Quickies

Adam on traffic sign design: “Ever since Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir devised the original UK road signage standards in the 1950s, for example, a mixture of initial caps with lowercase letters has been found to enhance legibility at speed - and every national standard I?m aware of respects this convention, from Korea and China to France and the US.”

Adam on “alternative” discount airlines. “Even I don’t know anyone crazy enough to book a flight on the strength of a font, or the fact that the guy who designed the pilot’s uniforms did a collection for MiuMiu”

Just hit Doors of Perception Magazine for the first time in a while. Lotsa new stuff.

A SF Gate piece debunking the myth that the verdict in the Dan White case was based on Twinkies

Competition vs. Cooperation