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mad men’s typographic mistake: kind of a big deal: the closing credits on mad men are in arial, not helvetica. [via] also, the famous “medium is the message” line from season one is a mistake as mcluhan hadn’t published it by 1960.
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(fanning vapors)
I'm no font expert, but remember this article from the Times Magazine? Very interesting for a laywoman like myself, and an article which can be perfectly summarized by looking only at it's "Corrections" section:
An article on Aug. 12 about typographical changes in American road signs refers erroneously to one adaptation of the Clearview typeface for standard design applications. A Greek version is planned; it does not yet exist.
Wow, I did not know Arial was the Chinatown Prada bag of fonts! How gauche! Once again, the Internet chips away at my innocence.
What's the policy: is it mandatory that I now sheepishly acknowledge my own it's / its slipup? I would think that in a wonky font thread it must be.
You're just lucky you didn't try sneaking in a smart quote.
As long as it's not GiddyUp, I don't give a fuck.