I QUIT

Archive for category: Type I Saw Today

Type samples from the real world

   (2005.06.19)
Delivery truck is emblazoned Mr. Dairy 416-741-MILK 6455 in the Hobo typeface
   (2005.06.19)

A delightful typeface if you avoid the overregularized Adobe version, as all right-thinking people ought.

Sign reads Special FOIL HIGHLIGHTS, with those and other words in original Palatino type
   (2005.06.19)

Turkey is a hell of a long drive from here.

White truck is labeled with İNSTANT COURIER 24 HR EMERGENCY DELIVERY SPECIALISTS
   (2005.06.19)
Round metal object is labeled A.C. MOTEUR MOTEUR C.A. with specifications and warning
   (2005.06.19)
Product label reads ‘Mure’ with circumflex accent on the R
   (2005.06.19)

Who knew drop-shadowed Antique Olive could be so suggestive?

Letters in Antique Olive on side of truck read 11 HUGE FIND US FAST
   (2005.06.13)
Rear of slate-grey Route 501 bus is labeled with ‘7777’ in Helvetica

(Q.v. [URL especially].)

   (2005.05.22)
Hand-lettered sign on slate tile above awning reads SANCI’S SINCE 1914
   (2005.05.22)

Mary Tyler Moore’s cooler?

Lid of cooler is emblazoned ‘igloo’ in Peignot type

← Later entries ¶ Earlier entries →

(Values you enter are stored and may be published)

  

Information

None. I quit.

Copyright © 2004–2025