Author: Joe Senior
Meet the Man Behind Comic Sans
We’ve all seen Comic Sans; the typeface that’s both loathed and (secretly) admired—some people have even dedicated a websiteto educating people about the very limited use cases of comic sans! It’s made a huge global impact in the decades since its original use-case, Microsoft’s Bob program.
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The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection
In 1947, after having reached an agreement with A. Hyatt Mayor, curator of prints and photographs, Syracuse electrician Jefferson R. Burdick (1900–1963) began to donate his entire collection of approximately 303,000 advertising inserts, postcards, and posters in large batches to The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Handmadefont: burn to type
We’re all surrounded by the lots of different things, which can be made into a font. Often we follow our instincts rather than just logic in choosing something. ‘It’s like a man scratching the name of his beloved on some tree never thinks what font he’s using.
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The Birth And Death Of Privacy: 3,000 Years of History Told Through 46 Images
For 3,000 years, most people have been perfectly willing to trade privacy for convenience, wealth or fame. It appears this is still true today.
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