St Martin’s-in-the-Fields St Martin’s Place
This church was built between 1721–6 to the designs of James Gibbs. Lettering is carved across the pediment and dated 1722. This is lettering on its way somewhere. It does not follow the roman model, either in weight or in proportion, but it has not developed like the example at St Martin’s Schools into the English letter.
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Nearly every letter is awkward: E with a stubby crossbar; X top-heavy; T too wide; R tail too thin; U with a flat bottom.
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In the centre, below the main inscription is the name of the architect James Gibbs.
