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Prison Gothic: The criminal record written on Hong Kong’s road signs

87 points by zhte415 7y ago

fred_is_fred 7y ago
I guess Medium has finally started requiring an account: "Keep the story going. Sign up for an extra free read." I can't figure out why people use this site for publishing things.
- wongmjane 7y ago
  This particular post is paywalled (it has the star next to the date) so the author/publisher can monetize it
  - inferiorhuman 7y ago
    It loaded fine for me without a medium account. The images took a while to load though.
- a012 7y ago
  It's simplified: people need the SEO leverage of Medium instead of running your own website and SEO optimization (it takes time). Otherwise I don't see any else advantage of Medium. For the reader, there's an advice is to use reader mode on browsers, but Medium is limiting a few _free_ articles you can read.
  - tinus_hn 7y ago
    On iOS the reader view shows pixelated low resolution versions of the images.
    - asutekku 7y ago
      Those are the thumbnails and you may end up seeing them with a subpar connection. The site lazy-loads the images.
- wazoox 7y ago
  Open it in a private window, it works fine.
- quickthrower2 7y ago
  Yep don’t publish on Medium, instead publish on your own domain, or if not use github pages or dev.to or similar
wodenokoto 7y ago
There has definitely always been an in-your-face air to signs in Hong Kong, that you just don't find in Shanghai or Tokyo. This explains a lot. The book must make for a great coffee table book!
cneurotic 7y ago
Wow. Lived there for years, studied Chinese, and never noticed these little variations of thickness / weight / line height. What a cool peek into the obscure subculture of sign-crafting!
ngcc_hk 7y ago
Being hker also do not know
needle0 7y ago
This reminds me of Shuetsutai, a Japanese font that originated from ad-hoc duct tape guidance signs created to guide visitors of Shinjuku station, which is constantly under construction. The signs were made by a security company personnel who was assigned to the area, who got creative with tape and utility knives to improvise these distinctive letter shapes. He eventually got discovered by the graphic design community and ended up doing logos for films, album covers, etc. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%E4%BF%AE%E6%82%A6%E4%BD%93&t=ffab&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%E4%BF%AE%E6%82%A6%E4%BD%93&t=ffab...

87 points by zhte415 7y ago

I guess Medium has finally started requiring an account: "Keep the story going. Sign up for an extra free read." I can't figure out why people use this site for publishing things.

wongmjane 7y ago
This particular post is paywalled (it has the star next to the date) so the author/publisher can monetize it
- inferiorhuman 7y ago
  It loaded fine for me without a medium account. The images took a while to load though.
a012 7y ago
It's simplified: people need the SEO leverage of Medium instead of running your own website and SEO optimization (it takes time). Otherwise I don't see any else advantage of Medium. For the reader, there's an advice is to use reader mode on browsers, but Medium is limiting a few _free_ articles you can read.
- tinus_hn 7y ago
  On iOS the reader view shows pixelated low resolution versions of the images.
  - asutekku 7y ago
    Those are the thumbnails and you may end up seeing them with a subpar connection. The site lazy-loads the images.
wazoox 7y ago
Open it in a private window, it works fine.
quickthrower2 7y ago
Yep don’t publish on Medium, instead publish on your own domain, or if not use github pages or dev.to or similar

wodenokoto 7y ago

There has definitely always been an in-your-face air to signs in Hong Kong, that you just don't find in Shanghai or Tokyo. This explains a lot. The book must make for a great coffee table book!

cneurotic 7y ago

Wow. Lived there for years, studied Chinese, and never noticed these little variations of thickness / weight / line height. What a cool peek into the obscure subculture of sign-crafting!

ngcc_hk 7y ago

Being hker also do not know

needle0 7y ago

This reminds me of Shuetsutai, a Japanese font that originated from ad-hoc duct tape guidance signs created to guide visitors of Shinjuku station, which is constantly under construction. The signs were made by a security company personnel who was assigned to the area, who got creative with tape and utility knives to improvise these distinctive letter shapes. He eventually got discovered by the graphic design community and ended up doing logos for films, album covers, etc. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%E4%BF%AE%E6%82%A6%E4%BD%93&t=ffab&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%E4%BF%AE%E6%82%A6%E4%BD%93&t=ffab...