Geotype Submission

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How does this letter-form communicate its location?

Designed as an example of high Victorian style in 1894, ‘The Stag’s Head’ seems to have remained untouched and unaffected by period changes or globalization. This is also true of its elaborate interior design. The typography on the fascia shares some synergy with the Victorian display styles found on the Olympia Theatre, but once again there seems to be some details that mark the type out as being bespoke and Irish such as the cross bar on the ‘A’. The chiseled forms refer to the craft of the stone mason and the ornamented serifs are Celtic scroll-like in influence.

Location

1 Dame Ct, Dublin, D02 TW84, Ireland