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The term 'Tram Scrolls' was originally the name given to the destination sign boards used for old trams in particular in Australia during the 1900s, these signs are often called 'scrolls' due to the way they were operated by the tram conductor turning a lever and rotating or scrolling the sign to indicate the next destination along the tram route. The original tram scrolls varied in their design from city to city and country to country, in Australia there were two distinct styles, the most common being a black background with white writing with a less, mostly Sydney based variant showing an eye catching coloured style with bands of colour and the use of symbols to denote routes such as the popular City to Bondi tram. These tram destination scrolls are now a thing of the past as the original Trams are now only seen in a couple of Australian cities such as Adelaide, with the replacement of these trams by buses combined with the widespread conversion of these signs to a more convenient electronic version.
These days the word tram scrolls has become more synonymous with typographic artworks based on these vintage tram signs. Conversion of these signs to a more convenient electronic version, these vintage signs are now only seen in antique stores or occasionally flea markets. Companies such as Tram Scrolls, based in Australia started printing replica Tram Scrolls on canvas around 5 years ago, eventually evolving to start offering a personalised personalised design service, using customers own wording to create a modern variant of the original tram scrolls. Other popular terms for these popular typographic artworks include Tram Banners, Bus Blinds, Bus Scrolls and Destination sign art. The art type is now popular in many countries with each country applying their own name to the typographic art pieces, for example in the USA they are called Subway Signs and in the UK they are usually called Bus blinds or Destination blinds.
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