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2007-06-29 11:17 am
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Because I'm such a fonthead.....

Little things bother me. Like when letters and numbers are turned upside down or flipped vertically on signs. I just happen to notice these things.

We have a graphic image on the website I work on that has a neat typeface. ("Font" and "typeface" aren't completely interchangeable; "font" implies a size whereas "typeface" does not.) I tried to find out what it was; it looks very British. I thought that it looks very similar to the typeface on the signs on the London Underground, and did a little digging. The typeface on the signs is called Johnston, after the designer. (An alternate name is "P22 London Underground".)

But it's not quite right. )