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A traveler to Afghanistan sent me this somewhat foreboding signage from a bus in Kabul. The handling of the brush is earnest and ambitious — especially in juxtaposition with the second line, which appears to be a radical version of Taped-Off Gothic Bold. The way the words run together in the third line suggests a certain breathless anxiety to get to the finish line. If this was painted on the side of the #9 Broadway I'm not sure I would get on.