S treet signs are supposed to tell you where you are and describe what something is.  Clarity matters most, of course, but so does design.  ...

A few letters from my recent trip:  M  and S , in honor of, well, me.   If you squint at  O S O  (cropped from "El Coso" logo)...

I was lucky to meet Spanish calligrapher Juan Quiros in Valencia, and talk about freelancing, his life as a calligrapher, and the rich assor...

Valencia's architectural style offe rs a lot of ornamental iron work, along with a lot of tile (they even put decorative tile on the u...

W ell-chosen calligraphy helps add flavor to simple logos and signs.  Spain absorbed 800 years of Muslim influence on art, architecture, dre...

I saw these numbers recently on the streets of Spain.  The 17 at right is a particularly ornate example of the many tile numbers that desig...

I've started collecting examples of the letter A that have caught my eye on the streets of Valencia, Madrid, Segovia, and Toledo.  Here...

Madrid displays many styles of lettering and numbering.  Here are a few of the ones that caught my eye. Interesting blend of Art Deco and...