Gothic style font change on road sign in Omahu is down to the weather, says local. Photo / Warren Buckland
The clever calligrapher who altered the font on the road sign in Omahu might be Mother Nature herself.
Local resident Sebastiaan Verplanke, who drives past the sign every day, sent a close up picture of the sign to Hawke's Bay Today.
He said the road sign hadn't been a victim
of vandalism.
"It is actually just weather damage - the letters are just peeling away from heat," Verplanke said.
Up close view of the road sign's weathering and font change in Omahu. Photo / Supplied
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency spokesman Oliver Postings said they believe it unlikely that the changes to the font are due to weather damage alone.
