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   (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.

Blue bottles of Fos A Dophilus and Dophilus Daily are labeled SĬSȖ
   (2005.12.04)

(furniture typography; type memorabilia; Sunbeam study).

Chandelier resembles a set of white antlers
   (2005.12.01)
Skid of red-capped Parlour ice cream tubs sits imperfectly cocooned in plastic
   (2005.11.29)
Chalk drawing on sidewalk has peach background and shows a dialogue box reading ‘Want to double your salary?’ with two buttons, No and Monster.ca
   (2005.11.28)

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

Blue wooden blade suspended between two white posts reads ST. CLEMENTS/YONGE PARKETTE in Palatino, with City of Toronto logotypes on a green blade below
   (2005.11.25)
Two blue Toronto garbage trucks – one with a round end, the other squared-off with V-shaped roof – loom behind a wire fence
   (2005.11.24)

Sometimes you can make things look oranger than orange.

Giant orange woodchipper sits parked behind metal fence, in front of which stands a sunlit reflective sign reading SPEED BUMP
   (2005.11.21)

The new mayor-elect of Vancouver is a quadriplegic in a power chair

   (2005.11.20)

The rare Merkur XR4Ti (“Marecoor Eksratty”) was a rear-wheel-drive sports coupé whose European design (also manufacture) was ahead of its time. I adored these goddamned quarter windows and double spoilers from the moment I saw them.

Blue car has an angled-forward rear quarter window and two stacked spoilers attached to the rear window

Besides, Armin Tamzarian drives one.

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