 Public Lettering. A walk through London in the search of public lettering is a fabulous website - especially since one of my favourite London shops is mentioned, James Smith & Sons, the largest umbrella shop in Europe. And probably the oldest. This is a very well done website, stations include St Pancras Station, Parson's Library, British Museum, ..., all the texts are downloadable as PDFs and the pictures are almost High Resolution. Fab."This walk (originally prepared for the 1997 ATypI conference) concentrates on larger examples of public lettering and doesn't mention incidentals - stop-cocks, manholes, dates on buildings, builders marks, &c - of which there is much en route. Much of the pleasure of this kind of walk, is finding things yourself. Although also 'public', it entirely ignores advertising hoardings, store signs and most corporate identities as these are usually approached as pieces of graphic design rather than opportunities for specialist, site-specific lettering."
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