SIGNSSERIF
HELEN LIANG
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Helen Liang, editor (Signs-Serif)/ Helen Liang ; COMD204-Project1 Type Safari. ISBN 975-1-696359-81-7 (pbk.) 1. Student project. 2. Illustration and Communication Design--Classroom. Emily Carr University of Art + Design, host institution V. Title. N8236.P35B83 2015 704.9’4933827282 C2013-903923-6
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HELVETICA NEO-GROTESQUE
A street sign standing in the Cliffrose Crescent in Coquitlam, BC. Sans-serif Condensed Low contrast “R” leg bented Upper case
Sans-serif Neither condensed/ extended Low contrast Flat Apex Heavy weight
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Grange heavy condensed
Display A catchphrase found on a bus around Commercial Broadway Vancouver.
TAKE IT OUTSIDE TAKE IT OUTSIDE TAKE IT O TSIDE TAKE IT O TSIDE TAKE IT O TSIDE TAKE IT O TSIDE TAKE IT OUTSIDE TAKE IT OUTSIDE
This is a sign standing in Panorama Park in Coquitlam.
Ag Book
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Geometric Sans serif Condensed Low contrast Angled terminal Flat Apex Small Apertures Double-storey Uppercase R leg bented lower case e straight cross bar
04 Display Sans-serif Extended Low contrast Upper case R leg Straightened.
Bank Gothic
This word comes from the spectacular sign in Earls restaurant on Robson street , DT.
Molecul Bold Grotesque
05 sans-serif
Condensed
Low contrast Large Apertures Double-storey Lower case e straight cross bar
a trafďŹ c sign stand in the Trans-Canada highway in Abbots-
Neo-grotsque Condensed Low contrast Small Apertures Upper case P lobe connected. Straight cross bar lower case e.
06 found this sign hang on the wall of CF Richmond Center in Richmond.
Swiss 721 Std B ld Condensed
Past on the window of one of the stores on Granville street , Vancouver.
Grotesque
sans-serif low contrast
Small Apertures Double-storey straight crossbar Neither condensed/extended
Foundry Context Bold
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Display san-serif center bar meets the verticle
autogate sans regular low condensed Small Apertures double-storey Straight crossbar neither condensed/extended
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This is a piece of artwork hang in the Vancouver Art Gallery in Vancouver downtown.
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Neo-grotesque Sans-serif Condensed low contrast Flat Apex Loop connected upper case
Arial Narrow
A sign stand in front of Crystal Mall.
Helvetica Bold sans serif
Neither Condensed/ extended low contrast heavy height
Geometric
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This typeface came standing on Robson
from a trafďŹ c sign Drive in Coquitlam.
Helen (Zihe) Liang COMD204 Fall 2020 Instructor: Robin Mitchell Cranfield Emily Carr University of Art and Design