There Are over 1M New York City Street Signs. Here's How They Are Made.(nytimes.com)
50 points by bookofjoe | 23 comments
New York Times article about how New York City's more than one million street signs are made in the city's sign shop.
#signage on Hacker News
4 stories tagged signage, newest first.
Walking Men(bookofjoe2.blogspot.com)
71 points by surprisetalk | 25 comments
A bookofjoe blog post showing images of the 'walk' pedestrian signal figures used in different cities such as Montreal, Warsaw, and Kolkata.
Fran Sans – font inspired by San Francisco light rail displays(emilysneddon.com)
1086 points by ChrisArchitect | 130 comments
Emily Sneddon's essay on Fran Sans, a typeface inspired by the segmented destination displays on San Francisco Muni light rail trains.
The hardest working font in Manhattan(aresluna.org)
711 points by robinhouston | 104 comments
Marcin Wichary's long illustrated essay (6,100 words, 600 photos) about a ubiquitous font seen across Manhattan.