. What software did you use for this?