Prison Gothic Typeface of Hong Kong Road Signs

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№ 13,251

According to the Road Research Society, starting in the 1970s until May of 1997, road signs in Hong Kong were handmade by prisoners. Inmates would carve the Chinese characters by hand, and the resulting text style has now become known as Prison Gothic. The Road Research Society is a small volu…

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