Ben Frank

I few weeks ago I was in North Beach and one of the parks there has a statue of Benjamin Franklin. I know, it's weird already. But that's beside the point. I was looking at the inscription of the statue. I noticed a sanserif type. Which I think it might have to do with it being chiseled into the granite base. It would be harder to use a chisel and add serifs. It made be think about what materials you're working with when working on a typeface. That can play a big role. It also makes it easier to read without the serifs since the kerning would be different with serifs.