Overview
Just as cities such as London have landmarks, cuisines, and music – think Big Ben, fish and chips and punk rock – they also have typographic voices that help define their visual identities, as seen through signage, branding, architecture, transport systems or vernacular lettering. London Underground’s typeface, you could argue, is every bit as iconic as Westminster Abbey.
Type of Place is a visually rich exploration of the unique typographic identities of cities around the world. Each chapter will spotlight a city and show how its typography captures its culture, history and spirit, including photo essays, interviews and profiles of some of the most influential type designers, and incredible original imagery and lettering from Monotype’s unrivalled typography archive.
Including London, New York, Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, Seoul, Sao Paulo, Sydney, San Francisco and Los Angeles, in an increasingly globalized world, Type of Place is a beautiful showcase of how fonts are central to the distinct cultural fingerprints of the world’s most iconic cities.
Type of Place is a visually rich exploration of the unique typographic identities of cities around the world. Each chapter will spotlight a city and show how its typography captures its culture, history and spirit, including photo essays, interviews and profiles of some of the most influential type designers, and incredible original imagery and lettering from Monotype’s unrivalled typography archive.
Including London, New York, Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, Seoul, Sao Paulo, Sydney, San Francisco and Los Angeles, in an increasingly globalized world, Type of Place is a beautiful showcase of how fonts are central to the distinct cultural fingerprints of the world’s most iconic cities.
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