Remember this image of some lettering below a clock face in London Court, Perth’s ‘Tudorbethan’ shopping arcade? You might also remember that we suggested that this image might soon be the basis of a typeface design. Well, here is progress to date.
Posts Tagged ‘lettering’
Remember…
Posted in Preview Announcements, tagged diplay, font, lettering, London Court, olde English, Tudor Revival, tudorbethan, typeface on January 29, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Wonderfully Inspirational
Posted in Miscellany, tagged Beamish, lettering, museum, street jewelry on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We heartily recommend perusal of the ‘Writing on the Wall’ collection of street jewelry and signage posted on Flickr by Beamish Museum…
Straightening Things Out…
Posted in Preview Announcements, tagged Arts and Crafts Movement, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Coliseum Theatre, lettering, London on December 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday we posted some rather lovely lettering from the Coliseum Theatre in London. That lettering was seen at a rather odd angle because of the restrictions of on the spot photography. Here’s a sketch developed in an attempt to show those letters as viewed in the normal ‘straight ahead’ manner. A design inspiration with future possibilities we think… with overtones of the Arts and Crafts movement, combined with Mr Rennie Mackintosh.
Public Lettering
Posted in Miscellany, tagged archive, inspiration, lettering, London on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our readers might be interested in the fascinating ‘Public Lettering’ archive pointed out to us by Mike Davies. This site presents a moderate sized (and hopefully growing) archive of interesting public lettering to be seen in London. Here’s a sketch inspired by an example found on the site.
An Intriguing Roman
Posted in Miscellany, tagged lettering, inspiration, Architecture, Mike Davies, Ragged School, Adze, Hewing on November 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We do like ‘Architectural’ lettering examples, which we find are often a wonderful source of inspiration for future designs. This particular example was photographed by Mike Davies, letter carver and furniture restorer. This wonderful example of stonemason’s letter carving is bound to find its way as inspiration for our future design programme at some point.
Inspiration III
Posted in Miscellany, tagged carved, inspiration, lettering, Nineteenth Century on September 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Here’s the third of Fred Stevens’ inspirational shots, again showing the craftsmanship and attention to detail that used to be brought to everything. This is the stock of a Boer War era rifle, and utilitarian (and even warlike) nature of the object withstanding we cannot help but admire the excellently hand carved lettering. We particularly admire that Blackletter capital ‘P’…
Inspirations….
Posted in Miscellany, tagged Bideford, Devon, England, lettering, stonemason on September 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We thought people might enjoy this rather inspirational photograph, kindly forwarded by regular reader Fred Stevens. It shows some most excellent stonemason’s lettering and was taken in Bideford in Devon. It is remarkable to view the care and careful thought that used to be put into work like this. We particularly like the capital ‘M’ in ‘Municipal’. Fred has sent us a couple of other similarly inspirational photos, which we shall post later in the week.
