Helvetica and the New York City subway system : the true (maybe) story /

For years, the signs in the New York City subway system were a bewildering hodge-podge of lettering styles, sizes, shapes, materials, colors, and messages. The original mosaics (dating from as early as 1904), displaying a variety of serif and sans serif letters and decorative elements, were suppleme...

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Main Author:	Shaw, Paul (Bookjacket designer)
Other Authors:	Goldstein, Abby (Bookjacket designer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/bkd, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/bjd)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011 Cambridge, Mass. : ©2011 Cambridge, Mass. : [2011]
Edition:	Rev. ed
Subjects:	Helvetica type > New York (State) > New York Signs and signboards > New York (State) > New York > Lettering Subways > New York (State) > New York Helvetica type Lettering Signs and signboards Signs and signboards > Lettering Subways New York (State) > New York

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