Artikel ang. typsnitt i New Yorks tunnelbana
Postat: söndag 15 november 2009 23:36
N.Y. Times: Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists
There are lots of reasons to loathe the New York City subway, but one very good reason to love it — Helvetica, the typeface that’s used on its signage.
Seeing the clean, crisp shapes of those letters and numbers at station entrances, on the platforms and inside the trains is always a treat, at least it is until I spot the “Do not lean ...†sign on the train doors. Ugh! There’s something not quite right about the “e†and the “a†in the word “lean.†Somehow they seem too small and too cramped. Once I’ve noticed them, the memory of the clean, crisp letters fades, and all I remember are the “off†ones.