British Library
St Pancras station
King’s Cross Station
319—321 Gray’s Inn Road
Road traffic signs
Cent. London T&E Hosp.
Royal Free Hospital
Parsons’ Library
R L Homœopathic Hospital
British Monomarks
Faraday House
Central Saint Martins
Pharmaceutical Soc.
British Museum
Dairy Supply Co.
Smith’s umbrellas
Lavers & Barraud
Underground station
27–29 Long Acre
Street names
The Coliseum
Pedestrian signage
St Martin’s Schools
St Martin’s/Fields
Sainsbury Wing
Further reading
Background
Credits
Image bibliography
Exploiting context

Further reading

Books

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Patrick Baglee (ed.) Open air: the changing face of 20th century signage G F Smith, 2000

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James Sutton Signs in action Studio Vista/ Reinhold Publishing Co, 1965

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Alan Bartram Lettering in architecture Lund Humphries, 1975

Bartram has recently donated his photographic collection to the Central Lettering Record).

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Alan Bartram Street name lettering in the British Isles Lund Humphries ; Watson–Guptill Publications, 1965

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Alan Bartram Fasçia lettering in the British Isles Studio Vista, 30/06/1978

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Edward Jones & Christopher Woodward A guide to the architecture of London Weidenfeld & Nicolson (2nd edition), 1992

Information about architects and building dates was mainly sourced from this book.

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Jock Kinneir Words and buildings: the art and practice of public lettering Whitney Library of Design, May 1981

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Nicolete Gray Lettering on buildings Architectural Press, 1960

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Articles

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Phil Baines A design (to sign roads by)

Eye 34, Vol.9, Winter 1999, pp.26-36

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Phil Baines Sculptured letters and public poetry

Eye 37, Vol.10, Autumn 2000, pp.38-49

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Phil Baines & Catherine Dixon Variety & Identity

Druk 2, Autumn 1999

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Phil Baines Lettering: history, values, possibilities

Point (Art & design research journal) 8, Autumn/Winter 1999/2000

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