The Strange Case of Upper Lane

This road sign has been bothering me for some time

it's in caps, but the first letter is lower case.

Or it would be in most typefaces,

but then a little sifting finds the typefaces where the uppercase U has a spur on the bottom right

UNDER A TYPE TRAY

from the attic of the Old Printworks

Meanwhile back in the Gotthard-Base tunnel

Deep under the Swiss Alps, just before midday, and half a year ahead of schedule, Gabi 1, the 500 tonne tunnel boring machine, breaks through the last few metres of rock between the Erstfeld and Armsteg subsections:



more on the story here

Found in the Oxfam shop

Stories from the Printing Office, part I

Washpit Mill, Holmfirth

More clarification

To create something it's necessary to be able to describe it's constituent parts as a result most everything has a name

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