ROFL! That’s brilliant. I swear I’m going to start carrying around a piece of chalk to correct the typos on signs in our neighbourhood — how many times can a person see “Tomatoe Leek Soup” or “Ceser Salade” or “Hamburgur” without screaming no mas....

Frankly, I could not give a toss if Tesco bulldozed the lot of them and turned the entire nation into one huge supermarket. At least there would be some typographic consistency.

How I wish I had more design teachers with that attitude.

...kicking good taste in the nuts.

He must be referring to all the signs made with stuff from DaFont.

As Charlie would say, Jesus, if London shopkeepers can’t abuse fonts, who can.
Remember, it was the same blokes as was responsible for popularizing the sans serif, some 200 years ago, to the consternation of the typographic establishment of the day.

After today, I am the last person to put down folks who make typos. At least my failure was not in dayglo orange :-)

ChrisL

Is the word ’the’ really needed? I don’t recall ever saying I’m going to stroll down the 7th avenue.

Sorry, but yes. The grid system was designed to confuse “The Germans” had they ever invaded the United States.

“I don’t recall ever saying I’m going to stroll down the 7th avenue.”

Tiff,
In LA, they say “I am going down the Eye-5” (I-5).

ChrisL

A stroll seems a bit too fast for I-5 through LA, I think “crawl” would be more accurate.

That would be true Si. That is why they don’t have fast food resturants on the I-5, they movw too fast.

ChrisL

The 110 north of downtown is the only really drivable freeway.

hhp

Charlie’s a bit of a grumpy git... this is his Screenwipe show.. page

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/features/screen-wipe.shtml

This is Gia Milinovich with him photos and stuff of new and old TV stuff. geek.
http://www.giagia.co.uk/?p=138

”...a big breasted geek...”

Naughty fellow, that Charlie.

ChrisL