Blackletter is EVERYWHERE!
You can't walk a
block without seeing some sort of blackletter writing, be it in the
name of a pub or a play poster. This type of typography, shown in the
pictures above, is called blackletter. The blackletter style is
instilled in London's history. The two pictures above are of very
different subjects. The one on the top is part of the scenery to a
ride in the Cadbury Factory in Birmingham, England. The object on the bottom is a piece of architecture displayed in the Museum of London
from the time before the Great Fire occurred in 1666. Hundreds of
years separate the two objects and yet we see a similarity between
them. I find it amazing that something as simple as a writing style
can help form the identity of a city throughout history.
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