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Archive for category: Type I Saw Today

Type samples from the real world

   (2005.05.05)
Black letters on sign read VIN followed by a red-on-black apostrophe
   (2005.05.05)
Signs on wall and hanging from pole read WELLESLEY RESTAURANT in neon, handlettered, and sansserif type
   (2005.05.05)
White letters on blue squares read 4a and 4b
   (2005.04.20)
Sign reads Mr. Jerk TAKE-OUT CATERING in hand-drawn Helvetica and Hobo, with a long descender on the J
   (2005.04.20)
Sign reads DonVale Medical Dental Centre in chartreuse-coloured Optima. Figure of a man in yellow, complete with stethoscope, pen-filled pocket, and mirrored magnifier cap, stands to the left
   (2005.04.20)

Funny, I didn’t know the pharaohs were Irish. (Yul Brynner, too?)

Blue sign reads Pharaoh’s in uncial type and GRILL in stretched sansserif
   (2005.04.20)
Sign reads OSUUSPANKKI FINNISH CREDIT UNION LIMITED
   (2005.04.20)
Adjacent storefronts – Executive Stereo and Salon Pride – have signs typeset in University Roman
   (2005.03.21)

Plus a sort of folk-art version of Helvetica. Perfect!

Wooden sign reads ‘Islington Community School’ in hand-drawn Helvetica and ‘Etobicoke Parks & Recreation Services’ in Eras, with other stenciled letters showing an address

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