tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post2097105436037471520..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Ladybellegate Street, GloucesterPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-68157097532743843642008-05-06T09:36:00.000+01:002008-05-06T09:36:00.000+01:00The way the lettering is so well spaced round the ...The way the lettering is so well spaced round the curve of the wall also proves it was done by a very experienced hand, not his apprentice!emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08132384281028906676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-10232185476002920292008-05-05T22:52:00.000+01:002008-05-05T22:52:00.000+01:00The way lettering either survives or decays is ver...The way lettering either survives or decays is very touching, isn't it. France used to be covered in advertising or display lettering like this; in what is now (gulp!) 40 years of travelling there, the disappearance of these chirpy exhortations to buy this or that product has been a source of real regret. Yet, as you say, the ghosts of letterforms still haunt the buildings where they once stood proud.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020242863144175965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-56645173752326153932008-05-05T10:06:00.000+01:002008-05-05T10:06:00.000+01:00I am very tempted to say that we designers have al...I am very tempted to say that we designers have always called them 'pointy bits', but no. I don't think there's a specific word, but of course you've now set me a challenge that means I won't rest until I've got an answer. That's the Bank Holiday gone.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-57974007315888707832008-05-05T09:39:00.000+01:002008-05-05T09:39:00.000+01:00Thank you, Peter. Good to know that Brains are sti...Thank you, Peter. Good to know that Brains are still up to their tricks. Tell me, do graphic designers have a word for the little pointy bits that protrude from the middles of the main strokes of the upper-case letters in this sign? Not serifs, presumably, as they do a different job?Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-35972992945130438822008-05-04T23:36:00.000+01:002008-05-04T23:36:00.000+01:00Superb blog Philip. And, you have reminded me that...Superb blog Philip. And, you have reminded me that the last time I was left standing on Cardiff station I looked across to Brain's brewery and noticed that the central two letters on their neon sign were greatly enlarged to read 'A1'.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.com