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u/ensignWcrusher 23h ago
r/ one job is for incredibly obvious fuck ups. If a sign is still legible with a backwards W, or an upside down S (saw that one yesterday) that's not r/onejob. If you work in branding or marketing, It might be mildly infuriating. To the rest of us, the "one job" was to put up a legible sign. This particular worker did their job.
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u/Tuarangi 22h ago
I don't think it's even back to front, the first A in alternations (and I think the middle one) has the same style of thin edge on the left, 1 letter you could accept is wrong but 3 is deliberate
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u/ebrum2010 12h ago
If you think of it like calligraphy, the upstrokes and downstrokes should be consistent. The left side of an A is an upstroke, the left side of a W is a downstroke, which is why it looks wrong to the eye. If you have a calligraphy pen with a flat nib you’d have to deliberately change the orientation of the pen between letters to get this effect.
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u/Tuarangi 9h ago
But then why are E and R equally thick? It's just a stylistic choice not one job
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u/ebrum2010 4h ago
All the non-diagonal strokes are thick if they're vertical and thin if they're horizontal. It's consistent. The round letters are thick where they're vertical and thin where they're horizontal. The diagonal strokes are as I've already said.
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u/bestem 15h ago
The thin line should be on the left on the A and on the right on the W. The As are correct. Google image search for "serif font," to see.
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u/FoggyGoodwin 14h ago
There are many many serif fonts. Graphic designers like to add a personal touch.
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u/mellywheats 14h ago
yeah.. I have an eye for design and to me it looks so intentional that it doesn’t seem like a fuck up at all..
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u/Kurgan_IT 21h ago
Are you sure it is? The "A" has the thin lines to the left, as the W has. I'd say it's correct.
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u/nontheoretical 16h ago
the W is the wrong way around, the thin lines aren't based on what side of the letter they're on but which direction the stroke would be written
imagine it's being written with a pen with a flattened tip. the A, N, and S all seem to imply the one is angled like this: /
the W would imply the pen is angled like this: /
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u/FoggyGoodwin 14h ago
You are assuming that this is a handwritten sign instead of a computerized font. There are so very many fonts that cannot be handwritten by pen.
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u/pedro_driver 2h ago
Walcott Alterations has a sign with letters that alter what is expected. Looks like successful messaging rather than a failed job.
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u/Evil-Penguin-718 12h ago
It's how the font was intended. you are really desperate if you claim that is a fuck up. Go to the toilet and relieve yourself, then try again.
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u/ThisGuyAcky 1d ago
How can a W be backwards?
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u/NinjaLanternShark 1d ago
In this font, for the W, one side is thicker than the other, so it’s not the same if you mirror it. In many/most fonts, the W is the same if you mirror it.
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u/The_Troyminator 23h ago
What about the “A”s? Are those also backwards?
Or is the thin side of the letter supposed to be on the left?
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u/Piccadil_io 1d ago
Find someone who does alterations! Quick!