I live in Vienna, Austria, and I have a fascination with the typography of the signage all over the city.
There are very distinct examples of different era, with 19th-century, 20th-century, and 21st-century periods in full splendour. This can be seen in various Instagram groups, which alas are not as open/public as I would prefer. [1]
Do you see much older signage and typography in Vietnam? In the villages versus cities?
It always impresses on me that a city, itself, is an open book for typography.
I wonder if you would be aware of any similar projects to "Fonts of Vienna", but for your region of the world?
> It always impresses on me that a city, itself, is an open book for typography.
That is a very good observation.
> I wonder if you would be aware of any similar projects to "Fonts of Vienna", but for your region of the world?
I have asked around, but nothing comes to mind. There is however this absolutely brilliant resource: https://vietnamesetypography.com/ who writes in great detail about the history and practice of VN typography. Also, https://www.luuchu.com/ which is an open archive for VN designers (e.g. this wonderful collection of publications https://www.luuchu.com/archive).
There are very distinct examples of different era, with 19th-century, 20th-century, and 21st-century periods in full splendour. This can be seen in various Instagram groups, which alas are not as open/public as I would prefer. [1]
Do you see much older signage and typography in Vietnam? In the villages versus cities?
It always impresses on me that a city, itself, is an open book for typography.
I wonder if you would be aware of any similar projects to "Fonts of Vienna", but for your region of the world?
[1] - e.g. https://www.instagram.com/fontsofvienna/