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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Main Author:	Katja Fleischmann
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	James Cook University 2011-12-01
Series:	eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
Subjects:	signage north queensland tropics tropical typography vernacular typography cultural art
Online Access:	https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3409/3347

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spelling	doaj-c549cd954d1644a49f6280d36d162a8c2020-11-25T03:02:23ZengJames 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
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title	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_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_sort	lettering and signage in the urban environment of north queensland’s capital: tropical flair or univernacular?
publisher	James Cook University
series	eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics
issn	1448-2940
publishDate	2011-12-01
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?
topic	signage north queensland tropics tropical typography vernacular typography cultural art
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Lettering and Signage in the Urban Environment of North Queensland’s Capital: Tropical Flair or Univernacular?

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