Lettering: Gaspipe

This style of lettering was most common in the 1930s–50s, but used up to the 1980s. It’s typified by a simple, almost modular construction of even strokes and rounded corners on a rectangular grid (think pipes!). American signpainters called it “gas-pipe”, a speedy way to get clean, simple letters up on a board or wall. Flat- or round-topped ‘A’, ‘M’, and ‘N’s are common in gas-pipe lettering. Gas-pipe style fonts: http://j.mp/ZyI1zT