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by wholepointofcc 2383 days ago
I absolutely love the typographical choices used for Berlin's street signs. There are multiple variants but I'm talking about the posted one. It also preserves the old tz-ligature[0], the vertical descender on lower-case Y[1], as well as both the ch- and the ck-ligature which (being an antiqua font) are mostly realized in terms of careful kerning [2, 3, 4].

The font is both pleasing, readable, breathable, and has these nods to Germanic typographical heritage. It's really lovely. Among my favorite details pertaining to living in Berlin.

[0] https://www.xn--untergrund-blttle-2qb.ch/fotos/Strassenschil...

[1] https://live.staticflickr.com/3730/9668177465_bde765c591_h.j...

[2] https://fhxb-museum.de/xmap/media/S16/T1815/image/fhxb_jh_k0...

[3] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/M%...

[4] http://www.w-volk.de/museum/encke01.jpg