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Chennai District Public Library

City

Chennai

Script

Tamil

Function

Fascia Signage

Type of lettering

Close Shade

Material/Technique

Handpainted

Type of establishment

Library

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City/Town

Ahmedabad⁽²⁶⁾
Amritsar⁽²⁾
Bangalore⁽¹⁰³⁾
Chennai⁽³⁰⁾
Chorao⁽¹⁾
Delhi⁽¹⁰⁸⁾
Goa⁽⁹¹⁾
Haridwar⁽⁶⁰⁾
Hyderabad⁽¹⁴⁾
Kanpur⁽⁶⁾
Kolkata⁽²⁹⁾
Leh⁽¹²⁾
Lucknow⁽⁷¹⁾
Mapusa⁽²⁴⁾
Mumbai⁽²²⁾
Noida⁽⁸⁾
Panjim⁽⁷⁴⁾
Porvorim⁽¹⁾
Udaipur⁽¹⁵⁾

Script

Bengali⁽²²⁾
Cyrillic⁽¹⁾
Devanagari⁽¹⁵³⁾
Gujarati⁽²⁶⁾
Gurmukhi⁽⁴⁾
Kannada⁽⁵³⁾
Latin⁽⁴⁴⁶⁾
Malayalam⁽¹⁾
Multiscript⁽¹²³⁾
Nastaliq⁽¹⁶⁾
Tamil⁽²⁴⁾
Telugu⁽⁴⁾
Tibetan⁽⁹⁾

Lettering style

Accented letters⁽²⁾
Arched⁽²⁾
Art Deco⁽²⁷⁾
Art Nouveau⁽¹⁾
Bevel Edge⁽²⁾
Blackletter⁽²¹⁾
Broken Headline⁽¹⁶⁾
Brushy⁽³⁾
Close Shade⁽⁵⁵⁾
Condensed⁽³¹⁾
Convex⁽⁸⁾
Counter Outline⁽¹²⁾
Cursive⁽⁶³⁾
Curved Baseline⁽⁷⁾
Curved Headline⁽⁷⁾
Decorative⁽²⁾
Drop Shade⁽²³⁾
External Outline⁽¹⁾
Faux Script⁽¹⁾
Flared Stem⁽²⁾
Geometric⁽¹⁰⁾
High Contrast⁽¹⁰⁾
Internal Outline⁽³⁾
Italic⁽⁴⁾
Low Contrast⁽¹⁰⁾
Low Waist⁽³⁾
Monolinear⁽¹⁾
Monospaced⁽⁶⁾
Narrow⁽⁴⁾
No Headline⁽¹⁾
Offset Close Shade⁽¹²⁾
Offset Drop Shade⁽⁶⁾
Open Drop Shade⁽¹⁾
Outline⁽¹⁰⁾
Prismatic⁽²⁰⁾
Reverse Contrast⁽²⁾
Rounded⁽⁸⁾
Sans serif⁽²⁹³⁾
Serif⁽¹⁰³⁾
Shadow⁽⁴²⁾
Slab serif⁽²⁾
Slanted⁽²⁾
Small Vowel Marks⁽⁹⁾
Squarish⁽¹⁵⁾
Stem with Outstroke⁽¹³⁾
Stencil⁽⁴⁾
Swashes⁽⁷⁾
Tall x-height⁽¹⁾
Thin counters⁽²⁾
Tuscan⁽¹¹⁾
Vertical⁽¹²⁾
Wavy Headline⁽⁶⁾
Wide⁽⁸⁾

Material/technique

Acrylic⁽²⁾
Azulejo⁽²⁶⁾
Carved⁽¹⁾
Concrete⁽¹⁾
Engraved⁽⁷⁾
Flowers⁽¹⁾
Handpainted⁽³⁰²⁾
Metal⁽³⁹⁾
Mosaic⁽¹¹⁾
Neon⁽²⁸⁾
Plaster⁽³⁸⁾
Plastic⁽¹⁾
Stone⁽³¹⁾
Tile⁽⁴⁴⁾
Wood⁽⁶⁶⁾

Function

Architectural Lettering⁽⁶³⁾
Date Marker⁽²³⁾
Fascia Signage⁽³⁵³⁾
House Number⁽¹²⁾
Informational⁽⁶⁾
Map⁽¹⁾
Nameplate⁽⁹⁾
Road sign⁽¹⁷⁾
Standee⁽⁷⁾
Warning⁽⁵⁾
Wayfinding⁽³²⁾

Type of Establishment

Advocate⁽⁴⁾
Antique Shop⁽²⁾
Apartment building⁽¹⁹⁾
Apparel⁽³³⁾
Appliance Shop⁽¹⁾
Architectural⁽¹⁾
Army store⁽¹⁾
Astrology⁽⁴⁾
Auto parts⁽¹⁶⁾
Band Trolley⁽¹⁾
Bank⁽⁴⁾
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⁽⁴⁾
Cinema Hall⁽⁷⁾
Clinic⁽¹³⁾
Coaching Centre⁽¹⁾
Commercial Building⁽¹⁷⁾
Court⁽¹⁾
Craft Emporium⁽⁵⁾
Cultural Institute⁽⁹⁾
Dhaba⁽¹⁾
Dharamshala⁽²⁾
Dry Cleaners⁽⁴⁾
DTP Shop⁽²⁾
Dyer⁽¹⁾
Electrical Shop⁽⁵⁾
Fashion⁽¹⁾
Fire Station⁽²⁾
Food⁽⁵⁹⁾
Food Cart⁽¹⁹⁾
Footwear⁽²⁾
Furnishings⁽¹⁾
Furniture⁽³⁾
Government Building⁽²⁾
Grocery Shop⁽⁵⁾
Gurudwara⁽²⁾
Hardware⁽²⁹⁾
Hospital⁽⁵⁾
Hotel⁽⁶⁾
India Coffee House⁽¹⁾
Jewellers⁽¹¹⁾
Juice Shop⁽⁴⁾
Library⁽²⁾
Liquor Store⁽³⁾
Manhole Cover⁽¹⁾
Market⁽²⁾
Martial Arts⁽¹⁾
Medical⁽³¹⁾
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⁾
Photo Studio⁽⁴⁾
Place of Worship⁽¹⁵⁾
Printing⁽²⁾
Property Dealer⁽²⁾
Religious Institution⁽¹⁹⁾
Repair Shop⁽³⁾
Residence⁽⁶⁹⁾
Restaurant⁽²³⁾
Sans serif⁽¹⁾
Saree Shop⁽⁵⁾
School⁽⁸⁾
Shop⁽²¹⁹⁾
Sign Painter⁽²⁾
Stationery Shop⁽⁷⁾
Sweet Shop⁽³⁾
Tailor⁽¹⁶⁾
Temple⁽⁶⁾
Tent House⁽²⁾
Tours and Travels⁽⁴⁾
Watch Shop⁽⁴⁾
Wholesale Shop⁽⁶⁾
Wrestler⁽¹⁾
Xerox⁽¹⁾
Yoga Studio⁽¹⁾

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