On all printed publicity for underground and buses, the phrase 'Mayor
of London' is shown. Why is the ON at the end on LONDON always in red
whilst the rest of the text is in blue?



Dave

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:09:13 +0000 (UTC), (David)
wrote:


On all printed publicity for underground and buses, the phrase 'Mayor
of London' is shown. Why is the ON at the end on LONDON always in red
whilst the rest of the text is in blue?

It's the GLA's logo.

Have a look around http://www.london.gov.uk/ for examples.

--
James Farrar

September's coming soon

James Farrar wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:09:13 +0000 (UTC), (David)
wrote:


On all printed publicity for underground and buses, the phrase 'Mayor
of London' is shown. Why is the ON at the end on LONDON always in red
whilst the rest of the text is in blue?


It's the GLA's logo.

Pretend the OP asked, "In the GLA logo, Why is the ON at the end on
LONDON always in red whilst the rest of the text is in blue?"
--
Michael Hoffman

"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message
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James Farrar wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:09:13 +0000 (UTC), (David)
wrote:


On all printed publicity for underground and buses, the phrase 'Mayor
of London' is shown. Why is the ON at the end on LONDON always in red
whilst the rest of the text is in blue?


It's the GLA's logo.

Pretend the OP asked, "In the GLA logo, Why is the ON at the end on LONDON
always in red whilst the rest of the text is in blue?"

Yes, it's pretty daft to have the "ON" in a differnet colour to the "LOND".
It's not even consistent: the "ON" at the top of the page is in red whereas
at the foot of the page there's a logo for London Development Agency where
"ON" is in green.

Still, it gives the image consultants something to make them feel important!

David wrote:
On all printed publicity for underground and buses, the phrase 'Mayor
of London' is shown. Why is the ON at the end on LONDON always in red
whilst the rest of the text is in blue?

I'm colour blind - looks OK to me!
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont

"David" wrote in message
...

On all printed publicity for underground and buses, the phrase 'Mayor
of London' is shown. Why is the ON at the end on LONDON always in red
whilst the rest of the text is in blue?


I think this was an initiative by London Tourist Board / Visit London after
the 9/11 terrorist attacks - to emphasise the point that London was "On" by
which I guess they meant "We're open for business as normal". It seems to
have stuck ever since.

--
Ant

"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message
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Pretend the OP asked, "In the GLA logo,
Why is the ON at the end on LONDON
always in red whilst the rest of the text is in blue?"

I first saw it in a GLA advert where there were lots of words ending in ON,
and they were coloured to draw attention to the rhyme. I can't remember the
words, it was something like "morON - prisON - londON!"

--
John Rowland - Spamtrapped
Transport Plans for the London Area, updated 2001
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acro...69/tpftla.html
A man's vehicle is a symbol of his manhood.
That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:52:52 +0100, Michael Hoffman wrote:

James Farrar wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:09:13 +0000 (UTC), (David)
wrote:


On all printed publicity for underground and buses, the phrase 'Mayor of
London' is shown. Why is the ON at the end on LONDON always in red
whilst the rest of the text is in blue?


It's the GLA's logo.

Pretend the OP asked, "In the GLA logo, Why is the ON at the end on LONDON
always in red whilst the rest of the text is in blue?"

Blokes on coke AKA image consultants convinced the GLA it was worth
several million.

Pretend the OP asked
"Why O2"
"Why Consignia"

Just don't expect an answer you will be happy with.

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 23:00:14 +0100, Martin Underwood wrote:

"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message
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James Farrar wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:09:13 +0000 (UTC), (David)
wrote:


On all printed publicity for underground and buses, the phrase 'Mayor
of London' is shown. Why is the ON at the end on LONDON always in red
whilst the rest of the text is in blue?


It's the GLA's logo.

Pretend the OP asked, "In the GLA logo, Why is the ON at the end on
LONDON always in red whilst the rest of the text is in blue?"

Yes, it's pretty daft to have the "ON" in a differnet colour to the
"LOND". It's not even consistent: the "ON" at the top of the page is in
red whereas at the foot of the page there's a logo for London Development
Agency where "ON" is in green.

Still, it gives the image consultants something to make them feel
important!

Ending in may zeroes.

"Ant May" wrote in message
...

"David" wrote in message
...

On all printed publicity for underground and buses, the phrase 'Mayor
of London' is shown. Why is the ON at the end on LONDON always in red
whilst the rest of the text is in blue?


I think this was an initiative by London Tourist Board / Visit London
after the 9/11 terrorist attacks - to emphasise the point that London was
"On" by which I guess they meant "We're open for business as normal". It
seems to have stuck ever since.

Perhaps it's the 'Lond' bit that is important.