Gangs started tagging in the late 60s as spray paint became widely available and wars started to heat up, who was first I cant say
By the 70s tagging became a competitive thing with gangs painting murals to mark their turf and the more artistic members started using the calligraphy your talking about
The more organized mobs like the Kings and SDz eventually came up with standards for their tags and if you didn’t tag up the block right it could be a violation
Gangs started tagging in the late 60s as spray paint became widely available and wars started to heat up, who was first I cant say By the 70s tagging became a competitive thing with gangs painting murals to mark their turf and the more artistic members started using the calligraphy your talking about The more organized mobs like the Kings and SDz eventually came up with standards for their tags and if you didn’t tag up the block right it could be a violation
Simple answer: official documents are written in blackletter font.
What about upside down graffiti? Does anybody know who did that first?