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Parking sign in Philadelphia

Contributed by Stephen Coles on May 8th, 2013.
    Parking sign in Philadelphia
    Source: http://www.flickr.com Photo by Dave Croy. License: All Rights Reserved.

    ITC Eras is peculiar due to the slight angle of its roman. The makers of this sign ignored (or were ignorant of) this; as they aligned the letters to the brick columns, they created an inclined baseline. The forced ligature is also amusing.

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