AustinBike Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Waking through Beijing tonight on our way back to the apartment we came across a huge underground bike parking area. Would love it if Austin had this many riders. Then my wife pointed out the typo: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridenfool Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Maybe it is actually some kind of a bicycle euthanasia facility. Homicide, patricide, suicide, bicyde 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsloan Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) That's not a typo, just a massive kerning disaster. Not limited to those letters either. Awful typography. Edited September 28, 2018 by Teamsloan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinerider Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 17 minutes ago, Teamsloan said: That's not a typo, just a massive kerning disaster. Not limited to those letters either. Awful typography. Only you....get out and ride your bicyde more 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsloan Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) I mean, it's Helvetica. How do you screw that up?? This is what graphic designers do for fun... Kerning Game Edited September 28, 2018 by Teamsloan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidingAgain Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 And in the age of computer graphics. Over the years I've thought that all graphic design students should try to master even the basics of hand lettering, and Letraset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 51 minutes ago, Teamsloan said: This is what graphic designers do for fun... Kerning Game Thanks for the time suck! Got a 95/100. Pretty fun. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsloan Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 33 minutes ago, RidingAgain said: And in the age of computer graphics. Over the years I've thought that all graphic design students should try to master even the basics of hand lettering, and Letraset. No Letraset please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcarneytx Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Teamsloan said: I mean, it's Helvetica. How do you screw that up?? This is what graphic designers do for fun... Kerning Game 78/100! would've been much better, but on one of the early ones, was thinking subsequent letters were not supposed to infringe on previous letters vertical space. That got me a 19/100...rest were a bit better. Edited September 28, 2018 by jcarneytx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidingAgain Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Teamsloan said: No Letraset please! Ahhh... Those were the days... And Rubylith too. And IBM typesets... Wax heaters... Xacto knives... Account execs hovering over your back late on Friday afternoons waiting for you to finish client changes to the full-page ad the newspaper is waiting on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsloan Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 That's before my time...thank the Lord. No doubt that stuff hammered in to you to do it right the first time though! I'm so thankful for Cmd Z. We've very successfully derailed this thread in to typography nerdiness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidingAgain Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Hammered "...into..." you... 🙂 Okay... Carry on with the subject of the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsloan Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 I don't write the copy, I just make it look nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinerider Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 99/100. Just sayin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 8 hours ago, Teamsloan said: I mean, it's Helvetica. How do you screw that up?? This is what graphic designers do for fun... Kerning Game AWESOME game. As a former desktop publisher/designer I am ashamed to have scored a 67. Especially considering that I nailed two 100's. F'ing Baskerville always gets me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 OK, and to un-derail this thread, I give you (some type of) BIKE ALCOHOL!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 And, also, while we are at it, the e-bike battle lines have been drawn and now the other side is gearing up already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 And, lest you think that our bikeshare program (B Cycle) is a success, here's a view of the bikes lined up outside of Tiantandongmen station. I took this picture after we had walked past about 80% of them. Probably close to 800-1000 bikes outside the station in all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonioGG Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 That first one is pretty much like an electric Vespa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsloan Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 5 hours ago, Shinerider said: 99/100. Just sayin. Nice...but how long did it take you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 And I think I have your new Apple eBike, Brian: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 An interesting way to deal with the problem of inflatable tires on bike share cycles. Does anyone know if Austin’s bikes have solid tires? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinBike Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 And, finally, from yesterday’s walk, apparently there is a no car bomb zone: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridenfool Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 19 minutes ago, AustinBike said: And, finally, from yesterday’s walk, apparently there is a no car bomb zone: Interesting strategy. I wonder if the car bombers will buy in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinerider Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Interesting strategy. I wonder if the car bombers will buy in?But if they ban carbombs only criminals will have carbombs!Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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