Comments on: Video: A Typographic Tour of the City of London

By: David

David — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:35:03 +0000

Found this via Acejet and really enjoyed it, I liked that it was so informative and opinionated. And amazing access to Golden Lane – you must have someone on the inside. More like this please!

By: Dominik

Dominik — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:23:08 +0000

Absolute brill. Thanks for this esacape!

By: Stephen Coles

Stephen Coles — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:15:18 +0000

This is fantastic, Michael! I’d like to see type enthusiasts in cities around the world do the same. With design becoming more and more homogeneous it’s vital to preserve what makes each locale unique.

This was especially interesting for me to see, as I’ll make my first ever visit to London Jan. 24-29. Let me know if you’re available to get a “pint”, as you Brits say.

On “typeface” versues “font”: the typeface is what you see, the font is what you use. More.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:23:09 +0000

Heya Tim
Thanks for the ace comment even though I get the impression that I am now inadvertently helping advertise BA. BTW Typegeeks say Typefaces not Fonts… (font being a singular unit of a larger entity). Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

By: Tim Malbon

Tim Malbon — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:57:10 +0000

We’re obsessed by fonts at Metrotwin (a community site that treats London and New York as a single place). I embedded this on our blog (http://blog.metrotwin.com) where we’ve recently covered the fonts used not only on the site to represent London and NYC (you guessed ‘em!) but also some interesting stuff about the tube/transit systems and their typefaces. This is is supremely GEEK. We love it! Tim

By: Ada

Ada — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:13:31 +0000

This is an awesome video Michael. Please make another! Thanks for making my day!

By: Andrew Haig

Andrew Haig — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:39:55 +0000

Very lovely work Mr B, and perhaps even ‘blog-videoingly’ breaking new ground? As someone mentioned above, nicely warm, retro and knowledgable. I feel like I should go and put an old cardigan on and watch it again. More please. (PS. Grotesque No. 9 is one of the greats).

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:40:21 +0000

Lovely project. Thanks.

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:03:19 +0000

Hi Michael,

I’m writing from NYC (found your video here: http://binkythedoormat.com/post/64967030/boicos-typographic-tour-of-the-city-of-london); this is a blast to watch! Loved your photos (I think New York has a lovely typographic variety and texture, but London looks damn snappy and I remain rather envious) and I learned quite a bit. Do make more!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:07:37 +0000

Yeah, been watching Survivors. It’s pretty good, although I’m really hoping they unexpectedly kill of the mum-searching-for-son character: she just nags nags nags.