Designs
The subway stations of the Bloor–Danforth line follow a two colour background and trim theme and use the unique Toronto Subway Font on the stations' walls. The tiling theme was influenced by the Broad Street Subway in Philadelphia and used a cycle that was similar to the design employed on the Yonge subway. This design consists of two colours for the tiles, one for main wall tiles and another for trim tiles near the ceiling of the stations. The station names on the main wall tiles use the colour of the trim tiles and vice versa, except that some of the station names of the trim tiles are white instead of the main wall tile colour for readability.
This pattern is based on a design similar to the stations along the University line which follow a regular pattern with some small variances which are the results of multiple events. One of these tiling variances is located at Christie station, where some of the original tiles were replaced following the 1976 arson attack. The replacement trim tiles were differently-coloured due to the lack of extra green trim tiles.
Other variations to the pattern can be observed at Islington and Warden stations which both have a tricolour design. The current terminus stations of Kipling and Kennedy stations resemble the second version of Union subway station. For a short time after opening, Kipling and Kennedy stations were the only Bloor–Danforth line stations not to use the Toronto Subway Font.
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