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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’

The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.01.15 16:12. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is:
https://blog.fawny.org/2005/01/15/lubalin/

In the immortal words of my esteemed colleague upon laying eyes on these, “That’s some weird-looking shit.”

Note also that Spanish CH · ch and LL · ll are nowhere to be found.

Unicode Components
‼ !!
⁇ ??
⁈ ?!
⁉ !?
⁂ ***
… …
IJ   ij IJ   ij
Ľ   ľ L’   l’
DZ   Dz   dz DZ   Dz   dz
DŽ   Dž   dž DŽ   Dž   dž
LJ   Lj   lj LJ   Lj   lj
NJ   Nj   nj NJ   Nj   nj
¼   ½   ¾   ⅓   ⅔   ⅕   ⅖   ⅗   ⅘   ⅙   ⅚   ⅛   ⅜   ⅝   ⅞   ⅟ 1/4   1/2   3/4   1/3   2/3   1/5   2/5   3/5   4/5   1/6   5/6   1/8   3/8   5/8   7/8   1/
℀   ℁   ℅   ℆ a/c   a/s   c/o   c/u (but not percent, permille)
℃   ℉ °C   °F
№ Nº
℠ SM
℡ TEL
™ TM
℻ FAX
Ⅱ   Ⅲ   Ⅳ   Ⅵ   Ⅶ   Ⅷ   Ⅸ   Ⅺ   Ⅻ II   III   IV   VI   VII   IX   XI   XII
ⅱ   ⅲ   ⅳ   ⅵ   ⅶ   ⅷ   ⅸ   ⅺ   ⅻ ii   iii   iv   vi   vii   ix   xi   xii
∬   ∭ ∫
∷ ::
≤   ≥   ≦   ≧   ≨   ≩ <=   >=   <≠   >≠
≪   ≫ <<   >>
≶   ≷ <>   ><
⋘   ⋙ <<<   >>>
″   ‴ ′′   ′′′ (plus ‶   ‷, whatever those are)

And we can’t forget about quotation marks: “ · ” · „ · ‟ (for the Mrs. Eaves fans among you) · « · ».

And digraphs:

Unicode Components
‽ ?! (interrobang!)
℄ CL
Œ   œ OE   oe
Æ   æ AE   ae

And ligatures.

And arrows, but life’s too short to write all those down.

The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.01.10 17:21. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is:
https://blog.fawny.org/2005/01/10/characters/

My esteemed colleague Ian Lloyd (no relation) and his missus have returned from their Quiksilver Ambition Tour. He’s back in Swindon, the only place they make Honda Civic two-door hatchbacks [1, 2]. And indeed, what was he driving in Australia?

The same thing he’s gonna be driving in Swindon, at least till he sells it: His 1975 VW Kombi. Yes, dear friends, Ian Lloyd shipped his Microbus back from Australia to England!

(Dig the photo.)

The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.01.09 20:16. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is:
https://blog.fawny.org/2005/01/09/kombi/

Toe of boot protrudes into frame showing ordinary wrench embedded flush into snow

The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.01.06 20:25. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is:
https://blog.fawny.org/2005/01/06/spanner/

Metal Palatino letters on blue ground read ‘230 St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre’

The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.01.06 20:25. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is:
https://blog.fawny.org/2005/01/06/palatino/

Photos of public Windows crashes are a genre unto themselves.

Esso gas-station display shows DOS-mode Windows error message

The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.01.06 20:24. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is:
https://blog.fawny.org/2005/01/06/bsod/

Metal sign frame ends in rounded corner and is topped by finger-length thin metal spikes at various angles

The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.01.06 20:23. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is:
https://blog.fawny.org/2005/01/06/spikes/

Fender of brown truck is emblazoned ‘construction king’ in Helvetica

The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.01.06 20:23. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is:
https://blog.fawny.org/2005/01/06/king/

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

The foregoing posting appeared on Joe Clark’s personal Weblog on 2005.01.06 20:22. This presentation was designed for printing and omits components that make sense only onscreen. (If you are seeing this on a screen, then the page stylesheet was not loaded or not loaded properly.) The permanent link is:
https://blog.fawny.org/2005/01/06/scripts/

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