Interesting theme; I had never considered fonts when collecting stamps.
What have I discovered this week?
At the risk of boring you again I must mention that the 2016 Pets USA stamps that I linked to last week had fonts in 'serifa' - I never knew that before.
The Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer Christmas stamps from 2014 had
What have I discovered this week?
At the risk of boring you again I must mention that the 2016 Pets USA stamps that I linked to last week had fonts in 'serifa' - I never knew that before.
The Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer Christmas stamps from 2014 had
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a font called 'Verlag'. This was initially designed for the Guggenheim Museum, but was expanded and released to the public in 2006.
I thought that stamps identified by the name Helvetia ought to use the font 'Helvetica' like this one from Great Britain.
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| Great Britain 1969 |
However when it comes to fonts, perhaps Switzerland 'wins' after all.
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| Switzerland - 1969 |
For more fonts or even christenings(?) visit Sunday-Stamps-II-129.


