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# typeface

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The font on this American shop's tote bag makes it look like it spells 'Hitler' instead of 'glitter'

Typefacepalm.

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Jul 24th 2017, 6:33 PM

Photographs show the decline in Ireland's unique and beautiful shop fonts

Graphic designer Trevor Finnegan has been travelling around Ireland taking photos of the typography on Ireland’s old shops.

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Mar 17th 2014, 5:00 PM

Is Baskerville the most 'convincing' typeface?

An experiment by documentary filmmaker Errol Morris explores whether a can typeface sway our perception of the truth.

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Aug 20th 2012, 1:32 PM