A list of useful books for the study of public lettering
Books
Baines, Phil & Dixon, CAtherine (2003) Signs: Lettering in the Environment. London: Laurence King
Baglee, C. and Morley, A. (1988) Street jewellery: a history of enamel advertising signs. London: New Cavendish Books
Baglee, C. and Morley, A. (2006) The art of Street jewellery. London: New Cavendish Books
Banham, S. (2012) Characters: Cultural Stories Revealed through Typography. Port Melbourne: Thames & Hudson Australia
Bartram, Alan (1975) Lettering in Architecture. London: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Bartram, A. (1978) Tombstone Lettering in the British Isles. London: Lund Humphries
Bartram, A. (1986) The English Lettering Tradition. London: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Constantine, M and Jacobson, E. (1961) Sign Language for buildings and landscape. Reinhold: New York
Clough, James (2015) Signs of Italy. Milan: Lazy Dog Press
Evans, W (1998) Signs / with an essay by Andrei Codrescu. London: Thames & Hudson
Finizola, Fatima (2010) Tipografia Vernacular Urbana: uma Análise dos Letreiramentos Populares. São Paulo: Blucher
Finizola, Fatima (2013) Abridores de Letras de Pernambuco: um Mapeamento da Gráfica Popular. São Paulo: Blucher
Gray, M. & Armstrong, R. (1962) Lettering for Architects and Designersem>, London: Batsford
Gray, Nicolete (1960) Lettering on Buildings. London: Architectural Press
Gray, Nicolete. (1986) A History of Lettering: creative experiment and letter identity. Oxford: Phaidon
Gerlach, Verena (2013) Karbid Berlin – de la lettre peinte au caractère typographique. Paris: Ypsilon
Haslam, Andrew (2011) Lettering: a reference manual of techniques. London: Laurence King
Hayes, J (1951) The Roman Letter: A study of notable graven and written forms in twenty centuries. Chicago: R. R. Donnelley
Heller, S & Illic, M (2013)Lettering large. Art and design of monumental typography. New York: The Monacelly Press
Herdeg, W. (ed) (1978) Archigraphia : architectural and environmental graphics. Zürich: Graphis Press
Jury, David (ed) (2011) Typographic Writing. London: ISTD [Fred Smeijer’s article ‘Typography vs commercial lettering’ pp. 147–151]
Kindersley, R. & Jennings, M. (1981) Architectural Lettering: a Reassessment. London: Royal Institute of British Architects
Kinneir, J. (1980) Words and Buildings: the Art and Practice of Public Lettering. London: The Architectural Press
Laube, A & Widrig, M (2016)Archigraphy. Lettering on Buildings.Basel: Birkhäuser
Mosley, James (1999) The Nymph and the Grot: the Revival of the Sanserif Font. London: Friends of the St Bride Printing Library
O’Donnell, T. (1982) Lettering in the Twentieth Century, a report on the practice, development and teaching of lettering in Britain this century. Bath: Crafts Study Centre
Petrucci, A. (1993) Public Lettering, Script, Power, and Culture. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Powers, A. (1989) Shopfronts. London: Chatto & Windus
Poynor, R (2001) Typographica. London: Laurence King
Sánchez, América (2001 )Barcelona Gráfica. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili
Shaw, Paul (2000) A Chronology of the Lettering Arts from 1850 to 2000: A Work in Progress.Alphabet vol. 25, no. 3 (Spring 2000)
Shaw, Paul (2015) The Eternal Letter. Two Millennia of the Classical Roman Capital.Massachusetts: MIT Press
Smith, Percy J Delf (1946) Civic and memorial lettering. London: Black
Smith, Percy J Delf (1937) ‘Lettering in association with Architecture’ in Lettering of To-day. London: The Studio
Smith, Percy J Delf (1932) Lettering: A Plea for its Greater Considerations.. The First Edition Club
Spalding, Tom (2013) Layers. Associated Edition
Sutton, J. (1965) Signs in Action. London: Reinhold Studio Vista
Treu, M. (2012) Signs, Streets and Storefronts. A History of Architecture and Graphics along America’s Commercial Corridors. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Tschichold, J. (1985) Treasury of Alphabets and lettering. Ware, Hertforshire: Omega Books
Articles
Baines, Phil & Dixon, Catherine (2004) ‘Letter Rich Lisbon’, Eye, n54, vol. 14 link
Baulius, Andreu (2012) ‘La letra callejera’ in Monográfica.org. Revista temática de Diseño. Retrieved 23 October 2015 link
Berry, J. (2008) ‘Legible in Public Space’, Eye, n67, vol xx
Brownjohn, R. (1961) 'Street Level' in Typographica, new series n4. London: Lund Humpries, pp. 33–60
Dixon, Catherine (2013) ‘Quiet man of letters’ in Eye n86, vol. 22 link
Hollis, Richard (1998) ‘Building and Graphic Language’, in Eye n28, vol. xx
Gray, Nicolete (1964 ) ‘Lettering on Buildings’, in Motif n13, pp-17-47. London: Shenval Press
Mosley, James (1965) ‘The Nymph and the Grot: the revival of the sans serif letter’ in Typographica n12, pp. 2-19
Poynor, Rick (2012) ‘Robert Brownjohn: Photos at Street Level’ in Design Observer, 18 November [Internet] Available from: http://designobserver.com/feature/robert-brownjohn-photos-at-street-level/37348/ [Accessed: 1 February 2015]
Tracy, W. (1960) ‘Typography on Buildings’, in Motif n4. London: Shenval Press
Collected by Graphicgirl. CSM PhD Candidate. Set in Soleil and Abril Text, by TypeTogether.