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London Underground changing typeface
On 2016\06\15 01:48, Christopher A. Lee wrote:
On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 01:20:07 +0100, Basil Jet wrote: On 2016\06\14 19:11, Graeme Wall wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36525214 Crossposted to UTL. There is an outstanding article at http://www.londonreconnections.com/2...-johnston-100/ I didn't look at the overlay showing the differences, until after I'd realised that the slope of the lower part of the "g" was different - and even that took some time. Is it my imagination or does TfL New Johnston Book, pictured about halfway down the article, have a capital O which is taller than it is wide? |
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London Underground changing typeface
Basil Jet wrote on 15 Jun 2016 at 02:42 ...
On 2016\06\15 01:48, Christopher A. Lee wrote: On Wed, 15 Jun 2016 01:20:07 +0100, Basil Jet wrote: On 2016\06\14 19:11, Graeme Wall wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36525214 Crossposted to UTL. There is an outstanding article at http://www.londonreconnections.com/2...-johnston-100/ I didn't look at the overlay showing the differences, until after I'd realised that the slope of the lower part of the "g" was different - and even that took some time. Is it my imagination or does TfL New Johnston Book, pictured about halfway down the article, have a capital O which is taller than it is wide? Yes, that's true. New Johnston Book, introduced in 2002, is a slightly condensed and lighter form of New Johnston Light, intended for body text at 12pt or smaller. One of its features is that the diamond shapes (in letters i and j, full stop, etc.) have concave curved edges in orer to improve legibility at small sizes. TfL have not always followed the rule not to use Book at sizes greater than 12pt. If you can see the curves on the diamond, the rule has been broken! -- Richard J. (to email me, swap 'uk' and 'yon' in address) |
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