Tag: Sans-Serif
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NYU / Gotham
NYU New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1831 by a group of New Yorkers with a goal of creating an institution for higher learning that would admit students based on their merit, rather than their family’s wealth or status. Today, NYU is the largest…
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The Battery / Vesta
The Battery The Battery, formerly known as Battery Park is a historic waterfront park located at the southernmost point of Manhattan. The Battery has a long and rich history, dating back to the early days of New York City. The first Europeans to settle in Manhattan, the Dutch, established a fort at the Battery in…
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The Public Theater / Knockout
The Public Theater The Public Theater is a New York City arts organization founded in 1954 by Joseph Papp, with the intention of showcasing the works of up-and-coming playwrights and performers. It is headquartered at 425 Lafayette Street in the former Astor Library in Lower Manhattan. The Public Theater produces a wide variety of plays,…
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Brooklyn Bridge Park / Gotham
Brooklyn Bridge Park As the name suggests, Brooklyn Bridge Park is an 85-acre park in Brooklyn that spans over 1.3 miles of East River’s waterfront, from Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO to the Columbia Heights waterfront district. The park offers breathtaking views of Lower Manhattan’s panoramic skyline, making it a popular hangout spot among the tourists…
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Astor Place / Patron
Astor Place Astor place is a neighborhood in downtown Manhattan that runs North from 4th street to 8th street and East from Broadway to Third Avenue. It was named after John Jacob Astor, at one time the richest person in United States. In mid 1800s, Astor place became home to some of the wealthiest New…
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NYC Parks / Akkurat
NYC Parks According to Wikipedia, the original Parks Commission was formed in 1856 and was responsible only for Central Park. In 1870, its jurisdiction expanded to include all the parks in Manhattan and later in 1934 a unified New York City Parks Department was formed with Robert Moses as the commissioner. Today, NYC Parks maintain…
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Roosevelt Island Tramway / Tahoma
Tahoma typeface According to Wikipedia, Tahoma is a humanist sans-serif typeface that Matthew Carter designed for Microsoft Corporation. While similar to Verdana, Tahoma has a narrower body, smaller counters, much tighter letter spacing, and a more complete Unicode character set. This one was much much harder than I had expected, and I spent over 5…
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NYC Parking signs / Highway Gothic
About Highway Gothic From Wikipedia: Developed in the 1940s, Highway Gothic (formally known as the FHWA Series fonts or the Standard Alphabets for Highway Signs) is a series of sans-serif typeface developed by the United States Federal Highway Administration. It was designed to promote legibility from a distance and at high speeds. The thing that stood out to me…