Last month, my family and I were on vacation in Florida, and we went to Mote Marine in Sarasota (pretty good, by the way, and we also did a bunch of other stuff, including a sailing class for me and DisneyWorld for my wife and daughter-a good time was had by all, but that’s not the point. ). There I saw this sign. To try to shorten the story, I remember first seeing this type of font in the early-mid 90s, then it seemed to fade, and now I’m seeing it more often. I don’t know what to call it, so googling is no help.
Can anyone please enlighten me? What do you call it? I’d check Wiki, or Google, or burn an offering to all the (fictional) gods for more info, but I don’t know what to look for when searching.
My curiosity’s been driving me crazy for nearly 20 years. Thanks everyone.
It’s not Comic Sans, but it is related in that it’s intended to resemble hand lettering. Specifically, Tekton is intended to resemble architectural hand lettering as found on hand-drawn plans.
And it beats the hell out of me why architects still use this. It can be verify difficult to read at times. I spend a lot of time looking at architectural plans, and it often drives me crazy.
). There I saw this sign. To try to shorten the story, I remember first seeing this type of font in the early-mid 90s, then it seemed to fade, and now I’m seeing it more often. I don’t know what to call it, so googling is no help.
