Geotype Submission

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How does this letter-form communicate its location?

Tratex is an appropriate signifier for the contemporary sense of place that is Tvärskog, partially because of the simple functionality, but also because of the traffic. The saw mill's log transport and other heavy traffic passes here, as there is a large shaft deeper in the forest. This place relies on the roads for transport of the goods produced here, the road signs and Tratex serve as a small cog in the wheel for that. Tratex is at the core of Swedish mentality because of its functionality and legibility, a typeface streamlined for its purpose--to visualise a set of rules and how to navigate them, for the law-abiding Swede.

Location

Råsbäcksvägen, Ljungbyholm, Sverige