Step off the beaten path and meet the last artisans behind Hong Kong’s hand-carved mahjong tiles, neon signs, and flip clocks ...

The majority of Hong Kong’s road signs were manually designed and handmade by prison inmates between the 1970s and ’90s. (Flickr pic) Handmade in jail, the Chinese characters on Hong Kong’s ...

Handmade in jail, the Chinese characters on Hong Kong’s old road signs have a distinct style that a group of enthusiasts has painstakingly documented and turned into a new digital font called Prison ...

The best of Hong Kong for free. Sign up for our email to enjoy Hong Kong ... Koon Nam Wah Bridal neon that hung across the road was removed in 2022 and replaced with a smaller, less ostentatious ...

Prison Gothic font digitises Chinese characters on Hong Kong’s pre-1997 road signs, handmade by inmates “The font aims to infuse a rich cultural ambience into the landscape and atmosphere of ...

As a boy, Gary Yau would cruise around Hong Kong in the back seat of his parents’ car. What caught his eye was not a toy shop or playground, but road signs. After he got home, the four-year-old ...

HONG KONG (AFP) - Handmade in jail, the Chinese characters on Hong Kong's old road signs have a distinct style that a group of enthusiasts has painstakingly documented and turned into a new ...