I have finally defrosted my toes and my fingers are now functioning after the coldest trip to the Polish city of Krakow. It was my first visit to Poland and despite the cold I had an amazing time. There is a huge amount to learn about the history of Eastern Europe and it's wet my appetite to visit more of that region.
As with every visit to cities your senses tend to get an overload for the first few days while you take it all in. One thing I love about visiting new cities is studying the signage, from shop fronts to street signs and fly-posters and restaurant menus there is so much colour and type variation to be found, especially when you can spend more time looking at the type rather than the words as my grasp of Polish is far from established.
Krakow was a wash with hand drawn signage which I became obsessed with during the short trip. Especially within the Jewish quarter, Hebrew lettering mixed with Roman type, thick with colour against the grey and imposing city buildings.
I came back with a refreshed outlook on type, I had been in front of my computer studying digital type for so long, it was a well needed break to appreciate the art of hand drawn signage, so much so that I am now attending a short course in signwriting so was this space!
