Jason Santa MariaFeb 19, 2025

🎉 A new thing I made — Citywide, a sans serif typeface inspired by mid-1900s bus roll signs.

It has some real charm, feeling both informal and buttoned up in the same breath. It’s still a work in progress, but already a large family of widths and weights, plus italics.

Read more about Citywide and bus roll signs, and grab a license: https://shop.jasonsantamaria.com/products/citywide

Citywide

Show threadLeanne J

@jasonsantamaria That bus roll sign you got is fab! I’m fascinated by them - always wanted one, and when I saw a local one on eBay last year I had to buy it. Visions of hanging it in my tall stairwell. Not sure on the date but I love the typography and the destinations are where I grew up.

Unfortunately the thing is *huge* and slightly too wide for the wall on the stair too! I really don’t want to cut it so I’m trying to find another spot for it even if it has to go on the ceiling 😁

Feb 22, 2025 at 11:56amWeb
Show threadJason Santa MariaFeb 22, 2025
@LDJ Wow, this looks amazing! I ended up splitting mine in two so that I could hang more of it. It has a sewn seam I undid (figuring that I could always resew it if I wanted). But, like you, I had always imagined hanging it in a really stairwell too 😂
Show threadLeanne JFeb 22, 2025

@jasonsantamaria Oh that’s cool! I don’t think mine has a seam but I’ll double check.

I’m now down an internet rabbit hole trying to pinpoint the age of it by looking at old city bus photos - I’m wondering if I might be able to find out the route number and then work out the age 🤔 Look at these beauties! #BusDetective #NewcastleUponTyne

Show threadJason Santa MariaFeb 22, 2025
@LDJ Oh nice find! I also posted on some transit subreddits to try and track down the company and route mine is from. I think I have some general ideas, but can’t totally confirm.