montreal type

Montreal came through with a great number of typographical insights this year. These are just a few of my favourites. As a city in the midst of reconstruction, Montreal has proven to be a goldmine for timeworn typography. Type is often the last remnants of abandoned shops, giving insight to the history of what a storefront once was, and was before that. There is large collection of hand-painted typography, which ages differently than digital type. In the last photo, I like how only the letters "O" remain: their shape makes them resilient, even when set in different typefaces. Closed storefront, as seen in the second last photo, often post up paper on the inside to conceal the inside space. The remaining type casts shadows on this paper and sometimes appear warped or skewed like an Adobe feature by means of the paper's texture or position. I think the first and second pictures speak for themselves.