ISTORMI IDRAINI

François Lang spotted this storm drain manhole cover in Bethesda MD, and thought the unintentional humor might amuse Language Log. Yet another example of why sans serif fonts are evil, even though they can generate some merriment.

For advanced fontmakers:  how do we know that the foundry typographer was aware of the problem?

Selected readings

• "Serif or sans serif?" (3/19/23)
• Why kerning matters" (Wug Life, 12/25/13)
• "Choose your font carefully) (8/22/22)