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The chair of the Toronto Transit Commission offered to proofread future editions of subway maps after embarrassing typos as well as omissions where found in recently issued versions. The TTC chair explained that there is no one to check the maps before they go out and that this time, he will do the checking personally.

The chair of the Transit Commission has to personally spell check maps? How big is this organization?

Links: National Post, Toronto Star

Pink Tentacle has put together a great little collection of Japanese town logos with explanations.

The logos incorporate typographic elements from the Japanese written language as well as the Roman alphabet (usually form the municipality’s name) to represent the identities of the towns.

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