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I hope typography’s not on the curriculum Getting the A backwards is not good anywhere. But it’s worse when it’s at a design school.

I hope typography’s not on the curriculum Getting the A backwards is not good anywhere. But it’s worse when it’s at a design school.


Posted at 7.56 am

Even stencils are not foolproof Found at the Gaspereau Press blog of Søren Bondrup-Nielsen, backwards Ns on a sign, demonstrating that even a stencil is no guarantee of getting things right.

Even stencils are not foolproof Found at the Gaspereau Press blog of Søren Bondrup-Nielsen, backwards Ns on a sign, demonstrating that even a stencil is no guarantee of getting things right.


Posted at 7.45 am

Skiltadellur hér og þar Hat tip to Font.is’s Sigurdur Armannsson, who spotted a reversed U on the signage for the Icelandic State Police. (Font Police is now after the Icelandic Police!) A major fail in typography in this case.

Skiltadellur hér og þar Hat tip to Font.is’s Sigurdur Armannsson, who spotted a reversed U on the signage for the Icelandic State Police. (Font Police is now after the Icelandic Police!) A major fail in typography in this case.


Posted at 7.42 am

Woodstock Florist’s backwards W The reversed W is why you should hire a signage company whose employees are not morons. The florist itself has been going for a decade so it obviously does good business, but we think it could do even better if its signage was installed by professionals.

Woodstock Florist’s backwards W The reversed W is why you should hire a signage company whose employees are not morons. The florist itself has been going for a decade so it obviously does good business, but we think it could do even better if its signage was installed by professionals.