Lettering and Signage in the Urban Environment of North Queensland’s Capital: Tropical Flair or Univernacular?
Many typefaces possess next to stylistic qualities also cultural and connotative properties. This paper describes an exploration of signage and lettering in the capital of North Queensland in the quest for a tropical typographic resonance. Is the vernacular typography alive or a vanishing art form?
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| description | Many typefaces possess next to stylistic qualities also cultural and connotative properties. This paper describes an exploration of signage and lettering in the capital of North Queensland in the quest for a tropical typographic resonance. Is the vernacular typography alive or a vanishing art form? |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c549cd954d1644a49f6280d36d162a8c2022-12-22T00:10:15ZengJames Cook UniversityeTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics1448-29402011-12-011010.25120/etropic.10.0.2011.3409Lettering and Signage in the Urban Environment of North Queensland’s Capital: Tropical Flair or Univernacular?Katja Fleischmann 0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0246-260XJames Cook University, AustraliaMany typefaces possess next to stylistic qualities also cultural and connotative properties. This paper describes an exploration of signage and lettering in the capital of North Queensland in the quest for a tropical typographic resonance. Is the vernacular typography alive or a vanishing art form?https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3409/3347signagenorth queenslandtropicstropical typographyvernacular typographyculturalart |
| spellingShingle | Katja Fleischmann Lettering and Signage in the Urban Environment of North Queensland’s Capital: Tropical Flair or Univernacular? eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics signage north queensland tropics tropical typography vernacular typography cultural art |
| title | Lettering and Signage in the Urban Environment of North Queensland’s Capital: Tropical Flair or Univernacular? |
| title_full | Lettering and Signage in the Urban Environment of North Queensland’s Capital: Tropical Flair or Univernacular? |
| title_fullStr | Lettering and Signage in the Urban Environment of North Queensland’s Capital: Tropical Flair or Univernacular? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lettering and Signage in the Urban Environment of North Queensland’s Capital: Tropical Flair or Univernacular? |
| title_short | Lettering and Signage in the Urban Environment of North Queensland’s Capital: Tropical Flair or Univernacular? |
| title_sort | lettering and signage in the urban environment of north queensland s capital tropical flair or univernacular |
| topic | signage north queensland tropics tropical typography vernacular typography cultural art |
| url | https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3409/3347 |
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