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The legend of Eisenhower’s Skinny 'S'

Russell McGormanRussell McGorman Posts: 255
edited June 2016 in History of Typography
Via Type Culture's Facebook page: Times' Eisenhower's skinny 'S' and the story of how they dealt with a longish name when it started showing up in headlines.
Interesting read.
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  • Richard FinkRichard Fink Posts: 165
    +1  An interesting piece about an odd intersection of typography, type design, and American Presidential history. 
  • Chris LozosChris Lozos Posts: 1,456
    VERY cool!

  • Nick ShinnNick Shinn Posts: 2,059
    edited June 2016
    And the Artist Formerly Known As Prince symbol never did make it into Unicode.
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