If you want The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway, AIGA has it for you in a sprawling (and well-worth-reading) 9-page article on New York's subway fonts. They state that ...
There’s a mystery on the walls of almost every Toronto subway station. It’s in the leg of the letter R, the tail of the Q and the angle of the S. The station name, etched in big, round characters ...
After we covered the grammatically-busted Brodaway sign on Brooklyn's G platform yesterday, a number of font-philes questioned the typography in many "Do Not Lean" decals adorning subway doors. NYC ...
The English are particular about their fonts. For the 100th anniversary of the London Underground’s iconic typeface, government agency Transport for London (TfL) will introduce a re-designed tribute ...