Aircraft stencil type

The Duxford Imperial War Museum holds a collection of over two hundred aircraft as well as tanks, military vehicles and boats. Its Aircraft Hall is home to over 30 aircraft including an iconic Spitfire, a legendary Lancaster and the fastest-ever Concorde. Aircraft stencilling is a classic way of applying typography to these machines. The numbers and letters are applied by specialist paint technicians, and are used to decorate, to raise warning, and to differentiate the aircrafts.

All photographs by © Maximilian Rossi

The Typography of Amalfi

Amalfi is a town and comune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto (1,315 metres, 4,314 feet), surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery. The town of Amalfi was the capital of the maritime republic known as the Duchy of Amalfi, an important trading power in the Mediterranean between 839 and around 1200.

In the 1920s and 1930s, Amalfi was a popular holiday destination for the British upper class and aristocracy.

Amalfi is the main town of the coast on which it is located, named Costiera Amalfitana, and is today an important tourist destination together with other towns on the same coast, such as Positano,Ravello and others. Amalfi is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The streets, shops and monuments of Amalfi are decorated with Typography. On this trip to Amalfi, I took the opportunity to capture the Typography in the beautiful Italian town.

All photographs by © Maximilian Rossi