Here are two things of interest
1)The fonts on the signage has been around since your Grandpa was your age. Here’s a link to a guy’s page that has them all. Make your own signs! (Do yourself a favor and DO NOT use the “Clearview” imitation versions. That’s a clear copyright and intellectual property violation. The older ones are public specification.)
2)Here’s a map of the entire system constructed during the Eisenhower administration. Click on the map to see the full size.
My dad, your dad and your cousin’s dad listened to KISS. Now you too can cash in on his marketing genius!
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My new project is Typestudent.org. I created the site because there was a need for student-oriented resource for type and typography. For instance, I want to catalog all of the various student discounts available to students such as software/hardware/fonts/etc.
I’m working on the site infrastructure and forum construction right now. There are only a few people signed on to help out so far, but that’s because I want to iron the kinks out before I announce it publicly.
It’s gonna be sweet.
Woo Hoo! All of the best type designers and typographers from around the US, Canada and the world will be converging on my fair city in August! The convention will be held from August 1-5 here in Seattle, and it’s gonna be a blast. Since both Adobe and Microsoft have their main type departments here, and the InDesign team for Adobe, it should be a real treat.
Membership at SOTA, the group that puts on the convention, is now available for registration after a hiatus. You should sign up!