‘GBR South Western’ has already been used on a newly liveried EMU! Either it‘s ‘GBR South Western’ or it’s ‘South Western Railway’, not both; very confusing messaging as Mark says :)

BRB(R) were the owners of all former British Rail-related IP until it became defunct in 2014 when IP transferred to DfT (although they flogged some, eg Network SouthEast); I guess they wanted to be differentiated visually from the companies who used the symbol under licence from National Rail

Yes and it was truly awful 😂

God is very faithful :)

Which I’ve now trumped with this 1943-44 war map

The earliest map on which I can find this north curve is this OS one inch map from 1946 (a 1930 map with corrections)

Nice graphite-based click bait! (Ahem, Staedtler Mars Lumograph 100 6H, surely?j

Rounded too, even the symbol!

Just look at that chubby symbol (and here’s the reason why)

Where can I read this?

I’m also trying to pretend that there is no Network Rail station icon on it either 😩

If we can just move the lettering a bit closer to the symbol…

It’s busy, I’ll give you that 😥 So CIE basically took the LT roundel and made it fly, which is ironic as this map predominantly shows land transport 😬

Take my 5p and give me a ‘Time Table’! For the pink and orange, are we talking M100 Y60 versus M60 Y100 (or similar), or are they actual specials? I’ve never really taken the time to examine the ‘Lazy S‘ Selnec logotype but it’s rather spectacular in all its mid-twentieth century italic glory

Bezier curves definitely have their limitations and even circles (or quarter circles ftm) aren’t necessarily perfect

I think if you’re gonna do it, you’ve got to keep it as simple as possible (no additional control points if you can avoid them); row 2 column 2 does pretty well :) Not sure it’s an expedient method, but I think it definitely looks better!

Whether that is worth it is of course an economic judgment call, even if it does look a little more natural and a less bumpy ride round the corner. The principle applies to all angles btw, not just right angles :) I like your willingness to investigate. Have you come across Tunni lines in type?