ospalh quoted Qoheleth by Madison Scott-Clary (Post-Self, #1)
“All artists search. I search for stories, in this post-self age. What happens when you …
Content warning Font/train nerdery
... looking for the right exit to the tube station, comparing directions on her phone.Each was helpfully lit up with a thin, translucent display overlaid above the older signage in painted tile. Both bore the unerring curves of Helvetica, perpetual winner of the font wars.
— Qoheleth by Madison Scott-Clary (Post-Self, #1)
... not really. Not in England. So, OK. This is 2112, and it is possible that whoever the successor to TfL is by than has rebranded significantly. But why? When the tipeface Johnston was 100 years old, in 2016, TfL got themselves a new version. With the tube itself being basically the same rufly 100 years into our future, i don’t see why they should have a problem with using a 200 year old tipeface along with the more than 200 year old train system. And if rebranding, why the most boring and in addition most Swiss tipeface for, again, England?