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| Leamington Sporting Goods Store sign; Photo ©Karen Thiessen, 2013 |
This post is for lovers of text. A highlight of our trip to Leamington was seeing this old sign. My family rarely went downtown, so I don't ever remember seeing this sign and I may have gone into the store maybe once or twice. We were never a sporting goods kind of family. It appears that the store is being blandified with stucco, so I'm sure that the sign will soon be covered up or removed.
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| Leamington Sporting Goods Store sign; Photo ©Karen Thiessen, 2013 |
Isn't that a nice solid font? It says, "buy your dependable baseball bats and mitts and jock straps here."
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| Leamington Sporting Goods Store sign; Photo ©Karen Thiessen, 2013 |
The "and" is also pleasing.
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| Leamington Sporting Goods Store sign; Photo ©Karen Thiessen, 2013 |
Okay, this is the absolute best part! The font for toys says, "hey, we have all the coolest dolls, trucks, and hula hoops that will delight children, young and old!" If a sedate word like mammogram were spelled with the toys font, would it make you want one?
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| Lebanese license plate in Ray's Ribhouse; Photo ©Karen Thiessen, 2013 |
One night we took my parents out for supper at Ray's Ribhouse. Both the service and the food are excellent. His restaurant is located in a former mechanics' garage and the space is decorated with vintage car and music memorabilia. Our table was in the back room where I spotted this license plate. If only the numbers on Canadian license plates were as interesting.
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