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2026-01-14 14:01:30 UTC

“The end of every letter has what’s called a terminus, and the interesting thing about road signs is that Highway Gothic* has a terminus on an angle, which is tricky to paint.” — Ray ‘Moondog’ Polotnianka on cutting his teeth painting Australian highway signs:

https://www.indailysa.com.au/salife/people-and-places/2026/01/08/meet-the-man-behind-this-dying-artform

Based in Adelaide, his website is here: https://moondog.net.au.

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