I’m trying to save what is yet to be saved, as I did not manage to ask this in time.
I’ve got some more days left, and wanted to ask, what not to miss in Berlin, typographically?
Any museums, exhibitions, foundries to visit? Any signage to look out for?
All tips appreciated!
Well, aside from FontShop in Kreuzberg, there aren’t any foundries left in Berlin, although the city is awash in type designers!
In terms of letters, I love to visit the city’s many cemeteries. Here are a few photos – http://www.flickr.com/photos/typeoff/sets/72157600961533746/
The Bode Museum on the Museumsinsel has lots of letters in its basement medieval collection, and also in its large coin collection. The Bauhaus-Archiv might have letterin
Captured from web.archive.org on 5 Sep 2008. view this capture