Post AZ1ob6nedf98BKV2dU by SeumanOtwal@social.vivaldi.net
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 (DIR) Post #AZ1k0IvaBXPhGSP2Rs by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-08-23T15:56:17Z
       
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       Gill Sans, a typeface used on the signs on British Rail … → Gill Sans, a typeface on British Rail signs …I make changes like this to my writing all the time. It's a good example of "tightening your writing," which we covered a couple of weeks ago: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/articles/10-tips-for-tighter-writing/#AmEditing
       
 (DIR) Post #AZ1kaLKIkCad839K8O by iamspencer@jawns.club
       2023-08-23T16:02:48Z
       
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       @grammargirl I swore this was going to be a comment about some guy named Gill Sans. 🤣
       
 (DIR) Post #AZ1kqqz6o853wr6rGi by VE2UWY@mastodon.radio
       2023-08-23T16:05:49Z
       
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       @grammargirl You are ... Muntzing your words!  😃 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntzing
       
 (DIR) Post #AZ1mbizASurMhj3DUm by Axomamma@mastodon.online
       2023-08-23T16:25:28Z
       
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       @grammargirl I would drop "the" but keep "used."Dropping both feels overly efficient.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZ1ob6nedf98BKV2dU by SeumanOtwal@social.vivaldi.net
       2023-08-23T16:47:42Z
       
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       @grammargirl — Much as I hate to say this, Gill Sans was a typeface on British Rail signs for only about fifteen years.  Rail Alphabet, a blander typeface resembling Helvetica, replaced it beginning in 1964-65.  Still later, the company also started using Joanna, a serif face designed by the same Eric Gill who crafted Gill Sans.  British Rail was “sectorised” in 1982, and its various descendants, seeking to establish their own identities, have each taken up a different typographic look.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZ1swQOVNkgkqn9jhQ by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-08-23T17:36:11Z
       
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       @SeumanOtwal Well that's a bummer, but I still have time to fix it, so thanks!
       
 (DIR) Post #AZ1x9UMMLkPUjKdZXE by bcasiello@mastodon.social
       2023-08-23T18:23:29Z
       
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       @grammargirl For me, the first implies that Gill Sans is also used elsewhere, the second sounds more like it’s exclusive to British Rail.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZ1y0CWdO6PwlYZvGK by SeumanOtwal@social.vivaldi.net
       2023-08-23T18:32:55Z
       
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       @grammargirl — Glad to be of some assistance.  I could wish Gill Sans was more widely used in signage; for all its clunkiness, it has an endearing character.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZ24n67Qay2coLUH0S by grammargirl@zirk.us
       2023-08-23T19:49:13Z
       
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       @bcasiello The next half of the sentence is about how it is used elsewhere.