- Lowe’s To Anchor Thor Equities’ The Shoppes at Cinco Ranch Breaking Ground Next Month [HBJ]
- Georges Bistro That Took Back Former Feast Space at 219 Westheimer 2 Years Ago Closing For Real This Time [HBJ; previously on Swamplot]
- Slideshow: The 17 Worst Commutes in Houston [Houston Chronicle]
- Clearview Font on Texas Highway Signs To Be Phased Out [Houston Public Media]
- The Role of Highways in American Poverty [The Atlantic]
- Volunteers Work To Replace Trees Lost to Drought and Trail Construction in 100 Acre Wood Preserve [Houston Chronicle]
Photo of Mid Main: Marc Longoria via Swamplot Flickr Pool
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RE: Thor Equities. There’s already a Walgreens at that location. Are they opening up a store under another one of their brands or is the article, despite the 3/18/16 pub date, out of date?
Yes! Get rid of the Clearview font! I’ve always found it ugly, and it lacks the authoritative quality I find in the Standard Highway Gothic font.
Goodbye, Clearview, and good riddance.
Seriously? Passionate comments about a font? I must not travel in the right circles.
Re: Clearview
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I don’t mind the Clearview font but, as a font aficionado, I could tell the difference between it and the Standard Highway Alphabet and wondered why there was such a mix of fonts on Texas roadways. Now, I know: our state was one of the leading adopters of this experimental font.
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At least, we’re not going to experiment with Wingdings or Comic Sans.
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Private note to Superdave: Yes. Houston is a hotbed of font fanciers, it seems. :)
The internet gave voice to long isolated typeface obsessives. What do I want on my tombstone? Helvetica, of course. And none if that “Neue” crap.
with the exception of the ‘g’ and MAYBE the ‘e’, I see almost no difference. I’m always amazed that there are people into this type of thing.