Geotype Submission

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How does this letter-form communicate its location?

This sign was put up during the British times and it indicates the name of the road. The type is carved in stone which must have been done by a stone monger at the time. The letters were then painted in black so to make the sign more legible. These kind of signs can be found at the core are of my locality. They were put by the British to mark the roads and each street is named after a location the British had battled in. Looking at the sign, I would say it suggests that this is part of the heritage of my locality but hasn’t been given much importance due to the state it is in. The typeface is in sans serif and it is closely similar to the Geometric family. At a glance geometric fonts seem simple to design, but in reality to create such monolinear type, requires a lot of subtle optical adjustments. These adjustments make the shape look pure and obviously monolinear (Monotype.).

Location

Triq Alamein, Pembroke, Malta