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Archive for category: Type I Saw Today

Type samples from the real world

   (2005.06.28)

What do you think the original phone number was, and how nice do you think the numerals looked?

Door of pickup reads ALBION WELDING CO. LTD. Boiler Repairs in hand-drawn letters. A phone number in Futura is displayed on a vinyl panel
Rusted tank in pickup bed reads ALBION WELDING CO. LTD. Boiler Repairs in hand-drawn type. A phone number in Futura is displayed on a vinyl panel
   (2005.06.28)

Yes, Guild Electric trucks are emblazoned in Baker Signet (also Frutiger and a few other fonts). A bit poncey for guys who ride cherrypickers up to fix your traffic lights, don’t you think?

Yellow van door shows legends like ‘Highways, Traffic & Airports’ in blue Baker Signet type
   (2005.06.27)
Exterior spare-tire cover shows a rooster encircled by the legend JOHN CAPON + SIGN CARVER in engraved Friz Quadrata
   (2005.06.19)

The only notable building sign I saw in SE1. I need to get out more.

Sign reads KING’S COLLEGE LONDON James Clerk Maxwell Building in Caslon capitals and mixed-case italic
   (2005.06.19)
Silver metal letters in Helvetica read 36 attached to granite slab. A silver peg is attached above the numbers
   (2005.06.19)
Ocean-blue delivery truck features a shark about to bite and the legend MustDestroy.com DOCUMENT, DATA AND PRODUCT DESTRUCTION
   (2005.06.19)
Sign on door of red truck reads ROBERT B. SOMERVILLE pipeline and utility contractors in Serifa typeface
   (2005.06.19)
White canvas coffee bag is labeled Máximo in the Eurostyle typeface
   (2005.06.19)
Red car has huge fluorescent pink vinyl-cutout number 133 attached to it at an angle

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