Beautiful handpainted transport signs from south India

South Indian indie publishing house Blaft Publications has tweeted a magnificent thread of hand-painted transportation signs from Kolkata and all around South Bengal, from taxi-door logos to bus-signs to danger signs to "for hire" signs.

They're a riot of gorgeous typography and design, creative and individual and intensely evocative of the places they came from. As sf author Mimi Mondal wrote: This entire thread is making me homesick! That 'Garia station' bus goes by my stop. ."

Hand-painted Kolkata taxi door logos pic.twitter.com/TJN1z0Oxld

— Blaft Publications (@blaftness) June 5, 2019

Kolkata buses pic.twitter.com/P5RVGS1o6s

— Blaft Publications (@blaftness) June 5, 2019

DANGER! pic.twitter.com/STCGhaNIXA

— Blaft Publications (@blaftness) June 5, 2019

For Hire - All Bengal pic.twitter.com/dKzAZwYzpA

— Blaft Publications (@blaftness) June 6, 2019

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