Essay

Remnants of Single-Screen Cinema Signs in Delhi for Paper Planes

City/Town

Ahmedabad⁽²⁹⁾
Amritsar⁽²⁾
Bangalore⁽¹¹⁴⁾
Chennai⁽³⁰⁾
Chorao⁽¹⁾
Delhi⁽¹⁰⁸⁾
Goa⁽¹⁰³⁾
Haridwar⁽⁶⁰⁾
Hyderabad⁽¹⁴⁾
Kanpur⁽⁶⁾
Kochi⁽⁷⁾
Kolkata⁽³⁰⁾
Leh⁽¹²⁾
Lucknow⁽⁷¹⁾
Mapusa⁽²⁶⁾
Mumbai⁽²³⁾
Noida⁽⁸⁾
Panjim⁽⁸⁴⁾
Porvorim⁽¹⁾
Pune⁽¹⁰⁾
Udaipur⁽¹⁵⁾

Script

Bengali⁽²²⁾
Cyrillic⁽¹⁾
Devanagari⁽¹⁶⁴⁾
Gujarati⁽²⁷⁾
Gurmukhi⁽⁴⁾
Kannada⁽⁵⁷⁾
Latin⁽⁴⁸³⁾
Malayalam⁽³⁾
Multiscript⁽¹³²⁾
Nastaliq⁽¹⁶⁾
Tamil⁽²⁴⁾
Telugu⁽⁴⁾
Tibetan⁽⁹⁾

Lettering style

Accented letters⁽²⁾
Arched⁽²⁾
Art Deco⁽³²⁾
Art Nouveau⁽²⁾
Bevel Edge⁽²⁾
Blackletter⁽²¹⁾
Broken Headline⁽²³⁾
Brushy⁽³⁾
Close Shade⁽⁵⁷⁾
Condensed⁽³¹⁾
Conventional Devanagari Axis⁽²⁾
Convex⁽⁸⁾
Counter Outline⁽¹²⁾
Counterless⁽⁵⁾
Cursive⁽⁶⁸⁾
Curved Baseline⁽⁹⁾
Curved Headline⁽⁷⁾
Decorative⁽²⁾
Drop Shade⁽²⁴⁾
Drop Shadow⁽¹⁾
External Outline⁽¹⁾
Extrude⁽²²⁾
Faux Script⁽¹⁾
Flared Stem⁽²⁾
Geometric⁽¹²⁾
High Contrast⁽¹⁰⁾
Internal Outline⁽³⁾
Italic⁽⁴⁾
Low Contrast⁽¹⁰⁾
Low Waist⁽³⁾
Monolinear⁽¹⁾
Monospaced⁽⁶⁾
Narrow⁽⁴⁾
No Headline⁽²⁾
Offset Close Shade⁽¹³⁾
Offset Drop Shade⁽⁶⁾
Open Drop Shade⁽¹⁾
Outline⁽¹⁷⁾
Prismatic⁽²¹⁾
Reverse Contrast⁽²⁾
Rounded⁽⁸⁾
Sans serif⁽³²¹⁾
Serif⁽¹¹¹⁾
Shadow⁽⁷⁷⁾
Slab serif⁽²⁾
Slanted⁽⁴⁾
Small Vowel Marks⁽⁹⁾
Squarish⁽¹⁵⁾
Stem with Outstroke⁽¹⁴⁾
Stencil⁽⁴⁾
Swashes⁽⁷⁾
Tall x-height⁽¹⁾
Thin counters⁽²⁾
Tuscan⁽¹²⁾
Unicase⁽²⁾
Vertical⁽¹⁴⁾
Wavy Headline⁽⁶⁾
Wide⁽⁸⁾

Material/technique

Acrylic⁽²⁾
Azulejo⁽²⁷⁾
Carved⁽¹⁾
Concrete⁽¹⁾
Engraved⁽¹⁰⁾
Flowers⁽¹⁾
Handpainted⁽³⁰⁸⁾
Metal⁽⁴⁷⁾
Mosaic⁽¹¹⁾
Neon⁽³¹⁾
Plaster⁽⁴³⁾
Plastic⁽¹⁾
Sequins⁽¹⁾
Stone⁽³¹⁾
Tile⁽⁴⁵⁾
Wood⁽⁸⁴⁾

Function

Architectural Lettering⁽⁷³⁾
Date Marker⁽²⁶⁾
Fascia Signage⁽³⁹⁰⁾
House Number⁽¹²⁾
Informational⁽⁶⁾
Map⁽¹⁾
Nameplate⁽¹³⁾
Road sign⁽¹⁷⁾
Standee⁽⁷⁾
Warning⁽⁵⁾
Wayfinding⁽³²⁾

Type of Establishment

Advocate⁽⁴⁾
Antique Shop⁽²⁾
Apartment building⁽²²⁾
Apparel⁽³⁵⁾
Appliance Shop⁽³⁾
Architectural⁽¹⁾
Army store⁽¹⁾
Astrology⁽⁴⁾
Auto parts⁽¹⁶⁾
Bakery⁽¹⁾
Band Trolley⁽¹⁾
Bank⁽⁶⁾
Bar⁽³⁾
Barbearia⁽²⁾
Barber shop⁽⁶⁾
Beauty Parlour⁽¹⁰⁾
Bird Sanctuary⁽⁶⁾
Bookshop⁽¹⁵⁾
Builder⁽¹⁾
Butcher⁽²⁾
Candle Shop⁽¹⁾
Car Garage⁽²⁾
Caterer⁽¹⁾
Cemetery⁽³²⁾
Chemist⁽¹¹⁾
Church⁽⁵⁾
Cinema Hall⁽¹⁰⁾
Clinic⁽¹⁴⁾
Clock Tower⁽²⁾
Coaching Centre⁽¹⁾
Commercial Building⁽¹⁸⁾
Court⁽¹⁾
Craft Emporium⁽⁵⁾
Cultural Institute⁽⁹⁾
Dairy⁽²⁾
Dhaba⁽¹⁾
Dharamshala⁽²⁾
Dry Cleaners⁽⁴⁾
DTP Shop⁽²⁾
Dyer⁽¹⁾
Electrical Shop⁽⁵⁾
Fashion⁽¹⁾
Fire Station⁽²⁾
Food⁽⁶²⁾
Food Cart⁽¹⁹⁾
Footwear⁽²⁾
Furnishings⁽¹⁾
Furniture⁽³⁾
Government Building⁽⁵⁾
Grocery Shop⁽⁷⁾
Gurudwara⁽²⁾
Hardware⁽²⁹⁾
Hospital⁽⁵⁾
Hotel⁽⁹⁾
India Coffee House⁽¹⁾
Jewellers⁽¹¹⁾
Juice Shop⁽⁴⁾
Lawyer⁽¹⁾
Library⁽²⁾
Liquor Store⁽³⁾
Manhole Cover⁽¹⁾
Market⁽³⁾
Martial Arts⁽¹⁾
Medical⁽³³⁾
Memorial⁽³⁾
Military Installation⁽²⁾
Mill⁽⁴⁾
Mosque⁽¹⁾
Music Shop⁽²⁾
Newspaper⁽²⁾
Notary⁽²⁾
Novelty Shop⁽¹⁾
Nursery⁽¹⁾
Optician⁽⁸⁾
Palace⁽¹⁾
Park⁽⁷⁾
Parking⁽¹⁾
Pawn Broker⁽¹⁾
PCO⁽²⁾
Perfumery⁽¹⁾
Petrol Pump⁽¹⁾
Photo Studio⁽⁴⁾
Place of Worship⁽¹⁶⁾
Police⁽¹⁾
Printing⁽²⁾
Property Dealer⁽²⁾
Radio Shop⁽¹⁾
Religious Institution⁽²⁰⁾
Repair Shop⁽³⁾
Residence⁽⁷⁶⁾
Restaurant⁽²⁵⁾
Sans serif⁽²⁷⁴⁾
Saree Shop⁽⁵⁾
School⁽⁹⁾
Shop⁽²¹⁹⁾
Sign Painter⁽²⁾
Sports Store⁽¹⁾
Stationery Shop⁽⁷⁾
Sweet Shop⁽³⁾
Tailor⁽¹⁶⁾
Temple⁽⁶⁾
Tent House⁽²⁾
Tours and Travels⁽⁴⁾
Watch Shop⁽⁴⁾
Wholesale Shop⁽⁷⁾
Wrestler⁽¹⁾
Xerox⁽¹⁾
Yoga Studio⁽¹⁾

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Essay

Remnants of Single-Screen Cinema Signs in Delhi for Paper Planes