Jenny's Epic International Sign Collection!

Excuse the excessive use of capital letters in the title but, perhaps, in this case, it is warranted. Sadly there was many a fine example of the signwriters' art along our trip passed by on dusty highways (especially town names in the Western US desert, and a memorable tortoise), in forests and mountains (leaping deer and stolid elks, not to mention signs so encrusted with snow as to be pure white on a white background, but I may have had a little trouble with exposure there, not to mention restarting the car if we got stuck in the snow). Then, of course, there were the train posters in Frankfurt (the red light district needs its very own collection I think, but I'll leave that one for now) where the Bauhaus design movement is very much alive and well (ermmm...in Frankfurt, not specifically its red light district, where you may very well be able to purchase fonts of any description).

I found myself stopping instinctively to keep a record whenever I saw one that made me laugh or smile, I have never actively admired roadsigns before, but now I find myself looking for them. I guess they're a lot more fun when they're mildly surprising through small differences, whether in style or content, from what you become innured to at home. Or something. Anyway I hope you enjoy some of these as much as I enjoyed collecting them :)

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