A handful of looks at urban text:

• Paul Shaw’s record of found typography across New York City. (New York Times)
• The hand drawn signs of the taquerias on Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn (Village Voice)
• New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual (1970) from Triborough
• joeclark’s amonthofsubways flickr set: a picture a day of signs in the Toronto Subway
• Chinatown rooftop colours from Joe’s nyc.
• London: A Life in Maps from the British Library