There are many infuriating passages in this book, where the author chooses to fully embody so many of the worst qualities of the soi-disant "designer", but this is one high-water mark.
"... so the outcome shows no indication of any thought toward legibility..."
This is the exact opposite of true. No type has been studied more thoroughly, or more carefully, or at greater expense than that of road signage, because _bad road signage decisions kill people_.
But our guy thinks it's ugly, so.