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Type samples from the real world

   (2005.02.13)

How nostalgic, though this manner of presentation, complete with flag, is really more American.

Canadian flag stands at rest between two framed certificates on a wall and thin, old-style metal signs reading ← OFFICE and  KINDERGARTEN →
   (2005.01.22)

Walk into any Winners® store in Canada (typical invert pronunciation: “Winnersss”) and you’ve got Vincent Connare right in your face, just as in real life with Vince.

Giant letters on wall read ‘good buy’ and ‘see you next time’ and are almost as tall as the shopping carts parked below them
   (2005.01.22)
Rain-dappled used washing-machine has a missing knob and push-buttons with multicoloured legends reading ‘Light (Two-Way) Woolen Dainty (Delicate)’ and others
   (2005.01.22)
Yellow-and-green dumpster is painted with ‘NE’ and ‘537’ in red
   (2005.01.22)
Below a hydraulic door closer, a cracked wooden sign has handpainted numbers: 223 on top, 221½ below
   (2005.01.15)

Or, to write it as it is actually pronounced, Lubālin.

Black-and-orange sign reads ‘St. Lawrence Pro Hardware’ in Lubalin font, with diagonal-crossbar letter ‘e’
   (2005.01.06)
Metal Palatino letters on blue ground read ‘230 St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre’
   (2005.01.06)
Fender of brown truck is emblazoned ‘construction king’ in Helvetica
   (2005.01.06)

Here’s what happens when you come along years later and try to match an original sign using whatever fonts are installed on your pirated Win98 box.

I think not.

Sign on building reads ‘Beach Corner’ in mid-century script; sign hanging from building reads ‘Flowers’ in scrunched Zapf Chancery

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