FACTOID

John D Berry sez...

"Whether as labelling, wayfinding or mere decoration, letters bring function and form to the built environment."

Fonts commonly used in architectural lettering;

HELVETICA
Common as muck



INTERSTATE



FF META



GOTHAM
Inspired by a "letter an engineer would make."
Taken from the extras of the 'Helvetica' DVD



Its reportedly a favourite of non other that Barack Obama



DIN SCHRIFT




FRUTIGER
Popular with the french as it was designed especially for Charles De Gaulle airport.




VERDANA



annndddd...
FUTURA



IKEAAAAAAAA.

Not all of my examples were exactly 'architectural', but it was interesting to see how common and widely used these fonts are. They are around us everyday but we never notice them to be different from each other.

Well I'm glad I cleared that up and sent it to bed!

(List found in 'Eye' magazine. Photos lovingly plucked from Flickr.com)