Keep Portland Weird

Published August 3, 2024
Contributed by D Jones


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Portland's unofficial slogan “Keep Portland Weird” appears in a few different styles and formats, but most commonly using Ad Lib, or lettering based on Ad Lib, and in yellow on black.

The original two-line slogan, on the side of Millennium Music, has “Weird” being based on Ad Lib (the E and D especially), and “Keep Portland” in a somewhat generic signwriter’s sans serif. The later and more popular one-line version is a little closer to Ad Lib throughout.

The slogan is an obvious opportunity for a variety of fan art and merchandising, much of which still retains Ad Lib, and often Antique Olive.




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Brian Kidd who wants to Make Portland Weird (Again), on a T-shirt. This time it’s Ad Lib, with what looks like squeezed House Brush.




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Apparently the site of the original “Keep Portland Weird” slogan: Music Millennium.




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In the spirit of the original two-line slogan, Antique Olive for “Keep Portland” and Ad Lib for “Weird”, with the motif repeated in a few different colour ways.




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Bumper Sticker design, again with Antique Olive and Ad Lib



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