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Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Jun 14, 2016 12:21 pm ]
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TfL’s corporate font, Johnston, gets an update as it reaches 100 years of age. They are returning to the wider proportions of the original, and returning some lost features to the latest cut.

https://vimeo.com/169691159
Author:  rustybucket [ Tue Jun 14, 2016 1:21 pm ]
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That's one of the most awesome things I've ever watched
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Jun 14, 2016 2:03 pm ]
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Mind you, someone from Monotype should not be calling this: # “hashtag”. :?
Author:  Spreadie [ Tue Jun 14, 2016 5:07 pm ]
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rustybucket wrote:
That's one of the most awesome things I've ever watched

*checks dictionary definition of "awesome"...

Nope.

Mind you, I only managed about half of it. The second half might be full of tits and explosions, but I have my doubts. :P
Author:  davrosG5 [ Tue Jun 14, 2016 5:28 pm ]
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paulzolo wrote:
Mind you, someone from Monotype should not be calling this: # “hashtag”. :?

If the video was intended only for viewing by other typographers etc then fair enough but that's not the impression I got. Tailor the message to the audience. If they'd called it an octothorpe they would had to explain but pretty much everyone knows what a hashtag means.
Author:  TheFrenchun [ Tue Jun 14, 2016 6:02 pm ]
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Thanks for that link :)


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Author:  steve74 [ Tue Jun 14, 2016 7:59 pm ]
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Never really warmed to Johnston as a font, but it has served an important function and has good clarity for signage use. I do like the new thinner weights though, very classy.

Oh, and thanks for this definition of awesomeness...
Spreadie wrote:
full of tits and explosions
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:45 am ]
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davrosG5 wrote:
paulzolo wrote:
Mind you, someone from Monotype should not be calling this: # “hashtag”. :?

If the video was intended only for viewing by other typographers etc then fair enough but that's not the impression I got. Tailor the message to the audience. If they'd called it an octothorpe they would had to explain but pretty much everyone knows what a hashtag means.


If they had just called it a hash, it would be OK. A hash tag is a tag with a hash charcater at the start. I have to tell kids in code club that, but they seem to like “octothorp” more, and are using it now. Just waiting for the inevitable “octothorptag”...
Author:  John_Vella [ Wed Jun 15, 2016 2:21 pm ]
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paulzolo wrote:
davrosG5 wrote:
paulzolo wrote:
Mind you, someone from Monotype should not be calling this: # “hashtag”. :?

If the video was intended only for viewing by other typographers etc then fair enough but that's not the impression I got. Tailor the message to the audience. If they'd called it an octothorpe they would had to explain but pretty much everyone knows what a hashtag means.


If they had just called it a hash, it would be OK. A hash tag is a tag with a hash charcater at the start. I have to tell kids in code club that, but they seem to like “octothorp” more, and are using it now. Just waiting for the inevitable “octothorptag”...


Of course they prefer the word octothorp, as it sounds like a super villain name!

When I was learning programming it was called a hash.
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