In case you’re ever out in the field and need to identify all the different “typestaches” you may encounter, here is a handy Field Guide to Typestaches. Artist Tor Weeks created this poster which is essentially a collection the ever-so-fun curly brace character, in an assortment of different fonts, orientated to look like a mustache. Mine is most similar to Mr. Copperplate.

Via Laughing Squid > Kottke

I do. I really do. Here’s a nice little mustache graphic for you on Friday. Put it on your MySpace page or wherever. Print it and mail it to your mother.

Photographer Dave Mead photographed the competitors of the 2009 World Beard and Mustache Competition. His prints are currently on display at Chelsea Market in New York under the title of “Magnificent Specimens.” And that they are! If you can’t make it to NY you can buy some of the prints for $350 or just view them online. (I suppose for $350 you could buy a plane ticket to New York…)

The portraits are very well composed. Besides finely waxed and sculpted facial hair, they make use of detailed costumes that are fitting to each ’stache. Check ‘em out.

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My friends the Khalerias are 5 months into an open-ended world trip and they’ve been keeping their friends updated via their blog.

While I was checking in on them, I noticed this photo, which I like to think that they snuck in for me.

The San Francisco beard and mustache contest is going on right now at Edinburgh Castle. Check it out!

[SF Beard and Mustache Contest via Flavorpill]

A friend spotted this sidewalk graffiti of a mustache on a San Francisco sidewalk. It says “Fake Mustaches (Very Funny)” and depicts a very Dali-esque mustache, with sky high handlebars. I have yet to determine if it’s ironic or not but I’ll get back to you when I do.

A study about how facial hair can either help or, sadly, hinder a man’s perceived trustworthiness has been graphically depicted by artist Matt McInerney. Facial hair rated includes beards, mustaches and just sideburns.

The different face-dos are aligned from “Very Trustworthy” to “Disastrous.” Interestingly, “Neutral” trustworthiness is not in the middle because there more styles of facial hair that fall beneath it. A man with a full trimmed beard is deemed to be trustworthy and the most “disastrous” facial hair is the infamous Hitler stache.

See it on Laughing Squid and an interview with Matt at the LA Times.

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Design firm Pentagram recently designed a new cover for a reissue of Edourdo de Pomiane’s 1930 classic Cooking With Pomiane. The cover features four creative mustaches made from different foods. De Pomiane, in addition to being a famous “food writer and culinary personality” also had a kick-ass mustache. See him in real life after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

The iMustache iPhone app lets you add an assortment of different mustaches to any pictures or photos you take with your camera. The app features a wide assortment of mustache styles and colors including the classic Groucho Marx eyebrow/glasses/nose/mustache disguise. It also lets you resize and rotate the stache to get it just right.

Of course, the app will mostly be used to be-stache women, as demonstrated in the sample here. Men, on the other hand, can just grow their own.

(Thanks to Joe for the tip)

[iMustache from ObjectGraph]

This is artist Carole Eisner’s recycled-steel interpretation of Salvador Dali’s mustache. It’s located in New York at 67th Street and Broadway, across from the Apple store.

Photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid