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Jumpingzombie Since: Jan, 2001
#18276: Mar 2nd 2011 at 10:52:08 PM

Having a wart on your toe sucks. At least the others that populated my foot went away a couple years ago.

edit: fuck you typos.

edited 2nd Mar '11 10:53:24 PM by Jumpingzombie

ImipolexG frozen in time from all our yesterdays Since: Jan, 2001
frozen in time
#18277: Mar 2nd 2011 at 10:53:12 PM

When I was like 6 I had a wart on my thumb. Defining event of my childhood.

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Jumpingzombie Since: Jan, 2001
#18278: Mar 2nd 2011 at 10:54:53 PM

Did you get it removed? I had like four others on my right foot and I was going to get them removed if they didn't go away. I had/have a habit of digging into them with fingernail clippers.

AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#18279: Mar 2nd 2011 at 10:54:53 PM

So NBC redesigned their O&Os' sites again, they still all probably look exactly the same.

Complaint: They got rid of laughing-intrigued-furious-bored-thrilled-sad.

No wait, they didn't. Not on WMAQ's site, they didn't.

edited 2nd Mar '11 10:55:38 PM by AnonymousUser

CentralAvenue Literally A Princess from The Palace of Serenity Since: Sep, 2014
Literally A Princess
#18280: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:01:54 PM

I suspect that the reason behind some of Highway Gothic's quirks (like that "g" that drives Funnyguts mad) is that, until the late '90s or so, signage was often done in button copy, and the letters had to be able to accommodate the reflectors.

Of course, that explanation only works for Series E Modified, as Series B-F didn't have lowercase alphabets until 2000.

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AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#18281: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:06:29 PM

I don't remember button copy signs at all...

CentralAvenue Literally A Princess from The Palace of Serenity Since: Sep, 2014
Literally A Princess
#18282: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:10:15 PM

Hmm, I wonder when Colorado stopped using button copy (assuming they used it at all, which it appears they did.)

Ohio was among the last states to discontinue button copy, so it's still pretty common to find them here. (Though ODOT has vowed to replace them all within the next few years)

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ImipolexG frozen in time from all our yesterdays Since: Jan, 2001
frozen in time
#18283: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:11:56 PM

Did you get it removed?

I barely remember, but I think they gave me some medication that had to be put on it every day. It went away after a while.

also I'm still awake

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AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#18284: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:14:02 PM

So it now occurs to me that Highway Gothic may not have been designed with legibility in mind at all. And yet DIN 1451 was, no wonder it's so clean and modern even though it's from the forties, grumble grumble...

Also why in fuck do I keep listening to "Sweet Punch" on a loop?

edited 2nd Mar '11 11:14:39 PM by AnonymousUser

AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#18285: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:21:27 PM

So, Gotham vs. Verlag. They come from the same foundry, and they're both geometric sans-serifs.

Gotham is stricter in its geometry than Verlag, which is intentionally more humanistic in places. Gotham has a larger x-height, more weights, and four widths, while Verlag has three. But, most importantly, Gotham has become a "workhorse" and ascended to ubiquity, while Verlag just hangs around.

The big question is, why the fuck am I typing this?

CentralAvenue Literally A Princess from The Palace of Serenity Since: Sep, 2014
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#18286: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:21:43 PM

The other main problem with Highway Gothic in modern times is the "overglow" effect—when printed on modern Very Reflective sheeting, the light from a car's headlights makes the letters halo-y and hard to read. This was one of the issues that ClearviewHwy was designed to fix.

edited 2nd Mar '11 11:22:35 PM by CentralAvenue

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CentralAvenue Literally A Princess from The Palace of Serenity Since: Sep, 2014
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#18287: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:22:06 PM

Huh, I guess this is the anorak hour.

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AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#18288: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:24:12 PM

I could see an over-glow effect, given how much thinner the weight of ClearviewHwy used on most road signs seems to be than the only weight of Highway Gothic.

Also, you know what? I can't really tell the difference between ClearviewHwy, ClearviewText and ClearviewADA.

CentralAvenue Literally A Princess from The Palace of Serenity Since: Sep, 2014
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#18289: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:28:00 PM

See, now you've got me thinking...I wonder if the over-glow effect would be lessened by using plain Series E instead of Series E Modified.

Granted, it's a moot point, as neither one would be as legible as Clearview, but I'm curious.

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AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#18291: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:32:30 PM

The real dance-able part of the Egg Wyvern track makes me think of clocks, probably because of the bells.

(It's also, inexplicably, where I get the mental image of myself dancing in front of a clock tower)

CentralAvenue Literally A Princess from The Palace of Serenity Since: Sep, 2014
Literally A Princess
#18292: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:34:07 PM

You shouldn't do that. After all, clock towers get struck by lightning!

(I was worried that counts as a spoiler, but I remembered it's established in the first few minutes of the movie.)

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AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#18293: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:35:31 PM

Or on a clock face.

Oh, great, now I'm tempted to make a pop-up book about a city in proximity to a huge clock tower.

*adds this to the Pile O' Ideas*

Jumpingzombie Since: Jan, 2001
#18294: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:41:15 PM

(I still wanna be Carmen Sandiego. I'm such a bad person)

AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#18295: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:44:03 PM

Who in the culd is Yggman wand wha tod he done s[t ospud hci;dshuifood

CentralAvenue Literally A Princess from The Palace of Serenity Since: Sep, 2014
Literally A Princess
#18296: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:46:26 PM

Aw jeez, he's on whatever Chef and Waiterman are on...

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AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#18297: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:47:14 PM

(Translation: Who the fuck is Yggman and what has he done to my childhood)

Jumpingzombie Since: Jan, 2001
#18298: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:48:40 PM

he took it behind the alley outback and made it a man

AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#18299: Mar 2nd 2011 at 11:54:22 PM

I noticed some Twitter influence on the ABC Late Night Owl my mind has preliminarily brewed for the network's Big Makeover. (The "Start Here" identity must be chucked out, for it may have helped the gloss fad along and it might break my beloved yellow-and-black's record)


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