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The worst offender so far at Font Police Found by Conrad Johnston in Whitby. Where do we begin? The W and y in Whitby in the first photo are at weird angles. The dots are missing from the is. Whitby is in Baskerville and Sections is in Times New Roman. To match the cap and x-height proportion of the first word, the S in Sections has had to be enlarged. We haven’t even looked at the capitalization of the words in the text in the window, but we will note that that text has been expanded artificially, while Whitby Sections has been condensed.

On to the second photo: the second s in sales is upside-down. It’s more apparent here that the o in Sections is not upright. The centring of the text in the window sucks. Smart quotes are not used, and why are quotes there anyway? Why is Experts capitalized—or is it meant to be ironic, since whomever put the signage up was not an expert?

Some serious Font Police charges are going to be laid against this typographic disaster.

The Christmas Font Police entry This is a very poor use of Antique Olive Compact, especially when other weights exist. Merry Christmas to all readers and thank you for your support this year!

The Christmas Font Police entry This is a very poor use of Antique Olive Compact, especially when other weights exist.

Merry Christmas to all readers and thank you for your support this year!

(Source: iconic88)

Trajans meet some New Romans Our eyes hurt because the designer of this logotype mixed Trajan with Times New Roman. Two typefaces, two optical sizes. It’s not too bad (read: we’ve seen far worse), but surely there would have been a way to make a new Q in Times if this was the effect wanted?

Trajans meet some New Romans Our eyes hurt because the designer of this logotype mixed Trajan with Times New Roman. Two typefaces, two optical sizes. It’s not too bad (read: we’ve seen far worse), but surely there would have been a way to make a new Q in Times if this was the effect wanted?

Jor elle To the person setting the headline: it may pay to learn the difference between a J and an F.

Jor elle To the person setting the headline: it may pay to learn the difference between a J and an F.

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The funny ambassador The Ambassador Transit Lounge at Changi Airport, Singapore is supposed to be very flash. Not when it’s set in Comic Sans though. (Found by Tanya Sooksombatisatian.)

The funny ambassador The Ambassador Transit Lounge at Changi Airport, Singapore is supposed to be very flash. Not when it’s set in Comic Sans though. (Found by Tanya Sooksombatisatian.)


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timoni: (via Project Thirty-Three: Dance Party (Palace)) The dangers of Letraset This would have been a post on the beauty of a properly italicized, display version of Univers, but why is the S in Jose upside-down?

timoni:

(via Project Thirty-Three: Dance Party (Palace))

The dangers of Letraset This would have been a post on the beauty of a properly italicized, display version of Univers, but why is the S in Jose upside-down?

fuckyeahhelvetica: This Tumblr Tuesday we are proud to announce a very special offer to all of our followers from The MIT Press and their latest publication, Helvetica and the New York City Subway System by Paul Shaw. For one month only, if you visit http://mitpress.mit.edu/FYHelvetica or use the promo code FYSHAW at checkout, you will receive a 40% discount on this fantastic book that every typography enthusiast should own. Shaw describes the slow typographic changeover (supplementing his text with more than 250 images—photographs, sketches, type samples, and documents). He places this signage evolution in the context of the history of the New York City subway system, of 1960s transportation signage, of Unimark International, and of Helvetica itself. This is a one time offer so please reblog and spread the word while there’s still time! Thank you! Not Helvetica What gets me is why the cover is in Akzidenz-Grotesk (which I know NY used for years). Maybe another title would be better?

fuckyeahhelvetica:

This Tumblr Tuesday we are proud to announce a very special offer to all of our followers from The MIT Press and their latest publication, Helvetica and the New York City Subway System by Paul Shaw. For one month only, if you visit http://mitpress.mit.edu/FYHelvetica or use the promo code FYSHAW at checkout, you will receive a 40% discount on this fantastic book that every typography enthusiast should own.

Shaw describes the slow typographic changeover (supplementing his text with more than 250 images—photographs, sketches, type samples, and documents). He places this signage evolution in the context of the history of the New York City subway system, of 1960s transportation signage, of Unimark International, and of Helvetica itself.

This is a one time offer so please reblog and spread the word while there’s still time! Thank you!

Not Helvetica What gets me is why the cover is in Akzidenz-Grotesk (which I know NY used for years). Maybe another title would be better?

fuckyeahdementia: harrison ford Harrison Ford The sign is funny, but the upside-down S spoils it. Let’s not even start on the fact that the typeface choice is Arial, and it’s been artificially expanded. Shudder.

fuckyeahdementia:

harrison ford

Harrison Ford The sign is funny, but the upside-down S spoils it. Let’s not even start on the fact that the typeface choice is Arial, and it’s been artificially expanded. Shudder.

Strange bolding Bolding entire words, cool. Bolding the first letter in a word, not so cool. Some strange inconsistencies at the Tampa Bay St Petersburg Times.

Strange bolding Bolding entire words, cool. Bolding the first letter in a word, not so cool. Some strange inconsistencies at the Tampa Bay St Petersburg Times.