EYE ON DESIGN BY DAN GREGORY

Fire departments want house numbers to be easy to read from the street. I think they should also give your address a little zip. After all they’re the finishing touch for your new house. A little research reveals that many  typefaces found in word processing programs are available as address numbers. Here’s a sampling from WestOnLetters.

Times New Roman in white baked enamel.

Roman in green baked enamel.

Bodoni Condensed in oxidized bronze.
WestOn Letters offers easy instructions for attaching. Prices, which start at around  $30 per number, vary according to style, height, and finish.