Archive for category: Type I Saw Today

Type samples from the real world

‘I am being goosed’    (2006.01.21)

Liquoricey Tamil    (2006.01.18)

Body & ‘Paint’ Shop?    (2006.01.10)

Could better paint on the Body & Paint Shop’s sign be in order?

Oh, never mind. We like the weathered look.

Neville Brody in a can    (2006.01.03)

Yes, that is indeed Insignia by Neville Brody (q.v.) debossed on a Chinese-made chocolate tin.

Full Stop    (2005.12.30)

The line between the right and wrong kinds of tacky is too easily crossed with everyone’s favourite novelty font, Cooper Black.

But if it’s a “novelty” font, why does it continue to be used decades later, sometimes well? I actually like this sign.

Night of the long ſ    (2005.12.27)

Using the German long s ſ to label dealcoholized wine is like using a yogh ȝ or a thorn þ to label an iPod.

Great to look at nonetheless. I wonder what font they use for the barcode?

De-voured    (2005.12.22)

Actual headline in the printed and downloadable-PDF versions of the commuter tabloid 24 [H]ours:

Proofread much?

Georgia’s finest, apparently    (2005.12.20)

Don’t you just love those contour or shaded fonts?

My kind of semiotics    (2005.12.14)