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Happy birthday to the man on the thin white Gedenktafel, who would have been 75 today.
#TypeInBerlin
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Two days before it opens, here is a rare image of the new Unter den Linden U-Bahn station sign before it gets covered in stickers and graffiti.
#TypeInBerlin
#BVG
#U5
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You’ve heard of the ‘worst-case scenario’?
This is the Wurst-Käse scenario.
#TypeInBerlin
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Umlaut of the Week:
A flower shop in Moabit recently went out of business … and when they took down their sign, they discovered this amazing painted-glass sign underneath.
#TypeInBerlin
#UotW
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Know who has one of Berlin’s coolest and subtlest Umlauts? The Jüdisches Museum, that’s who.
#TypeInBerlin
#UmlautoftheWeek
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Umlaut of the Week:
New photo of an old favourite. Coffee, cake, bonus grave accent … what more could one want?
#TypeInBerlin
#UotW
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When the U5 extension opens at midday tomorrow, Französische Straße station will be taken out of service after 97 years (including 29 years as a ghost station).
#TypeInBerlin
#BVG
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On this day, thirty-four years ago, Berlin said farewell to the Berlin Wall … but its subtle presence in the fabric of the city can still be noted by anyone willing to look down.
#TypeInBerlin
#OTD
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A periodic reminder that we have a new project devoted entirely to doors in Berlin. You can find us on Instagram (berlinportals) or the other place (doorsofberlin).
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On this day three years ago we said farewell to TXL, Berlin’s greatest airport.
#TypeInBerlin
#OTD
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Day Five.
The ‘original’ Unter den Linden station, before they built that new one…
#TypeInBerlin
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We promised some exciting news to begin the new year, and here it is:
Berlin Typography: The Book
from
@PrestelVerlag
will be in shops in March 2021.
#TypeInBerlin
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The best of ‘Umlaut of the Week’:
The aqua neon look.
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We’re back … and to get us all back in the groove, we’ve prepared a week-long tribute to the elegance and variety of the Berlin street sign.
First up: The West-Berlin standard, including the magnificent tʒ ligature.
#TypeInBerlin
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Happy New Year from Berlin.
We wish you all the best for 2022.
#TypeInBerlin
#HappyNewYear2022
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No idea why the Berlin borough of Wedding is trending right now, but here’s a picture of their S-Bahn station.
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Here at Berlin Type HQ we are preparing for the Wurst-Käse scenario.
#TypeInBerlin
#Hamsterk
äufe
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On it’s final weekend of commercial operation, we bid farewell to Tegel Airport with a celebration of its signage.
#TypeInBerlin
#TegelType
#DankeTXL
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Starting today we are going to resume regular
#TypeInBerlin
posts. Join us as we embark on an extensive journey through the Berlin Type archives…
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Umlaut of the Week:
Happy first night of Hanukkah, courtesy of the Jüdisches Krankenhaus.
#TypeInBerlin
#UotW
#Hanukkah
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The best of ‘Umlaut of the Week’:
The ingeniously subtle Umlaut over the door of the Jüdisches Museum.
#TypeInBerlin
#UotW
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Have you checked out our newest project yet? It’s all about doors in Berlin. You can find us on Instagram (berlinportals) or the other place (doorsofberlin).
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Five Years of Berlin Typography.
Before we conclude our week of looking back, a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has been on the journey with us, whether from the beginning or since yesterday. Your enthusiasm has made this project possible.
And now, some Umlauts.
#TypeInBerlin
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One day soon we will live in a city where signs like this no longer exist … and it will be a shame.
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Now that Twitter seems to be allowing vertical-format images, it’s time we did a series of building-side signs…
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After five years of passing by at the wrong time of day, this morning we finally caught this wonderful sign in the sun.
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Today we bid farewell to a Kreuzberg institution, lost to the indifference of a city that refuses to value its own treasures. So pour one out for Stadtklause, which was not merely a great pub but one of the few remaining witnesses to a Berlin that no longer exists.
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The best of ‘Umlaut of the Week’:
When a flower shop went out of business, their sign was removed to reveal this long-forgotten gold and glass Umlaut.
#TypeInBerlin
#UotW
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Umlaut of the Week:
Mörtzbild.
(Note: the building attached to this gate is currently being torn down, and one fears this great iron Umlaut won’t be with us for much longer).
#TypeInBerlin
#UotW
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BT Archive Special.
Quite possibly Berlin’s finest Apotheke sign.
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BT Goes West: Ruhrgebiet.
The golden age of photography.
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Not-actually-an-Umlaut of the week:
You didn’t really think we’d go to Paris and not bring you back some interesting diacritics, did you?
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This week the Berlin Typography Twitter account is five years old. To mark this arbitrary milestone, here is some
#TypeInBerlin
in honour of someone who knew all about what might happen in five years…
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The best of
#TypeInBerlin
:
The Colosseum cinema was forced to close this year, leaving the future of this amazing sign uncertain…
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