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Archive for category: Signage

   (2005.07.17)

Where they rebuild only the shoes that, say, Krusty the Clown or Sideshow Bob might wear.

Sign over store reads Expert Repairs Waiting Service in script incised into granite
   (2005.07.15)

On a billboard that drivers are expected to read in an instant, yes, Audi typesets the phrase “going backward” backwards.

Audi billboard has slogan ‘The all-new A3. Greater than going backward’ with the last two words flipped to read backwards

Good thing these fuckers got airbags out the arse, because after that kind of distraction, you may need ’em.

   (2005.07.15)

I’m not sure this dumpy haunted house in Parkdale is any kind of haven. Love the sign, though.

Handmade sign on porch of house reads Candy Haven in blackletter and TOURISTS in sansserif
   (2005.07.15)

Stainless-steel script fonts…

Stainless-steel letters read Norman Rogul in script, with large swash capitals and short lower-case letters

…they’re so fuckin’ suave.

   (2005.07.15)

Animé characters eat tikka? You’d think that would be way too gaijin for them.

Cubic sign on post reads IRJ OUR ORIGINA HORE TIKKA HOUSE in broken letters on one side. On another, a cartoon boy with white hair and huge eyes holds a flag reading hank Yo For Yo po ’
   (2005.07.14)

Yet further ancient typography from downtown. There are advantages to neglect and decrepitude.

Hand-painted letters on transom window read BROWNLEY APARTMENTS
   (2005.07.14)

I took this picture and I can’t figure it out.

Building and tree branches reflect in store window that shows a Hindi-looking character and an s
   (2005.07.12)

I keep finding these strange multigeneration signs downtown, with ancient hand-lettering “augmented” by latter-day off-the-shelf Helvetica or equivalent.

Carved sign in the shape of a shield reads Maitland Arms Apts. in script, with hand-lettered 110 MAITLAND ST. and Helvetica Condensed insert reading ONE BEDROOM AVAILABLE
   (2005.07.11)

A complex and outstanding example of three-dimensional type and natural building materials that is difficult to photograph.

Granite plinth over glass-brick doorway reads SILVERMAN BUILDING in engraved letters. Sign on the front wall shows a Vetruvian Man illustration and THE HINCKS-DELLORES CENTRE in raised type

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