On the ridge of a hill in Nambucca Heads on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales is a post office, gallery, community hall and public library. The library has been recently renovated by Vokes and Peters with Zuzana and Nicholas.1 But the project is more than a renovation; it’s a consolidation that reorientates the existing buildings around a courtyard, adding a few accents – or serifs – in the process.
Serifs – the small strokes attached to the end of a larger stroke in typography – give extra definition to letters while also drawing the eye to the following letter in a