Archive for category: Type I Saw Today

Type samples from the real world

Sĭsȗ    (2005.12.05)

You know your product is doomed when buyers have to search Unicode Latin Extended–A and –B tables just to write the name down.

Palatino Parkette    (2005.11.28)

The old correct Palatino (or is this Aldus?) is still a delight all these decades later, ain’t she?

Script van Winkle    (2005.11.20)

McCreaky Deathground    (2005.11.20)

Do you want your kids spending time in a playground with a blackletter sign?

Toronto Hydro Art Deco System    (2005.11.10)

Scenes from the class struggle    (2005.11.10)

Bit of a clash of eras and sensibilities here.

“Mavis? Can I pop over and borrow a cup of Arial?”

It[’]s Starbucks    (2005.11.07)

I see we’ve found yet another way to write the word it[’]s – with the s in small capitals.

At least it ain’t its’.

Cooper on rye    (2005.11.07)

Neuland means “African-American” according to popular usage. Apparently Cooper Black now means “rye bread.”

I suppose it beats blackletter. Possibly too many connotations there.

Kew Gardens Helvetica Club    (2005.11.07)

Looks like the type on one of those notice boards with the black grooves and the white letters you stick on, doesn’t it?