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Posted: 31 May 2020

Taken: 04 Oct 2012

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Obviously not a Grammar School, for the carved inscription lacks the necessary apostrophe. The conclusion with a full stop, which by the custom of our times is seldom included in a title or notice, was once perfectly normal, just as places would not use a capital letter for the word 'street', 'road', etc. Even a sign was regarded as a sentence, or sentences, deserving of having the normal rules of grammar and punctuation applied.

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 John FitzGerald
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In his Architect's Guide to London Renzo Salvadori devoted a page to the excellence of the lettering of British signs. This humble example is a good illustration. Bold, easily read letters with a pleasing balance of thick and thin strokes.
4 years ago.
The Limbo Connection club has replied to John FitzGerald club
Thank you for that interesting addition. I think that typographically at least, Britain is fairly literate, although we don't do street art with the panache of say, Paris. Our signposting probably had its apogee in the Johnston typeface of the London Underground and led on to Eric Gill's sublime sans serif.
4 years ago.

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