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Type samples from the real world

   (2005.05.22)

…if I consumed dairy. An appropriately tacky use of the ITC Bauhaus typeface.

Bright square biscuit packages read FROLLKRO, NOVELLINO, PRIMA COLLAZIONE, FROLLINO in Bauhaus type
   (2005.05.22)

It’s always a pleasure finding a nicely-hand-lettered sign in this day and age.

Hand-drawn sign shows floral bouquets and reads: PERENNIAL PLANT SALE SAT. MAY 14, 2005... herbs, irises, hostas, gardening gifts, and more!’
   (2005.05.22)

You know your typeface is iconic when a single digit is recognizable.

Base of side of truck reads 222 in Helvetica

(You didn’t have to give it to us three times, though.)

Sign in Helvetica shows a 9 carved out of negative space inside a 5

However, by the same token, we can tell when you’re using the wrong dollar sign. This one looks like Frutiger:

Sign reads ‘starting from $1’ in Helvetica, save for the dollar sign
   (2005.05.22)

Note the occasionally-seen S used as capital word-ending sigma.

Hand holds Greek LP record entitled OI E∏ITYXIES
   (2005.05.22)

Streetcars ignore these signs, you know. (Even in the Beach, currently being destroyed to “improve” the streetcar experience.)

Signs hanging from overhead wires read POWER OFF against a blue sky
   (2005.05.22)

Who says those ligatures are “decorative”? (Actually, these are homemade.)

Type on door of red truck reads ART LoFRANCO LTD in Avant Garde Gothic ligatures
   (2005.05.05)
Ornate wrought-iron transom is labeled with JARVIS COURT in steel letters
   (2005.05.05)
My camera, head, and shades are reflected in a sign fragment that reads ‘Color preventable cover it up’
   (2005.05.05)
White sign has tall red uparrow and the word PARKING in black

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