Lettering in Architecture

The incorporation of lettering into the architectural pattern of a building is a practice with a long and honorable history; a tradition which unfortunately appears to have lapsed. Or, that was the author’s feeling fifty-one years ago when this book was published. This book sets out to show (with the aid of 300 illustrations) how lettering has traditionally been used in architecture, and to indicate the range of remarkably flexible and subtle letterforms that are available and suitable for use by architects today—or, in 1975. All the examples are drawn from Italy and Britain—the two countries where the tradition is at its most relevant and where the legacy is at its richest—and almost all have been collected and photographed by the author during his travels. A must for lovers of letters and lettering.