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Script faces in situ

   (2006.11.04)
By a park whose trees have bright yellow and green leaves, a red van with black bottom panels is labelled MIKE’S PLASTERING, with Drywall • Stucco • Textured Ceilings in script
   (2006.10.24)

From an era in which landau roofs and opera lamps meant a car was klassy.

Script nameplate on white car reads FifthAvenue

And should insecurities remain nonetheless, we topped things off with gold lamé script.

   (2006.10.24)
Handlettered chalkboard sign reads Fresh Cakes and Apple Strudel in upright and cursive
   (2006.09.25)
Sign over awning reads Cirone’s (in cursive italic) Fine Foods (in script)
   (2006.08.25)
Metal script letters on a brick wall read Butler’s
   (2006.08.23)
White sign projecting from building reads Butler’s in script and REPAIR SERVICE Parts Radio/TV Appliances ALL MAKES in Helvetica
   (2006.08.21)
Sign over café is written in yellow type on a blue background, with a line of Amharic and a line of script capitals reading RENDEZ-VOUS BAR & CAFE
   (2006.08.10)

Does anyone remember Epson dot-matrix printers and the cursive typefaces they could hack together? Is it even possible to make a printout of such a thing anymore?

Sign on brick building reads LUCKY DRIVING SCHOOL in script typeface with mismatched stroke thicknesses and angles

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