Those yellow "Store Closing" banners
Seriously, is there, like, one manufacturer who prints those banners that every single failing store seems to use?
I mean, have a sampling from Flickr:
Sure, there are a few variations--this one, for instance, uses a different typeface--but it seems like most of them use that really thick weight of Antique Olive.
This always fascinated me. Why do they all look alike?
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I admit it wasn't until recently that I stopped associating Antique Olive with chintziness; this perception of it as such battled with aesthetes' and designers' affection for the typeface, which seems to stem partly from its top-heavy weight distribution.
I have to imagine it's one of those things that people don't think about too often, so no one ever tries to capitalize on it.
Sans whoever started what I am now referring to as Store Closing Inc. of course.
I might be wrong though, you could Google it if you want to know for sure.
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis