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most ubiquitous typefaces clearly outstripping gill sans the sans serif favourite of the 1930s british rail penguin books bbc tommy hilfger etc abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz i m also not a fan of verdana s topped and tailed capital i there is another similar typeface being used a lot lately that also employs this same device it implements even wider bars making short words like pin hit and bio and look very strange indeed ugh if you can identify it please let me know thanks for getting this far i had intended this post to be just a quick update with a couple of pictures and captions but i got a bit carried away cut to the chase surely this should be cut out the chase do we not get straight to the point after saying this and miss out the journey no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 1960s hotels lettering and typography russell square 3 july 2026 if the search facility is not visible at top right simply scroll to the bottom of your screen and click on view web version no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 1 july 2026 the restoration of an art deco era burton s store montague burton the tailor of taste but imho not so tasteful these days on long eaton high street i have just been alerted to the restoration of a burton s store in derbyshire i know this isn t in london but i fear this type of thing is likely to happen on similar sites here in the capital ugh paint it black strikes again i m here stealing copying the pics from the link above to show the before and after though the first pic looks to be from google streetview anyway hmmm me no likey burton s 1930 s façade had survived complete with the burton logo at the top for almost 100 years yet rather than remove a layer of stone coloured paint see close up below and give it the portland stonework a gentle clean they ve instead sloshed black and white paint all over it i am not sure where the 10 000 has been spent i notice that their second pic is captioned burtons building revamped which better describes what s happened here ok so they ve installed some fake windows but it would never have looked like this back in the 1920s hence this is not a restoration they say that the building looked messy before i say this was exacerbated by the mix of shops at street level two of which had with ugly modern signage which we can see haven t been upgraded since the renovation this next pic is google streetview from 2022 it shows that the building at that time retained a reduced but empty burton store with serif letters on a red panel look closely to see that there s also a ghostly repeat of the 1920 s logo within the black fascia above the phone shop echoing the carved company logo at the very top of the building which would have been red here s a close up which also shows peeling paint and boarded windows now revealed or rendered an alternative view shows that some lovely architectural details were also in place 2022 specifically a branded metal ventilation grille at the curved end and a foundation stone at the left corner showing that stanley howard burton was one of the family present at the opening ceremony in 1935 burton made sure that family members personally attended the opening of each new store three more foundation stones can be found at this site one at centre front next to the door to the phone shop showing arnold james burton was also in attendance and two more round the side flanking the entrance to chalkie s snooker hall one shows lady montague burton but the parked car obscures the one on the left side of the door and possibly another metal ventilation grille i m interested to see how much of the old burton s store is still in place today perhaps some tiles mosaics or terrazzo are also to be found back to the black i m befuddled how why the decision was made to paint the building such a stark shade it surely now stands out like a funereal eyesore rather than an elegant reminder of a bygone age more about burtons here no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art deco burton shops 18 june 2026 drop shadows up down left or right yesterday evening i presented a talk for the letter exchange at the artworkers guild on queen square the subject was the signwriters of old london and i shared with them my observations and research about some of the people and companies who created beautiful carved and gilded shop fascias or hand painted ads on buildings the q a after the talk was really good and one person asked about drop shadows on letters he suggested that here in the uk we tend to apply the shadows on the other side to those he d seen in germany i responded that i ve seen this applied on both left and right sides here intrigued by this notion and wondering if there were more signs dressing to the left or right i ve looked within my picture archive here follows a random selection of screenshots showing that there is indeed a winner i ve grouped them into two sections this first batch shows the 3d drop shadow effect at the bottom right making the letters look like they are standing out above us as if we are looking up at them the next ones show the shadow falling to the left the drop shadow to the right wins with 20 compared to 6 to the left approx 75 of the signs however i do notice that half of the latter section are post war era i wonder what that s about but here s an oddity at lloyd s old dairy the name above the door has the drop shadow at bottom left yet the script along the adjacent windows is the other way i think the drop shadow choice depends on the style of letters employed because the words names need to be clearly legible it was suggested last night that it was quicker and cheaper to produce the shadows from one direction which i think must be to the left because with most letters having a vertical on the left side it is quicker easier to achieve for instance using the lloyds sign above as an example if the shadows went the other way the internal of the vertical on the letter l would need to be rendered as well as small end of the bottom bar plus there s that curve on the d to illustrate that a shadow in any direction can produce different results i have cobbled together these rudimentary examples the bottom two showing the letters dropping down towards us what do you think 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels ghostsigns lettering shop signs older posts home subscribe to posts atom follow me on instagram and or facebook janeslondon janeslondonwalks janelikesthis treasuresfromthethames follow janeslondon translate janeslondon archive 2026 34 july 4 a visit to harrow school update on the imperial hotel renovation at russell if the search facility is not visible at top right the restoration of an art deco era burton s store june 3 may 4 april 9 march 1 february 10 january 3 2025 64 december 4 november 10 october 5 august 4 july 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