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13 miles of typography on Broadway, from a to Z

76 points| Thevet | 10 years ago |hopesandfears.com | reply

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[+] Eric_WVGG|10 years ago|reply
This is a remarkable lesson in how interesting and exciting type can be once you get out of the Helvetica / Times / Web 2.0 mindset.
[+] deoptimo|10 years ago|reply
I get tired of NY headlines pushing their city as the centre of the known world. So many major cities have a "Broadway".
[+] teddyh|10 years ago|reply
> "Notice that the ampersand is also drawn in reverse,"

No it isn’t?

[+] caipre|10 years ago|reply
"Most apparent is the backwards 'Q', which Samarskaya surmises might have been an accident due to _painting the lettering from inside._"