I absolutely love the typographical choices used for Berlin's street signs. There are multiple variants but I'm talking about the posted one. It also preserves the old tz-ligature[0], the vertical descender on lower-case Y[1], as well as both the ch- and the ck-ligature which (being an antiqua font) are mostly realized in terms of careful kerning [2, 3, 4].
The font is both pleasing, readable, breathable, and has these nods to Germanic typographical heritage. It's really lovely. Among my favorite details pertaining to living in Berlin.
The font is both pleasing, readable, breathable, and has these nods to Germanic typographical heritage. It's really lovely. Among my favorite details pertaining to living in Berlin.
[0] https://www.xn--untergrund-blttle-2qb.ch/fotos/Strassenschil...
[1] https://live.staticflickr.com/3730/9668177465_bde765c591_h.j...
[2] https://fhxb-museum.de/xmap/media/S16/T1815/image/fhxb_jh_k0...
[3] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/M%...
[4] http://www.w-volk.de/museum/encke01.jpg