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Helvetica in situ

   (2008.06.05)
Under grey skies, the inside of a smoked-glass bus shelter shows Glen Manor Dr in backwards Helvetica

(Cf.)

   (2008.05.25)

Concrete Toronto.

Brutalist concrete structure with red accents is labelled Greenwood School in (also red) Helvetica

Beautiful, isn’t it?

   (2008.04.20)
Oily-looking CN locomotive carries the number 4135 in Helvetica
   (2008.02.29)
Art Shoppe delivery van sits parked across the street from two lines of snowy garbage bags and recycling bins
   (2008.02.26)
Pink area alongside standing copper pipe reads fits ½ʺ COPPER CTS-CPVC 3/8” IRON-PIPES
   (2008.01.06)
Shadow cast onto TTC shelter’s transit map reads r Birch Ave in Helvetica
   (2007.10.21)

Not Letraset. And presumably not pronounced “gooeytype.”

Fingers hold crinkled sheet of Geotype instant lettering (Helvetica typeface) in front of a light
   (2007.07.18)

Russell eetcarstray yard, Leslieville. The repair bays hide in plain sight and glow like alien craft of a winter afternoon.

Is that real Helvetica or Swiss 721?

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