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Archive for category: Type I Saw Today

Type samples from the real world

   (2004.08.04)

Text on Things: Videocassette label

   (2004.08.03)

Text on Things: Videocassette label

   (2004.08.02)

Text on Things: Videocassette label

   (2004.07.28)

Somewhat more nauseating colour than last time, but at least the Karmann Ghia script is nicer than the VOLKSWAGEN nameplate.

Silver metal script reads ‘Karmann Ghia’ on puce-yellow metal
   (2004.07.28)

These delightful, anachronistic blue-green signs are virtually unnoticeable as one whizzes, or indeed wheezes, along the boardwalk.

Avant Garde Gothic capital letters read ‘Cyclists Yield to Pedestrians’ and ‘Cyclists Pass on Left,’ with ligatures for some combinations

I prefer my ligatures bold, capitalized, and decked out in bell bottoms (which dutifully snag in your cogs).

   (2004.07.27)

Text on Things: Date-due receipt

   (2004.07.21)

I just love the Ombudsman’s commitment to accessibility: Tacking on a corrected TTY number using not only the wrong font but Is for 1s.

Close-up of poster with paper appliqué of TTY number in wrong font
   (2004.07.21)

Now, honey, that is big type.

Delivery truck shows ‘BASICS’ in letters as high as the truck – and the ‘I’ is a paper clip
   (2004.07.18)

Text on Things: Button

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