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« on: January 20, 2011, 19:57:24 »
http://www.comicsanscriminal.com/

I don't think I've seen any Comic Sans Criminality on the FGW▸ (First Great Western) network, although I'm pretty sure there must be something somewhere.
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« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2011, 23:54:38 »
Quote from: Brucey on January 20, 2011, 19:57:24
http://www.comicsanscriminal.com/

I don't think I've seen any Comic Sans Criminality on the FGW▸ (First Great Western) network, although I'm pretty sure there must be something somewhere.

Screw that - its all typo snobbery

Would I send a CV in comic sans - hell no - because of bigots

Is it my preferred font - yes

I am dyslexic - its easy to read - I like it. Do I advertise I'm dyslexic - no. 

I HATE times roman - HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE

I use arial if I have to use a windows machine (its the default), helvetica on a mac (again default) and either of them for a professional doc - anything ele where I can choose - comic sans rules
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« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2011, 00:31:55 »
I also use Arial if its a letter or CV.
or if its company related HelveticaNeue.
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« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2011, 13:35:10 »
Can't stand Comic Sans MS. Bloody awful font. Anything written in it is amateurish as far as i'm concerned.
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« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2011, 20:50:49 »
Not Comic Sans ... but still amateurish:



Any suggestions as to the FGW▸ (First Great Western) station at which this was displayed?
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2011, 20:53:16 »
Taunton?
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« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2011, 21:00:35 »
Har de har har  Grin

24 miles out.  Wink
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2011, 21:49:23 »
Quote from: chris from nailsea on January 21, 2011, 21:00:35
Har de har har  Grin

24 miles out.  Wink

Weston-super-Mare?

The wall is what makes me think that!
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« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2011, 21:57:31 »
Well done, Louis94: yes, that poster was displayed to the right of the entrance to Weston-super-Mare.

Interestingly, it was a variation on the wording displayed at Bridgwater - but they still got it wrong!  Roll Eyes
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2011, 19:37:48 »
http://www.explosm.net/comics/2301/
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