On the Menu: Good Typography

If you live in one of our nation’s larger metropolis and you have found yourself either late in the office or at home too lazy to cook, chances are that you have ordered through the menu heaven that is MenuPages, the 7-year-old web site that catalogs every conceivable menu in a city and puts it at your fingertips. When I first used it, I think it was here in New York, I don’t remember using it in Chicago, I had the impression that my only options would be flavorless diners or MSG-laden Chinese holes in the wall — no offense to either — because of the web site’s kitschy, beveled logo. Of course, nothing could be further from reality, MenuPages has always had menus for the best restaurants in town and it’s only now, with a new logo by the über typogra