London County Council lettering - any ideas?
Hello
Anyone any ideas as to the origins/designer of this family of lettering?
Popular as architectural lettering on early-mid twentieth century social housing especially in london.
Also similar lettering found on brewery signage, Whitbread etc.
Exhaustive research is not throwing up many leads at the moment.
Thanks
Pete
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11.Jul.2009 6.05am
Check out Eric Gill -- guides for signwriters of W. H. Smith and son (Smith’s), maybe it could be start?
13.Jul.2009 5.49am
Thanks yes had a look at his early designs for whsmith already and they are probably the closest reference yet although the shoulder serifs on the N and A are more extreme. Photographic reference I have sourced does show that some of their later signage appears to stem from these forms though. Like you suggest it would might be a good idea to see if smiths have any early 'corporate branding' guidelines. Shudder. Many thanks for your response.