Helvetica and the New York City subway system : the true (maybe) story / Paul Shaw.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, 2011Edition: Rev. edDescription: 144 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN: 9780262015486 (hbk.) :; 026201548X (hbk.) :Subject(s): Helvetica type -- New York (State) -- New York | Subways -- New York (State) -- New York | Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York -- Lettering | TechnologyDDC classification: 686.2'24 Summary: For years, the signs in the New York City subway system were a bewildering hodge-podge of lettering styles, sizes, shapes, materials, colours, and messages. This book tells the story of how typographic order triumphed over chaos.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
For years, the signs in the New York City subway system were a bewildering hodge-podge of lettering styles, sizes, shapes, materials, colours, and messages. This book tells the story of how typographic order triumphed over chaos.
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