
Resorting to Type
Thu 23 Sept
|Margate
An exhibition of Lettering and Typography at the seaside by Justin Burns


Time & Location
23 Sept 2021, 10:00 – 07 Oct 2021, 16:00
Margate, 31-33 High St, Margate CT9 1DX, UK
About the Event
The promenade vista is constructed with perennial visual tropes which have evolved and embraced
typographic influences since the 19th Century. Inscribed, painted, or fabricated letterforms form part of
the expected ‘image’ of the seaside and are integral to the visual packaging of our trip to the seaside.
Lettering, typography and its relationship to architecture and place – if sometimes misunderstood and
under-valued – has been fundamental to the identity and formation of British resorts. In assessing the
origins of the typographic landscape on the seafront, piers, theatres, and theme parks, we can observe