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For reasons that were surely thoroughly considered, York Mills was not a stop on the recent Type & Tile Tour of the Yonge-University-Spadina line. Nevertheless, due largely to escalator maintenance that has been ongoing for over a year, it is still quite the treasure trove of wacky signage. Here are some recent highlights:

This past weekend's TTC Type & Tile Tour (or TTTT) was such a success (50 people! some of them women!) that Joe Clark is doing it again, bigger and (maybe) better, this upcoming Sunday. While last weekend's trip kept to the Bloor-Danforth line, this one will see the tour take stops along the Sheppard, Yonge, and Spadina lines for maximal signage/font/TTC-critiquing––the itinerary so far ranges from the inspiring (Dupont) to the horrifying (Osgoode), with a few curiosities along the way. If you're interested, meet up at track level at Lawrence West station on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Oh, and be sure to bring a few extra cents: fares rise that same day.

If you really like typography, signage, and the TTC––like, really really like it––maybe you'll want to join Joe Clark this Sunday, October 28, at 2:00 p.m. at Scarborough Centre Victoria Park Station for the TTC Type & Tile Tour (or TTTT), a guided excursion through some of the Transit Commission's successes and failures with signage. (Mostly failures.) The itinerary includes trips to choice vacation spots like Victoria Park's bus bays and Spadina's Walmer Road exit, and, if it's successful, they'll be even more in weeks to come. If you're up for it, look for the man in the purple hat who seems super-enthusiastic about signage.