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      • Imression of Weymouth Quay

        Posted at 8:37 am by gatf, on January 27, 2025
        Travel 1930s weymouth Dorset ferry quay

        “Impression of Weymouth Quay” – The Channel Islands express meeting the boat on Weymouth Quay station. Me experimenting with a looser pairing style. Weymouth in Dorset in the 1930s. Sadly the station on the Quay is closed nowadays and the trains no longer go through the town to get there.

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        Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged 1930s, Dorset, Quay, steam, Weymouth
      • 6202

        Posted at 2:13 pm by gatf, on January 20, 2024

        The LMS Turbomotive, No 6202, built in 1935 and one of the last serious attempts in Britain to fundamentally re-think the design of the steam locomotive. Seen here early in her life, before rebuilding as conventional Steam Locomotive and subsequent dramatic and sad events.

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        Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged 1930s, British, British Railways, digital, locomotive, London, midlad, painting, scottish, steam
      • Can a Plain Sans Serif Typeface Have Character?

        Posted at 12:43 am by gatf, on July 23, 2019
        Source: Wikimedia Commons

        On the evidence of this enamel Mercedes Benz advertisement, I’d tend to say yes. I think the key elements here are: the use of small capitals, a high x-height, curves that are (or appear to be) segments of a true circle and the high mid-bars of the ‘e’s. I also think I can see small rounded corners… or is that just a by-product of the enamelling process.

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        Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged 1930s, advertising, enamel, inspirational, sans serif, simple, typeface
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