Comments on: Georgetown’s Past Featured in WETA Documentary

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:03:07 +0000

The “Georgetown” font seen in the street sign is oldstyle Adobe Caslon, which is the official typeface of GU. The stylized “Georgetown,” as seen above, is a combination of italic and script oldstyle Adobe Caslon typesfaces. The Caslon typeface was created in the 18th century and was used in the founding documents of the country and John Carroll’s proposal to establish the Georgetown University. This begs the questions: who inspired the street sign typeface, the university or the times?

By: IMGoph

IMGoph — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:55:23 +0000

those signs are awesome. backlight, basically, by the streetlights, right? they’d look fantastic at night (and actually be useful) if that was the case.

i like how the sign says “George Town” as well.

By: William

William — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:01:21 +0000

Those signs would be marvelous.