Anyone who has spent way too much time with me knows that I am an absolute typophile and somewhat of a signage fetishist. What can I say, the cup of an ITC Garamond capital letter H’s serif just makes me feel alive. Seeing other people demonstrate wanton disregard for these letters and their purpose in existence, though, well, that’s just very often amusing. Here are just a few such signs I’ve found laughable as of late:
Coming Soon: Wolfman Valentine's Day? Sounds like another Tracy Jordan holiday classic! Bring the kids!
There's no joke for this. Clearly someone at the store was either inattentive or very passive aggressively upset with their work. Whichever, nobody thought to correct them.
I found this one elsewhere on the internet, but wooooow... Not sure why anyone would agree to being nicknamed "da Crabs Assassin" but doesn't being "da Condom Father" seem contradictory?
On the other hand, at least there’s type out there that’s not effing retarded at all:
These Diesel ads have been all over the New York subways over the past month or two. Despite my last piece of Diesel attire being a watch I wore in college, I find little to no shame in actually really liking them.
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