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   (2007.03.24)

Other facts gleaned from handouts at the 2007.03.21 TTC meeting

   (2007.03.24)

How to waste $60,000 “beautifying” subway entrances

   (2007.03.23)
Sign reading DIET PEPSI and, in worn-out letters, JOE’S CONFECTIONERY, with red and blue wavy stripes
Sign with the word PEPSI between red and blue quarter-circle waves above and below, and JOE’S CONFECTIONERY on a yellow background
   (2007.03.22)
Red Coca-Cola truck passes silver tanker labelled Dingwall Transport in slanted Arnold Böcklin type
   (2007.03.22)

‘Is that русский or українский?’

   (2007.03.20)
Innards of rusted gas pump show old mechanical ACHAT TOTAL and LITRES displays
   (2007.03.20)

They ignore you and try to push through a proposal to make the situation worse

   (2007.03.17)

One of my snobberies concerns true and accurate Palatinos.

Sign reads GEORGIA’S BEAUTY SALON and a phone number in Palatino, with a neon OPEN sign turned off underneath

But really, Zapf has drawn or authorized so many variations that trueness and accuracy are relative terms. This does not mean I have to like the default versions installed on computers.

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