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Chennai District Public Library

City: Chennai
Script(s): Tamil
Function: Fascia Signage
Material/Technique: Handpainted
Type of Establishment: Library
Lettering Style: —
Photographed in 2018

George Town, Chennai

Posted on July 28, 2023

Chennai District Public Library

On India Street Lettering, Pooja Saxena aka Matra Type documents street lettering and signage from India. You can find her on Instagram and Mastodon, or subscribe to her newsletter, I Spy with my Typographic Eye, where she shares local typographic and design curiousities.

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