In a recent photo essay, the blogger at Berlin Typography asks: “Is there anything that defines a city more comprehensively — and more subtly — than the simple street sign?” This typography enthusiast takes us on a visual tour of the city, studying and appreciating the fonts on signs, facades, bridges, and other text embedded in the urban landscape. See Berlin from a different angle on this stylish, well-curated new site.
Our wealth of illuminated signs may be more immediately apparent to the casual flâneur, but anyone who really wants to experience the astonishing breadth of typographic invention on display in Berlin must also look out for what is written in stone.
Most of those bridges have a name and, more importantly for us, that name almost always appears in physical form somewhere on the structure itself, making the bridges of Berlin a natural treasure trove not only for different typefaces but for different materials in which words can be rendered.
From the earliest barber-surgeons to the artisans of the present day, hairdressers have been a part of the city’s history since the very beginning . . . and wherever there are people in the business of cutting and styling hair, interesting typography is never far behind.
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An interesting and informative post! It’s absolutely mind-boggling to imagine.
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I think you mean mind bloggling. 😉
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The best are those that say “Die Mauer” on the floor, meaning ” it does not exist anymore”.
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Yes interesting post. you learn really cool stuff on this.
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Berlin certainly gives you layers of history in the most unexpected places! The Finnish way of thinking about signs and history has unfortunately been in the 1960’s and 1970’s like this: Tear down everything which is not modern or practical.
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love this, keep it up
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Great images – inspirational !!!
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Awesome and eye catching.
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Great read!
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Gained lot of information
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eye catching
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Really liked your post, it was very interesting and informative. 🙂
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amazing photos.. wow
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Great post
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Very intriguing!
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It’s a wonderful post 🙂
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