I always forget to add the various books that come my way that aren’t actually books that I read, but most likely hold court on the coffeetable or a prominent location on a bookshelf. Melanie brought me this one from Austria, and it documents Vienna’s incredible old signage, in alphabetical order of the business names. Most of these were designed by master signmakers who, as is often the case, weren’t necessarily typographers. So the letterforms are pleasingly unique and with anachronistic combinations. This definitely made me wish I had taken more pictures of signs while I was over there, though I did get a few. Hopefully they won’t all be gone when I get myself back to Vienna someday.

There is a foreword and an essay at the back that I would read if I knew German!